Showing posts with label peppermint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peppermint. Show all posts

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Herbs For Treating Blocked Sinuses

Congested sinuses can be cleared treated very effectively by the use herbs such as peppermint, eucalyptus, elderflower and bergamot.

How to Treat

  • Add essential oil of peppermint, eucalyptus, or bergamot to a bucket of boiling water and let the patient inhale the steam by covering his head with a towel and let his or her face face the steam for as long as he can tolerate. common sense is required to avoid injuring the face.
  • The patient should also take elderflower tea to treat inflamed sinuses.


Monday, March 28, 2011

Treat Nausea Naturally

Below are some foods that can help in dealing with nausea.


Many experts consider ginger to be the best remedy for nausea. A study in Thailand showed that a dose of at least 1 gram of ginger was more effective than a placebo at preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting. Some studies have shown that ginger appears to be as effective as metoclorpramide (Reglan, Clopra) for reducing nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy

Peppermint

Canadian scientist Rachel Westphal found that peppermint worked as well for pregnant women as mixtures of peppermint and ginger or pure ginger did. With more than half dozen gas reducing carminatives (stomach-settling agents), more than a dozen pain relievers, and even more sedative and tranquilizing compounds, peppermint offfers a multiple whammy against stomach troubles.

Peppermint seems to stop muscle spasms in the digestive tract, including those involved in vomiting. The oil found in peppermint leaves also blocks the transmission of nausea impulses from the brain to the stomach as well as sedate and irritated digestive tract. And the tannins in the mint help reduce stomach inflamation.

Cinnamon


Cinnamon contains the antiemetic camphor and two carminatives (eugenol and safrole). It also contains chemicals called catechins, which help relieve nausea.


Among other uses for healing cayenne is a proven remedy for motion sickness. At first sign of nausea, take a teaspoon of cayenne disolved in a teaspoom of olive oil.