How to Get Rid of a Hangover

November 14, 2009 By marie 1 Comment

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Partying all night and having a few drinks every now and then is not much of a bad thing. In fact you must have heard about the health benefits of drinking a glass of red wine each day. However, when it comes to alcohol, it is very easy to go beyond your limits – especially if you are having the time of your life. Once this happens, you can bet that you will be having that head breaking hangover the moment you wake up.

Anyone can have a hangover – men and women of all ages. The symptoms that come with a hangover can be unbearable for some that it is enough to make them swear off alcoholic drinks. The most common of these symptoms are nausea and headache. Other symptoms include stomach aches, eye redness and irritability.

Hangovers happen when you have excessive alcohol intake. Most of the time, people are unable to tell if they had too much alcohol during the moment that they are drinking. They only get to find out the morning after. Luckily there are a lot of hangover cures out there and some of them you can even do yourself at home.

Hangover treatments only tend to the symptoms but take note that the only thing that can totally get rid of a hangover is time. Here are some things that you can do to relieve the pain:

  • Pain relievers can be your best friend during these times. They can help get rid of your headaches.

  • Drink a lot of fluids. Drinking a lot of water can help control the headache as well.

  • Get a lot of rest. Let time pass and stay in bed. The further you are from that night, the lesser pain you will feel.

  • To help get rid of the nausea, one thing you can do is to drink cola. Do not believe on the treatment of drinking the same thing that you drank the night before because this will only let the hangover come back late on the day.

  • Eat a dry piece of toast or a banana so that you can have something in your stomach that is not heavy enough for you to throw up. If you are able to keep something down then you will be feeling less pain in the stomach.

  • Take a hot steamy bath so that you can sweat it out and release the toxins.

As you can see, this hangover remedies are very easy to do and will not require much thinking. With a hangover, thinking will be the last thing you would want to do. But the best remedy is to prevent it from happening. Limit the amounts of drinks that you have and you will not have to worry about having one in the first place.

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Dealing with Nausea

November 14, 2009 By marie Leave a Comment

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Ever had the feeling that you are uneasy in the stomach and uncomfortable with everything in your surroundings to the point that you want to vomit? Then you are undergoing nausea.

Nausea may not be a disease but it is one of the most common symptoms to numerous conditions. It can be acute and last for a short period of time. If prolonged, this means that your nausea is a debilitating symptom.

Nausea is often referred to as the feeling of being sick in the stomach. It is caused by a lot of things. Usually it is caused by problems in the abdominal and pelvic organs, brain and hormones. Nausea can also be caused by medications, low blood sugar, alcohol, food allergies and poisoning, morning sickness and stress. Infections can also lead to nausea especially if the gastrointestinal tract is affected. Intestinal blockage can also be a cause for nausea. Psychiatric disorders like depression, anorexia nervosa, bulimia and anxiety are some of them.

Vomiting is not the sign that you should be looking for in order to confirm whether you are experiencing nausea or not. This is because nausea can happen with or without the vomiting just as vomiting can occur without nausea. Here are the right signs and symptoms that you should watch for:

  • Sudden fever, body aches, cough, runny nose and diarrhea
  • Vomiting
  • Abdominal pain
  • Dehydration
  • Retching
  • Profuse sweating

Here is a list of some home remedies that you can use to get rid of nausea:

  • Boil half a cup of rice in one cup of water for ten to twenty minutes. After the boiling, drain the water in a cup – this is the rice water. Sip on the rice water until all the symptoms of nausea are gone.

  • One of the best ways to get rid of nausea is to use ginger. Add some fresh ginger in your tea or take ginger capsules.

  • Make sure that your stomach is never empty. Carry along with you a small bag of fruit, cheese, crackers or anything that you can nibble on throughout the day.

  • Make sure that your diet is high in protein and carbohydrates and are low in fats.

  • Dissolve a teaspoon of wheat germ in warm milk every hour.

  • Before you go to bed, get 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and a tablespoon of honey in cold water. Do this before going to bed.

  • Get a lot of rest.

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Herbs and Oils for an Anxiety-Free Life

August 6, 2009 By marie Leave a Comment

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Are you always worried as if danger is around you ? Or, do you often feel worried and tense? Do you feel constant restlessness and irritability? These are just some of the most obvious symptoms of anxiety.

Around the world, millions of people have already experienced anxiety in many different forms and ways. All of us know exactly how anxiety feels. Students and professionals get fast heart palpitations and digestion problems when exams or important business presentations are about to happen. Some get jitters when they are about to meet people in blind dates. Others even get feverish over something important which is about to happen. We are all aware of the impact of anxiety in our lives and in the lives of those people surrounding us. It usually affects our relationship with family, neighbors, friends, coworkers, and the likes.

There are many clinical and medical ways of healing anxiety attacks and disorder. Medications are good solutions to anxiety, however, most of the medications prescribed by doctors have been proven to have an addictive effect to the users. That is the reason why most people who are suffering from this type of disorder prefer to use herbal remedies which include natural herbs and oils to get freedom from anxiety. Many types of natural herbs are helpful in relieving anxiety without getting the negative side effects of synthetic medications.

The fragrance of a rose flower have a calming effect to a person. This might be one reason why most men give roses to their angry girlfriends or wives during and after a fight. Passion flower used in teas have been proven to be effective for relaxation and getting calm. Lemon balm is another herb for natural healing, which, when combined with Valerian will give a restful sleep to those people who are unable to sleep due to great worries and apprehensions. A tincture of St. John’s wort may also help restore emotional stability and ease depression. Other people also use common essential oils to treat anxiety such as Geranium, Lavender, Cedarwood, Bergamot, Lemon, and many others.

Using natural herbs and oils to treat anxiety is really helpful for many people. The goal of natural healing through herbs is to have a happy life free from anxiety the natural way. However, it is still recommended to seek professional advice before resorting to any healing process may it be the naturally traditional way or the modern medical way.

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