Showing posts with label Herbal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herbal. Show all posts

Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Best Vegetable Oil For Hair Care

 Hair care is undoubtedly a key part of every woman’s individual program on beauty care. More and more of us are choosing to use only natural hair loss treatments, which involve using essential or vegetable oils for scalp massages, herbal infusions for rinsing out hair after shampooing it, using various shampoos, conditioners, or other hair care products based on natural components and naturally derived nutrients for nourishing and moisturizing our hair. Using a vegetable oil treatment is a great natural solution for those who suffer from hair loss or hair damage caused by perms or coloring, as well as for restoring natural shiny and gorgeous look of hair. Below, there is a list of the best vegetable oils that are recommended for hair care.

 Olive oil for hair care. The effectiveness of using extra virgin olive oil for hair care can be surprising as this natural product can substantially improve our hair, strengthen and nourish it, make our hair feel softer and very healthy looking. Despite common idea that using such greasy product as olive oil can make our hair look even more oily is incorrect because after all the oil will be washed away with the shampoo. You can use the technique of massaging your scalp with warm olive oil, spreading it through the length of your hair, as well as treating your hair ends with this product. Conditioning your hair with olive oil on a  regular basis can assist in removing dust and micro particles that usually cause dandruff, scalp irritation, and even hair loss.

 Sunflower oil for hair care. Sunflower oil does not have amazing nourishing properties and numerous benefits of using extra virgin olive oil for hair care. However, this oil is more available and less expensive compared to high quality olive oil. Sunflower oil has been successfully used as an excellent natural hair conditioner for many centuries. Rich in natural fatty acids, this oil ca work great for nourishing our hair, strengthening our hair and preventing hair loss. Besides, this vegetable oil has excellent emollient properties, that is why it can be used as natural hair moisturizer, making our hair softer and more obedient, as well as looking fresh and live.

Coconut oil for hair care. Health benefits of coconut oil are numerous, and this natural oil is widely used for manufacturing various skin and hair care cosmetic products. Coconut oil is rich in vitamin E, fatty acids, minerals and other important nutrients, and it can be an excellent natural solution for nourishing brittle and weak hair. In addition, it has great moisturizing properties which can serve great to those who has too dry or too oily hair. Coconut oil is considered an effective natural solution for such a common problem as dandruff. Finally, using coconut oil for hair care is a very smart idea for everyone who wants to prevent hair thinning and loss because this natural product can restore weak hair follicles and stimulate natural hair re-growth. Be sure using only high quality coconut oil for hair care.

Almond oil for hair care. Almond oil is one more type of vegetable oil which can be successfully used for scalp massages, just like olive or sunflower oil for hair care. This oil is especially recommended to those who suffer from too dry hair as almond oil has truly amazing moisturizing properties. Also, this oil can prevent brittle or frizzy hair, this way reducing your chances to suffer form hair loss. Almond oil is very commonly used as a base oil for essential oil blends. In other words, you can take one teaspoon of almond oil, add 2-3 drops of your favorite essential oil (or oils) for hair care, massage the mixture into your scalp and enjoy the effects of this natural hair loss treatment.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Jamu Of Temulawak


The name of 'Jamu'Javanese calls Jamu for herbal remedies, without chemist material as additive. Jamu has traditional connotation, because Jamu is ancient tradition, before modern pharmacology comes in Indonesia. Some formulas have a hundred years old and are used until now.
'Dukun' or 'tabib', a traditional doctor has been introducing this mention in ancient era. From them, drinking Jamu tradition has been popular in common people. And now, almost 80% of Indonesian people ever consume Jamu. For Indonesian people, Jamu is very popular as milk popularity for western.
 History of JamuThe origin of Jamu is obscure. No one really knows its source. However, popular stories link first Jamu to seventeenth century Mataram Hindu Empire, where ladies of the palace who rather preoccupied with keeping themselves young and beautiful for their husband undertook the preparation of Jamu and herbal cosmetics. And Madhawapura's Inscription from Majapahit Empire tells us about 'Jamu maker ' that call as Acaraki.

