Drumstick, Moringa tree and leaves – Simple, Pocket friendly and healthy Vegetable

In my previous post we discussed about health benefits of the natural energy drink coconut water.

Drumsticks in my tree

Now we will see the common usage stick like vegetable Drumstick. Many medicinal properties of the drumstick tree have long been known in India and other parts of the world. This tree grows very quickly and gives quick yields also. Here you can see drumsticks from the tree in my home. 

All parts of this tree are very useful and have long been used for medicinal purposes. Drumstick pods are used in curries, soups and in many Indian dishes.  

This vegetable and its leaves contain Protein, Calcium, Iron, Vitamins A, B and Vitamin C. These medicinal properties are present more in the leaves. Hence the leaves are used as wonderful tonic for kids, teenagers for building strong healthy bones and increasing body resistance.  

Easy recipe for soup:  Take a hand full of these leaves in half a cup of water, boil it for 5 minutes. Soup is ready. You can add a pinch of salt and pepper. You can also use flowers instead of leaves. This soup can be used to help treat Respiratory problems, Asthma, Wheezing, Bronchitis also even for Tuberculosis. This soup helps to ease any kind of Chest congestion, Sore throat, Cough.

Pregnant women should often use this plant in their diet as it helps ease any kind of pre and post-delivery complications.

Fresh Flowers in my tree

UTI can be treated by drinking this medicinal juice. Mix a table spoon of leaf juice with a glass of carrot or cucumber juice by adding a pinch of rock salt.

Here is another simple recipe for good energy. Boil a hand full of flowers in a cup of milk. Energy drink is ready to use. Can be used only once in a week.

Oil is extracted from the seeds of drumstick and the oil is called Ben oil. This kind of oil is used in salad, in cooking, in lubricating machines, in hair products etc.,

Other benefits: The root of this vegetable tree can be boiled in sufficient water and should be inhaled deeply to clear the nasal passage to get rid of mucus blocking. A paste of this root can be used to treat itching over the skin. Drumstick can help to treat digestive disorders, to reduce the pain and discomfort caused by stomach ulcers, mouth ulcers. And help to heal these ulcers faster.

Please do not cut the leaves with knife. Just wash them and drain the water.

Drumstick tree is called one of the power houses of minerals and one of the common trees in many countries. No doubt it is used in many dishes. But excessive consumption of this plant may harm to our health. It is better to have once or twice in a week. The amount consumption may be varied from person to person according to their body conditions.

The above mentioned benefits and usages are few. If you know anything more about this plant please mention here so that,  it may benefit all of us.  

Usage of Recipes of lemon

Through my previous blog post you may aware of the medicinal and health benefits of Lemon. In this post we will discuss about the usage of this yellow fruit. Whether knowingly or un- knowingly this little fruit occupies an important place in everybody’s kitchen and being used in cooking. We have to salute our ancestors for including most of the nature products/herbs in daily cooking.

Lemon is commonly used in recipes of soup, (rasam), pickle, juice, salad etc., through which it will automatically help to improve stamina and to keep our digestive system in order.

A glass of lemon juice can keep you fresh and improve immunity system. 

Photo Author: André Karwath aka Aka

Drinking of lemon juice with honey in the morning is a fast weight loss remedy as it helps to burn fat and flushes out excess toxin from the body. (You can check out this and more usages of honey)  

Regular intake of lemon juice with warm water in the morning and night gives relief to Asthma. It also helps the digestive system. You can add a pinch of salt which will add taste and have more medicinal effect.

The plain tea or coffee with few lemon drops can be used which has got many medicinal effects. It is needless to say Lemon rice is one the traditional meals in India, of course with ginger and green chillies and salt.

Here are some tips to make some pickles with lemon

Take some 5 or 6 lemons, cut in to pieces, remove the seeds, and add some peeled ginger pieces, with required green chillies, and salt then preserve in a bottle. Keep it for one or two days and use whenever required. This is a delicious pickle without red chilli powder and without oil. All can use this pickle. Use it within a week or ten days. It is medicinal pickle even patients can consume.

Here is another effective harmless pickle recipe. Take some 12 or 15 (numbers depends upon your requirement) fresh lemons, after washing them well put them in a bottle add required salt and warm water. And preserve it for a month and use them whenever you want. This is very effective and harmless because it does not contain chillies and oil. It is very useful for aged people.

All of us very well know about the general traditional lemon pickle with chillies and giggle oil with salt. It is famous for its flavour and taste,

Caution: Those who are suffering from acidity problem must be careful in using this lemon juice or raw lemons because it contains Citric acid. Always drink mixing with water.

Drinking of two litres of water with lemon juice is an effective remedy for dissolving kidney stones.

Lemon is also used for treating Acne, Pimples, Eczema and other skin diseases by just applying on the affected parts.  Just squash and smell the juice can ease nausea and vomiting

I have mentioned about my views on this famous fruit Lemon. You can also share your views about this yellow fruit here. I request you all to share this post with your friends too as relevant.

Will meet you through next post with another nature spice.

Sunflower Seeds - Good seed/snack for Heart problems

Friends, so far we saw posts regarding Homeopathy and its types of medicines, potency etc. I also want to share you information regarding Nature foods, Natural and Healthy living.

