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If you are wondering, is psyllium husk gluten free? The answer is, yes.
While it has been used as a dietary fiber supplement for ages to improve gut health, it's uses have increased widely.
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- Essential Oils for Cough
- How to Use Essential Oils
- Recipe for Cough
- Risks and Complications
- Takeaway
Essential oils are versatile plant extracts, so they are used for a variety of purposes. You can use some of these essential oils for cough, cold and congestion relief.
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Receding gum also known as Gingival recession is a condition in which your gum tissues that support and protect your teeth begins to reduce.
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Protein in urine is not a condition to consider lightly. If you detect it early you can save yourself from kidney disease.
The condition is called proteinuria in which your kidney is not able to filter proteins efficiently so some proteins are excreted with urine.
There are no symptoms in the early stages of proteinuria but in advance stages you can see bubbly frothy urine in the toilet.
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If you have adenomyosis then you get debilitating pains and prolonged heavy bleeding during menstruation.
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Astigmatism is a refractive eye error like short sightedness (myopia ) or long sightedness (hyperopia). So it is not an eye disease or eye health problem but just a suboptimal way in which the eye focuses light.
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Ankle pain can occur due to a torn ligament, muscle strains, bone fractures and underlying conditions such as gout and arthritis and other bone and joint degenerative diseases.
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Abdominal pain is generally a digestive condition in which your stomach can get upset due to infection or other reasons. It can lead to gas, diarrhea and pain.
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Head lice are a common problem for school-age children. Although head lice are not dangerous, they are a nuisance and can be difficult to get rid of. Several simple and effective home remedies can help eliminate head lice.
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Sleep not only makes you feel better but also offers many other important benefits for your overall health. Studies have shown that if you get enough good sleep then your mood, heart, brain and your sex life significantly improve.
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Liquid diets are used for many different purposes including weight loss. An upcoming surgery or an intestine of illness may also require a liquid diet but with a different objective. You may be on a liquid diet for cleansing purposes.
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Home remedies for ear infections work in most cases where antibiotics are not required. Generally middle ear infections do not need such harsh medication. Children get more often affected by the middle ear infections. In such ear infections you can use natural ear drops and other natural methods to get relief from ear pains.
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Most aware women with hair loss will immediately seek treatment rather than trying to hide the patches or thinking with hair styles. This is a good strategy as the odds of success increases with early actions.
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You can't treat coughs in babies in the same way as you treat it in adults. The chemical based cough syrups and other OTC medicines are not good for babies or toddlers. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) warns that over the counter medicines for cough and cold can be dangerous for children under the age of 6.
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Urinating one to two times during the night is considered normal. However, more frequent urination at night can happen in old age. This impacts your sleep as a result other health complications may arise.
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What is Carpal tunnel syndrome?
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a common problem associated with excessive movement of wrists.
Nerves blood vessels and ligaments use various tunnels in the body to move where they are going without getting any obstructions. Carpal tunnel is one such busy tunnel that allows these internal body elements through the wrist into the fingers.
When you use your hands and wrists for long periods doing repetitive motions, the tissues inside the tunnel get inflamed and swollen. This causes them to press on the nerves causing pain in the wrist and numbness in the fingers. This condition is called carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Anemia is a condition in which either the number of red blood cells or amount of hemoglobin in the blood is reduced. This reduces oxygen supply to the cells resulting in suboptimal muscular activities and slowing down of cell building and repair activities.
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Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or in simple terms jaw pain usually may get resolved on its own in a few days. If you have pain in your jaws during chewing, yawning or even talking, then it is most likely due to some sort of temporomandibular disorder. You may also get pain around your head in a ring form as if a cloth is tightly tied around your head. Over the counter painkillers help but you may prefer home remedies for these episodes of jaw pains to avoid unwanted side effects of these pain killers.
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It is common to feel heartburn due to Acid Reflux once in a while. When the Acid Reflux becomes more frequent or chronic then it is considered Gastroesophageal Acid Reflux Disease (GERD). If not treated well then it can cause more complications including esophageal cancer.
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Constipation is a very common problem during pregnancy. Your bowel movement frequencies reduce, stools harden and you get abdominal pain.
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A number of different circumstances put together are considered urinary tract infections. When bacteria overgrows in the bladder or kidneys or in the tube connecting kidney and the bladder, it causes UTI. Older men are more prone to UTI than the younger men. The condition is more preventable in females but men do get it. Most cases if UTI require antibiotics, but initial stages can be treated at home. These home remedies can also help in prevention of UTI
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Wheatgrass in recent times has got a lot of acceptance as an effective skin care and hair growth remedy as well as a good health food. It is a powerhouse of nutrients ranging from chlorophyll to antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Wheatgrass in the not so recent past was a natural remedy for almost all health conditions. Though some of those benefits are not supported with research, what grass certainly has shown improvements in digestion and skin conditions. Even your hair growth can be accelerated with wheatgrass. So if you like the grassy taste of wheatgrass Juice then go for it.
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Stomach flu also known as viral gastroenteritis is an infection of the stomach caused by norovirus. Though it is called stomach flu, there is no flu as in influenza which affects the respiratory tract. Stomach flu affects the gastrointestinal tract. It can also be caused by bacteria or parasites, but major contributors are viruses. The condition is difficult to deal with and experience can be horrible. There is no cure for stomach flu but home remedies do help to reduce symptoms and heal it fast. Most cases of stomach flu get resolved in 10 days.
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Viral fever is one of the most common seasonal conditions that affects both children and adults. With every season change, the atmospheric temperature changes. This creates favourable conditions for viruses to attack. Antibiotics usually have no impact on viral fever, therefore your choices remain on OTC products and home remedies to deal with it. The viral fever may sometimes cause diarrhea and vomiting. Some of the home remedies specified below will give you relief from these symptoms as well as treat your viral fever slowly and effectively.
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Testicular pain and swelling is common among men of all ages. Also known as scrotal pain, the testicular pain can vary in its severity and time period. One of the most severe and excruciating pain is caused by Testicular torsion.
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Who doesn't want to look younger? No one wants wrinkles on the skin, but as we age our skin loses its elasticity and begins to sag and wrinkled.
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Pilonidal cyst is a chronic skin infection at the beginning of the crease of your buttock just at the bottom of the tailbone. Young men and particularly those who sit for a long time are at high risk of developing pilonidal cyst. It occurs with pus and high risk of infection.
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Blackheads are like acne. They appear as a result of clogging of pores. They contain oxidized melanin that is why they appear black. Melanin is a pigment that provides darkness to your skin.
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Sebaceous glands in your body produce a natural oil called sebum to maintain your skin moisturized. Production of too much sebum clogs the pores and causes acne. The area around clogged pores gets swollen and red breakouts appear on the surface of the skin.
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Mumps is a contagious viral infection that is common among the children ages between 5 and 15. Adults are also not spared although incidences are reduced as you age. Usually you get affected by mumps only once in lifetime. It is rare, but some people may get it a second time.