Home Remedies to Get Rid of Panda Eyes

November 7, 2009 By marie Leave a Comment

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Dark circles under your eyes only announces to everyone you meet how stressful and unhealthy your lifestyle is. Getting rid of them is also hard and takes a lot of time. But did you know that having dark circles under your eyes is also one way of your body telling you that you are about to get sick?

These dark circles are caused by a lot of factors and here are some of the most common cases:

  • Lack of sleep – this makes your skin more pale and makes the blood vessels become more visible resulting to the appearance of dark and bluish circles.
  • Iron Deficiency Anemia – this sickness can cause a bluish tinge to appear below the eyes.
  • Thinning skin – as you grow older, the pad under your eyes becomes thinner making the blood vessels to be more visible.
  • Allergies – it can be a result of allergies to airborne substances wherein you rub your itchy eyes more often.
  • Fluid retention – dark circles under the eyes can be caused by dilated and engorged blood vessels.
  • Genetics – these dark circles sometimes run in the family. They are often found in fair skinned people or those who have deep set eyes.

Luckily enough, there are home remedies that can help you diminish these dark circles under the eyes temporarily and help prevent them from looking worse. Here are some of these remedies and some tips to help you stop looking like a tired panda each day:

  • Apply cool and plain tea bags over your closed eyes. Take note that the tea must be plain and not herbal. This is because herbal tea bags are found to be note effective.

  • Apply cooled cucumber slices over your closed eyes for fifteen minutes.

  • Apply sunscreen that has a minimum SPF of 30 under your eyes in order to stop sun damage from weakening that part of the skin.

  • Make sure that you get a lot of sleep and drink a lot of water.

  • Take dietary supplements that have antioxidant pigments that can help strengthen your blood vessels. These supplements should be used with medical supervision. Another source for those antioxidant pigments is blueberries, cranberries, green and black tea, legumes, onions, parsley and many more.

  • Eat kidney balancing meals. This is because in Traditional Chinese Medicine, these dark circles under the eyes are triggered by an imbalance when it comes to kidney energy.

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Chamomile for your skin

September 16, 2009 By marie Leave a Comment

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The health industry has been making a lot of buzz about chamomile. And chamomile products – particularly chamomile tea – have been selling like pancakes.

Chamomile is an herb that is one of the hottest sources of herbal medicines. This is because chamomile is found to cure and relieve people from a wide range of ailments. Chamomile can be consumed in the form of tablets and tea and can be applied externally as ointments and oils.

One thing that makes chamomile popular is that it is therapeutic. The herb is reach in essential oils and flavonoids. The essential oils are found to be useful in skin problems and flavonoids act as anti-oxidants that can nullify the harmful effects that free radicals produce in your body. This will help your body recover at a faster rate.

As mentioned earlier, chamomile has essential oils that are useful for the skin. Chamomile can be used to treat skin burns, allergies, rashes, abrasions and other problems. It can be applied to the skin as an ointment. However, for burns ointments are not allowed since the oil can trap the heat in the area. Instead, clean the area and wash with cool chamomile tea to give you a soothing effect.

If you wish to have fairer skin then chamomile can help you with that. Chamomile can also be used for skin lightening. Bathing with chamomile tea or taking in the steam from the pot will help give you the result of a lighter skin tone.

The herb has properties that can reduce dark circles around your eye and can help deal with eye fatigue. In order to use chamomile for this purpose, dip two bags of chamomile tea in hot water for five minutes then let them cool. Once the bags have cooled to room temperature, place them on your eyes.

If you have sensitive skin you can use chamomile as well. It has bactericidal and anti-itching properties that will help refresh your skin and reduce the swelling.

There are a lot of things that chamomile can do for you – not only for your skin but for your overall health as well. It is no wonder that chamomile and chamomile products is turning out to be a household regular. You should try to get some to and benefit from the many health advantages that you can get with chamomile.

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Salt therapy

September 13, 2009 By marie Leave a Comment

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If you have asthma or other respiratory diseases, there is an alternative medicine therapy for you – speleotherapy. More known as salt therapy, this is known as a complimentary and alternative aid that has been used in Eastern and Central Europe for some time now. This therapy has been well documented and has been practiced since the 19th century.

Felix Botchkowi, a health official noticed that salt miners never get lung related diseases. When the Second World War happened and the salt mines were turned into shelters, it has been discovered that those who had asthma had a great improvement in their health. Because of this salt hospitals have been sent up and are still in operation.

Salt is known to have bactericide, mukolytic and inflammatory properties. These help unclog the blockages in the lungs and can reduce inflammation.

The best thing about salt therapy is that it is non-invasive and it has no side effects. Most drug therapies for respiratory diseases have their side effects and steroid treatments have greater ones. This is one reason why a lot of countries around Europe acknowledge the healing and the using of salt therapy for treatment.

What makes it good also is the fact that pregnant women can receive this kind of treatment if they have lung related diseases. Pregnant women usually can not take most types of alternative medicines due to their sensitive state and condition.

Today, a lot of physicians are trying to modernize the practice by using dry aerosol particles and minerals. There are now aerosol salt therapy products that you can use at home. These products place tiny micro particles of salt and negative ions in your indoor air. These products only use natural rock salts straight from salt mines and are untreated with chemicals. They are very easy to use – all you have to do is plug them in and you will be exposed to these salt micro particles.

The therapy has been proven to be very effective when it comes to asthma, sinusitis, allergies, bronchitis, ear infection, cough, snoring and stuffy nose. It is advised that you do the therapy overnight in your sleep.

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