This tradition was being flourished in the palace of Jogjakarta and Solo princes, those become main reference for manufacturers Jamu in Indonesia. But until the early of 20th century, this tradition is still exclusively, only aristocrat communities doing this. Since 1910, Tan Swan Nio and Siem Tjiang Nio hold Djamoe Industrie en Chemicalen Handel "IBOE" Tjap 2 Njonja in Surabaya to produce Jamu for common people. And history of modern Jamu has begun

Advantage of Jamu There are many varieties of Jamu formulas. It almost covers all human healthy problems. 'Cabe puyeng' formula is able to cure rheumatics, 'gula asem' to cure vitamin C deficiency, 'beras kencur' for body refreshments and cure fatigue, 'daun papaya' to cure malaria, and 'sawanan' to refresh blood. All of these traditional formulas are well known in Indonesia.

Jamu is not used for medicine only. There are many usabilities of Jamu, e.g. for beauty treatment. For a long time, 'Galian Singset' formula is suitable for body slimming. Another formula is skin whitening, hair treatment, body smell refreshments, etc. Jamu can be healthy supplement too; e.g. formula to keep body in good condition, returns new power and spirit of life, and also a formula to reassures matrimonial happiness, etc.

Jamu's Form There are many kinds of Jamu formulas that ready to use. Jamu is usually formed in powder. But many Jamus for beauty treatment has a gel/liquid. In recent years, Jamu Iboe has diversified several of its products from the traditional powder form to 100% herbal extract capsules.
The Difference between Jamu and Modern Medicine The most glaring differences between Jamu and Modern medicine is in material. Jamu uses many kinds of nature herbs, even modern medicines from synthetic alchemy compound. So, Jamu has relatively fewer side effects than modern medicine. In other word Jamu has no alcohols, no narcotics, and no side effects.

Jamu in other countriesBasically, every country and region has same tradition with Jamu tradition in Indonesia. A traditional herb form India, China, or Arab is also well known. This tradition is become a part of their culture for a long year. But Jamu is more distinctive than the others. Indonesian Jamu hails from high quality of rare and unique herb plants. Indonesia is a celestial place for live and growth of many kinds of herbs plants species.
One Billion Men Have Hepatitis

Hepatitis is one of liver disease, which caused by virus. Hepatitis, famous with "yellow disease ", causes the dead number, the third after infection and lungs disease and usually attacks teenagers. Stadium one of these diseases started with cold, fever, sick on right-stomachache a bit under rib when under press. This disease can spread through food and drink. One million people around the world are predicted to have Hepatitis B, with 80% in Asia Pacific. The risk ratio of Indonesian people average get hepatitis B is 5%; especially for the Javanese the ratio raised 34.5%.

First Stadium of hepatitis B is flatulence, followed with the first stadium of Hepatitis A. Viruses of Hepatitis are more difficult to terminate. The infected way of Hepatitis B are trough needles, dentist needles, blood transfusions, razor and saliva, mother breast milk, intercourse, and toothbrush from hepatitis B patient. Even though Hepatitis C is not so familiar but now has been concerned by the medical experts. Hepatitis C is more dangerous than hepatitis A and B, because it has no sign of causes and hard to be cured. Sometimes it just shows simple causes like stomach disease. Until now, nobody knows how hepatitis C infected.

Be careful with unhealthy food People, who like to eat unhealthy food, eat food or drink liquid that contained hepatitis virus or from hepatitis patient, sharing toothbrush, razor, eating together in one plate, and free intercourse (with carrier or hepatitis patient), have high possibility infected by hepatitis viruses. They should get immunization or consume traditional medicine to avoid Hepatitis.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Herbal Therapy

 What is Herbal Therapy?
 Herbal Therapy is the traditional use of herbs in the field of alternative medicine to treat or ail physical or emotional illness through their beneficial chemical properties.

