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An Herbal Remedy For Constipation

If you’ve ever had an issue with digestion, constipation, over use of laxatives, are planning to detoxify your body, or are having trouble with your gums, Triphala is something you should look into if you haven’t already.

Triphala is an Ayurvedic herbal formula made from three separate Indian herbs:

Amalaki, Bibhitaki, and Haritaki.

It has astringent properties that help to tighten and tone tissues while simultaneously cleansing them. This is a useful property for the entire body but Triphala is best known for improving the digestive tract. Literally from mouth to colon. Someone with bleeding gums would do well to try Triphala. It helps to stop the bleeding by tightening the gum tissue and penetrating deep into the gums and cleansing them.

To use Triphala for your gums, leave a single teaspoon in a cup of water overnight. The next morning, strain out the solids and use the remaining liquid like mouthwash. Be sure to push the liquid between your teeth and thoroughly swish all around your entire mouth. Do this for between one 1 and 3 minutes.

Triphala, Digestion, and Constipation

To understand why Triphala is valuable for assisting digestion and relieving constipation its helpful to understand two very basic ideas about how elimination and digestion can become impaired.

1) A back up in the liver and gall bladder

2) Intestinal dryness

This typically goes hand in hand with some presence of toxicity in the blood. The causes can vary, but in our culture it is usually due to diet and/or chemical substances that over tax those organs. Triphala is able to penetrate the liver and gall bladder to deliver nutrients and detoxify the tissue. They are then able to resume the release of bile into the intestinal tract. This serves to address intestinal dryness.

The Importance Of Natural Peristalsis

While this is happening, Triphala also stimulates the intestines and colon to re-instate normal peristalsis. Peristalsis is the muscular function in the digestive tract that pushes solid waste out of the body. Read more

2011
12/14
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Holistic
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Improve Your Memory with Eat Healthy

As the rate of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease grows, people rely on unsafe and expensive supplements that claim to improve memory. But the prevention of this age-related memory loss may just be no further than your refrigerator.

First, you need to eat lots of fruits and richly colored vegetables. Fruits like blueberries, raspberries, red grapes, oranges, grapefruit and vegetables like broccoli, peppers, carrots and tomatoes can help boost your memory. They actually contain substances called anthocyanins and flavanoids. Anthocyanins are responsible for the red, purple and blue colors of these fruits and vegetables. Anthocyanins and flavanoids are very powerful antioxidants that help defend the body, especially the brain from life’s stressors.

As you grow old, your brain cells sometimes stop communicating with each other. As a result, it would be harder for the brain to process thoughts, retain short-term memory and create new cells. Antioxidants improve communication between neurons and allow the brain to regenerate. They prevent cell damage and interfere with aging. It contributes to a better and powerful memory.

Everyday, your brain eats up around 30% of your calories. The right foods act as fuel to your brain so you could think, focus, remember and react effectively. Your brain consumes fuel even as you sleep. That is why you should always have a good breakfast for it refuels your body and your brain.

Adding fish to your diet is very good because it has Omega 3. One of the components of Omega 3 is DHA or docosahexaenoic acid. High concentrations of DHA can be found in the brain and it is needed for healthy cognitive function. If you have noticed, most brands of milk for pregnant women and baby milk formula highlight that their product is rich with DHA for it is very helpful in the baby’s developing brain. Read more

2011
09/17
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Mental Health
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