Nature is God’s creation and natural products like Plants, Trees, Roots, Vegetables, Fruits, Seeds, Nuts, Water etc., help us lead a healthy life. Most of the nature’s products are identified as natural herbs because they contain medicinal properties of their own.

In this post, we will discuss about one such natural product SUNFLOWER SEEDS and how it can help us with its medicinal effects.

Sunflower seeds are an excellent source of vitamin E, which has a significant anti-inflammatory property. Vitamin E plays an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.  They help in managing diabetes since they are low in carbohydrate. 

Sunflower Seed

These seeds are very good source of magnesium, hence it will help to reduce severity of Asthma, BP and work well to prevent migraine headache. Sunflower seeds also helps to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Since these seeds contain Selenium which will act to reduce the risk of cancer. The usage of this seeds will also help to control cell damages, thus playing a role in preventing cancer because of the Selenium content.  

Further it should be noted these seeds contain minerals like Calcium, Magnesium, Copper which help to make bones stronger. Since these seeds contain Vitamin E it will help to reduce arthritic pain also.

See this interesting information, if you take just a handful of sunflower seeds a day it will keep heart troubles away. Why? Because these seeds disallow cholesterol from sticking to the walls of arteries, by this way it helps to prevent heart attack.

Now you may understand the importance of this nature food and how it acts in our body with its medicinal properties.

I hope this information will be very useful to you. These seeds are available in most of the departmental stores and are not too costly also..  Don’t use roasted one, use only plain seeds. 

Hint: Although the closed seed is cheaper, I prefer buying the opened seed, otherwise it is a big bother breaking the seeds to get the kernel :).  

Try this to avoid heart problems. Give your comments and also share if you have any information with regards to this topic. It will be much appreciated and useful to all. Ok?

Kali Sulphuricum

Kali Sulphuricum is an oxygen exchanger. Like Ferrum Phosphoricum, this salt will work as oxygen exchanger,  that means this remedy works in effecting the transfer of oxygen while inhaling. It is present in all the cells of containing iron. 

Short fall of this salt will result in the following complaints: Headache, Pain in limbs, Vertigo, Brittle nails, Poor hair condition.

It is very good remedy for BRONCHITIS, whooping cough, asthma, ear trouble. It is also remedy for tuberculosis, mensuration, indigestion, disorders of eyes, albumin urea.

List of Biocombination medicines

In previous posts, we saw a few biocombination medicines. How to select the biocombination remedy for your problem?

It is very easy, since they are indicated by numbers from 1 to 28 connected with the symptoms. The table is given below so that it is easy for you to select the correct remedy

B C NO. 1.	For Anaemia & Chlorosis
B C NO. 2.	For Asthma
B C NO. 3.	For Colic
B C NO. 4.	For Constipation
B C NO. 5.	For Coryza
B C NO. 6.	For Coughs, Cold, Catarrh
B C NO. 7.	For Diabetes
B C NO. 8.	For Diarrhoea
B C NO. 9.	For Dysentery
B C NO. 10.	For Enlarged tonsils
B C NO. 11.	For Fevers and inflammatory diseases
B C NO. 12.	For Headaches
B C NO. 13.	For Leucorrhoea
B C NO. 14.	For Measles
B C NO. 15.	For Menstruation troubles
B C NO. 16.	For Nervous exhaustion
B C NO. 17.	For Piles
B C NO. 18.	For Pyorrhoea
B C NO.  19.	For Rheumatism
B C NO.  20.	For Skin diseases
B C NO.  21.	For Children teething   troubles
B C NO.  22	For Scrophula
B C NO.  23.	For Toothache
B C NO.  24.	For Nerve & Brain tonic
B C NO.  25.	For Acidity, Flatulence and Indigestion
B C NO.  26.	For easy child birth
B C NO.  27.	For Vital weakness
B C NO.  28.	General  tonic

You can select the number according to indication of illness and get relief from the problems.  These medicines are in the form of tablets.  

Dosage: 4-----4------4 for adults, for a week or ten days. if problem continues continue the dosage till you get relief. 

These remedies are Safe, no side effects, will work effectively. These  is from my experience.          

Bio combination B C NO. 2 - Homeopathy remedy for Asthma

In our last post, we saw about a Homeopathic medicine - Spondyl tablets for Spondilitis. In this post, we'll discuss about Homeopathy remedy for Asthma.

This biocombination remedy (BC No. 2) is for asthma problems like - Nervous asthma, accompanied with cough, gasping for breath, irregular pulse; Asthma with troublesome flatulence or spasms, convulsive tickling cough; Bronchial asthma with yellow sputa worse in the evening or in warm room and better in cool air.

Composition: Kali phos  3x;   Mag phos 3x;    Nat mur 3x;   Nat sulf 3x

Let us see the combination of medicines in this table and how it will help to cure the problems.

Kali phosphoricum:  Will help cure nervous diseases, asthma, nervous headache, insomnia

Magnesia phosphoricum:  Will help cure headache, whooping cough; 

Natrum muriaticum:  Remedy for dull headache

Natrum sulphuricum:   For bilious headache

Dosage:   4-----4---4 for one month or till you get cure.

With goodluck will meet you through next posts