It is most commonly practiced in China where herbs are mixed into concoction, such as in tea or soup, depending on their abilities and properties to cure certain illnesses. Usually, they have many benefits that can be found in western medicines but with more natural combinations.

 Common Plants in Herbal Therapy
 Some of the more common plants and herbs found frequently used in herbal therapy includes aloe vera, agaricus blazei, artichokes, blackberry, black raspberry, boophone, calendula, Echinacea, elderberry, feverfew, garlic, german chamomile, ginger, green tea, honey, lemongrass, magnolia, pomegranate, rooibos, shiitake mushrooms, or valerian roots.

 Philosophy of Herbal Therapy
 There are usually four main approaches of the use of plants or herbs as medicine including mystical uses, energizing uses, chemical uses, and functional uses. The roots, leaves, and stems of plants can be grounded, powered, taken raw, dried or mixed into capsules to be taken.

They can also be applied externally as healing agents to deal with pain or ease swelling or inflammation. Because each disease or condition is specific to a patient, usually in traditional Chinese herbal medicine treatments, the practitioner will assess the symptoms of the patients through feeling for their pulse or gauging conditions before mixing up specific herbs unique to the cases to be mixed together especially for that patient to be boiled and extracted.

Common Forms of Extraction for Herbal Therapy
  • Tincture
  • Herbal Wine
  • Elixir
  • Tisanes
  • Vinegar
  • Macerates
  • Decoctions
  • Topicals
  • Extracts
  • Inhalation
  • Benefits of Herbal Therapy
  
Natural ingredients
  • Alleviate anxiety
  • Helps with insomnia
  • Non Invasive
  • Treats Chronic Diseases
  • Treats Hypertension
  •  Risk of Herbal Therapy
 Many a times, herbal therapy can be relatively safe unless administered for the wrong reasons, prepared wrongly, or given in incorrect dosages where it can become harmful to lethal. Sometimes the concoction can also be contaminated or certain herbal properties benefitting certain patients may have an adverse effect on another. For example, while the herb, black cohosh is used to treat hot flash and menopausal symptoms, it is linked to liver failure.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

“ASTHMA' KILLER”

Asthma is a obstrupshy disease ( stricture) recurring road (canal with symptom clinical in the form of coughing and asphyxia). Some causes are matters of allergen or pollution and activity of abundant bodily or emotion.

RECIPE 1

Materials:
- Dry of Kenanga Flower ………….. 3 pcs
(Cananga odorata)
- Water ………………………………….. 200cc

  Cananga Flower
How to :
- Dry kenanga flower poured with boiling water into 200cc water,
- Close it tighly,
- After its cool, filtering the water and drinking at the same time.
- Drinks this ingredient regularly.

RECIPE 2

Materials :
- Cermai Fruit/Otaheite Gooseberry … 6 seed
(Phyllanthus Acidus)
- Shallot ………………………...….… 2 fangs
- Root Kara ……………………..... ¼ grasps
- Fruit of Longan ………………….. 8 fruits
(Dimocarpus longan)
- Water .......…………………….…. 2 glasses

 Longan Otaheite Gooseberry
( Euphoria Longana)

 How To :

-Washing out fruit of Longan
-All materials of its punched.
-Then, braised into 2 water glasses so remains 1 ½ glass.
- After chilling, the water filtered and drinked.

Longan Otaheite Gooseberry
( Euphoria Longana)

RECIPE 3

Materials :
- Centered of Sunflower ……………. 30-60 grams
(Helianthus annuus L.)
- Ginger …………………….………..….. 15 grams
(Zingiber Officinale)
- Water ………………………………… 500 grams

 Sunflower

How to :
- Both material braised into 500cc water so remains 250cc.
- After rather cool, the water in filtering and in drinking.
- Does this therapy regularly.