Tip 127. Quick tips for curing gum disease.
Any treatm
e
nt for pyorrhoea, to be e
f
fective, sh
o
uld be cons
t
itutional. It
should aim at cleansing the blood a
n
d tissu
e
s
of
the acid im
p
urities which are at the
r
oot of the t
r
ouble. The
ex
traction
of the teeth
affected wi
t
h the disease will not he
l
p clear the systemic toxaemia.
The patient
should begin the treatment with a short juice f
a
st for three
t
o five days. The juice of
a fresh ora
n
ge diluted with water on 50: 50 basis, should be
t
aken at two-hourly intervals from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. during this period. If
t
he orange j
u
ice does not
agree, car
r
ot juice may be taken. The
b
owels should be cleansed daily during this peri
o
d with a warm water en
e
ma. If constipa
t
ion
is habitu
a
l
,
all steps sh
o
uld be taken
for its eradication.
After the juice fast, the
p
atient should spend a f
u
rther three to five days on an exclusive fresh fruit diet. In
t
his regimen, he should
h
ave three meals a day, at five-hourly intervals of fresh
juicy fruits such as apples, pears, g
r
apes, grap
e
-fruit, oran
g
es, pineapple and melon. If losing much weight on the all-f
r
uit diet, those already under weight may add a
g
lass of milk
t
o each
fruit meal.
Thereafter the patient may gradually embark upon a balanc
e
d diet, with
emphasis
o
n fresh fruits, green
salads, whole meal bread, properly cooked vegetables, che
e
se, nuts, a
n
d milk. White brea
d
, white sug
a
r and all refined and tin
n
ed foods must be completely given up.
Condiments, sauces,
a
lcohol, coffee
and strong
t
ea as well
a
s
meat and other flesh
f
oods should also
be avoided. The patient
should also keep away from starchy and sticky foods. The teeth
a
nd gum, like other parts
of the body require exercise. This c
a
n be achieved by
eating hard
and fibrous
f
oods. Whe
a
t is esp
e
cially valuable in the prevention and trea
t
ment of pyorrhoea. It takes time
to eat wheat chapattis
a
nd as it is
g
enerally taken with other foods, it compels the chewing of
other foods
also. This
n
ot only provides the ne
e
ded exercise for the teeth and g
u
ms but is also a great aid to digestio
n
.
Tip 128. Cost-Free Methods of Health Care: Heat, Cold, and Yoga for Sinusitis
Cold applic
a
tion over the sinus wi
l
l
g
i
ve great relief; alternate
hot and cold applicati
o
ns will also prove beneficial. Take
p
ans of hot
a
nd cold wa
t
er, bathe t
h
e whole face with hot water- as hot
as you can bear- and then apply cold water for short durati
o
n. Nasal in
h
alation of s
t
eam for five minutes every hour will also give rel
i
ef.
Yogasanas
such as vip
a
ritakarni, b
h
ujanga
s
ana,
yogamudra
and shavasana, yogic kriyas, such as
jal
n
eti and sutr
a
neti and pr
a
nayamas like anuloma-viloma and suryabhedan will be beneficial
in
the treatment of sinus
trouble.
Tip 129. Health habits for minimizing the pain of psoriasis.
Too frequent baths sho
u
ld be avoided in psori
a
sis. Soap sh
o
uld not be
u
sed. Regul
a
r sea water baths and applica
t
ion of sea
w
ater exte
r
nally over the
a
ffected parts once a day are beneficial.
T
he hot Eps
o
m salts bath has proved valuable in
psoriasis.
Three full b
a
ths should
b
e taken weekly until the
t
rouble begi
n
s
to subsid
e
. The number of baths there
a
fter may be
reduced to
t
wo weekly
a
nd finally to
one.
The affected areas should also be b
a
thed twice in hot water containing E
p
som
salt. After t
h
e bath a little olive oil may be applied. The skin
should be kept absolut
e
ly clean by daily friction
or sponge.
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