Showing posts with label Home Made Remedies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home Made Remedies. Show all posts

Skin Whitener

Whiten up your skin with this ingredients shared to me by my sister- in - law.

Ingredients:

  • 1 bottle of honey
  • 1 body scrub salts with milk
  • 20 pcs. of chinese orange or calamondin
  • lotion with milk

Steps:

1. First, mix 1 bottle of honey and 20 pcs. of chinese orange.
2. When you take a bath, lather and massage the honey with chinese orange all over your body including your face for 20 minutes, then rinse. Do this every time you take a bath.
3. Do body scrub. Only do this once a day.
4. After taking a bath apply lotion whitener with milk.
5. Do this everyday.

Manage Dehydration at Home

Dehydration mostly happens when you have Diarrhea or if you keep on vomiting. So I've done some research on how to manage dehydration at home. Dehydration is very important since you would lose a large amount of electrolytes that helps regulate different functions of your body.

Symptoms
  • poor skin turgor
  • thirsty
  • dry skin
  • low capillary refill
How to detect "poor skin turgor"?
How to detect your skin turgor is easy. Just pinch a part of your skin (not to hard) vertically, mostly a part of your arm then release. Observe, if your skin goes back immediately then you have a good skin turgor if not, then you have a poor skin turgor.

How to detect "low capillary refill"?
Sounds hard but its really quite easy. Pinch one of your fingernails (not so hard) just enough for it to turn white. Now, release if your nail doesn't return to a pinkish color within 3 second, then you have a low capillary refill.

Note: If you vomited more than thrice please see a doctor immediately.
If your diarrhea doesn't stop please see a doctor immediately.

Coping Tips for Dehydration
1. Try oral rehydration therapy (ORT).
In some countries you can usually buy a packet of ORT in drugstores, but incase its not available in your country then try this homemade ORT

Just mix the following ingredients:

Ingredients:
4 tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 L water

Note: Be sure to eat lots of oranges and bananas to add potassium since its not present in the homemade ORT.

2. Drink a combination of fluids
Aside from water, drink also weak tea with sugar, broth, moderate amounts of fruit juices, defizzed nondiet and non caffeinated soda pop or Gatorade

3. Try to take frequent small drinks; its less irritating to your gut.

4. Eat bland diet.
This is time for toast, rice, noodles, bananas, gelatin, soups, boiled potatoes, cooked carrots, and soda crackers.

Oily Hair : 5 Tips for cutting of the Grease

You wash and style your hair every morning. But within a few short hours, it looks stringy and dirty. You, like millions of others, have oily hair.


Tips:
1. SHAMPOO OFTEN
People with oily hair can shampoo everyday. Keep in mind that hair is just a dead protein. washing often won't hurt it.

2.USE A "NON-SENSE" SHAMPOO
People with oily hair need a good solvent type shampoo, one that would cut the grease.


Here are some ways on how to make one
  • Add Ivory liquid to shampoo
  • Look for a castile- type soap without conditioning additives
  • Look for shampoos with a pH higher than 6.7
3.RINSE THOROUGHLY
Be sure you rinse thoroughly. Soap residue will only collect dirt and oil more quickly.

4.FORGET CONDITIONERS
Conditioners coat the hair, something oily hair doesn't need. Apply a small amount of conditioner to the ends if they've become dried out.

5.TRY AN ACIDIC RINSE
One way to decrease the oil is to rinse with diluted vinegar or lemon juice after shampooing.
Ingredients:
  • 2 tbsp white vinegar or juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 cup water or juice
Steps:
1. Mix 2 tbsp of white vinegar to water or strain a juice of 1 lemon to water.
2. Rinse with warm water

Home Made Remedies: Acne

Who Gets Acne?
Nearly every teenage boy and around 80% of teenage girls will suffer from acne. Boys are laso more likely than girls to have severe acne during adolescence.
In contrast women are most likely than men to have acne in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. Some doctors say it's because of cosmetic use and birth control pills. Women may also be more likely to visit a dermatologist for treatment.

What to do?


1. DO NO HARM
Don't pick, press, rub or manipulate those pimples. It increases the risk of spreading the bacteria and chance of scarring. The plug at the top of the porem is like a balloon. You can pop it, but below the surface, the sebum, bacteria, and skin cells may leak into the surrounding tissue, causing inflammation.

2. USE Benozyl Peroxide.

This over the counter ointment helps break up the plug of dead skin cells, bacteria, and oil in pores and cuts down on the bacteria as well. Start with a lower concentration.Use it once or twice a day. If it fries the skin too much, aply a mild moisturizer.

3. APPLY OVER THE COUNTER PRODUCTS FOR PREVENTION
Put in on acne prone areas.

4.GO EASY ON YOUR FACE
You can wash your face 10 times a day and still have acne. It has nothing to do with cleanliness. Washing removes oil from the surface of the skin, not from within the plugged ducts.

5.WASH PROPERLY
Use a mild soap. Rub lightly with your fingertips and warm water. Do not use a washcloth. If you skin is oily, use soap with benozyl peroxide for its drying properties. Wash once or twice daily.

6.DON'T EXFOLIATE
That refers to removing the top layer of dead skin cells. In acne skin, dont's since your skin is already irritated.

7.WATCH OUT OILY PRODUCTS

That goes for oily pomades on your hair, heavy oil- based moisturizers, and even oily cleaners.

8.USE WATER- BASED MAKEUP

If you're not sure and some cosmetic labels are misleading, set the bottle of makeup on the counter. If it separates into water and powder, its water- based, if it doesn't it contains oil. You should opt for powder blushes and loose powders. Eye makeup and lipstick are ok because you don't generally get acne in those areas.

9.FOREGO THE FACIAL

Most people giving facials aren't trained to treat acne- prone skin properly and may end up doing more harm than good.

10.DONT REST YOUR CHIN ON YOUR HANDS
Try not to constantly touch your face. It causes trauma to acne, just like picking the pimple does.

11.SOAK UP THE OIL
Some cosmetic companies make a paper product that can be pressed onto the skin to soak up the oil. It doesn't help the acne, but it helps relieve the oilness, which is disagreeable.

12.SCREEN OUT THE SUN
Sun exposure was believed to help acne. However, too much sun can lead to skin cancer and premature aging, making the risk outweighs the benefits. Protect your skin with a sunscreen that has sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or higher. Look for one that is oil- free or noncomedogenic.

13.DON'T WORRY ABOUT DIET

Chocolate, french fries, and other foods have not been proven to have anything at all to do with causing teenage acne.

14.WATCH FOR IODINE
This is some what controversial, but some doctors believe that high levels of iodine, found in some multiple vitamins and iodized salt, may encourage acne.