best taken in their raw form. They
may be cut into small pieces and s
p
rinkled with
a little salt and the juice of a lemon added to t
h
em so as to make them
more palatable.
Tip 8. Get to Know
H
e
alt
h
y
Kitc
h
en Practices
Ex
a
mple: Foods That Require Careful Cooking
Certain foods, especially if they are not properly cooked, cause indigesti
o
n. Some p
e
ople react unfavourable to certain
f
oods like b
e
ans, cabba
g
e, onions, cucumber, radishes and
seafood. Fried foods
as well as rich and spicy foods often
cause abd
o
minal disc
o
mfort and gas, and aggravate the existing c
o
ndition.
What are s
o
me other important considerations?
·
Excessive smoking and intake of alcohol can also cause st
om
ach upsets.
·
Constipation may interfere with the normal flow of ingested matter through the gastr
o
- intestinal tr
a
c
t, resul
t
ing
in gas and
a
bdominal pain.
·
Drinking too much water with meals, insomnia,
e
motions such as jealo
u
sy, fear and anger and l
a
ck of exercise are among the other causes of in
d
igestion.
Tip 9. (Basic Healing Principles) Control Inflammation
w
i
th Cold
For controlling inflamm
a
tion, use the cold compress.
This is a local applica
t
i
o
n using a cloth that has
been wrung out in cold
w
ater. The cl
o
th should
be folded in
t
o a broad s
t
rip and dip
p
ed in cold
w
ater or ice
w
ater. The c
o
mpress is
g
enerally applied to t
h
e head, neck, chest,
ab
domen and back.
The cold c
o
mpress is
a
n effective means of controlling in
fl
ammatory
c
onditions of
the liver, spleen, st
om
ach, kidn
e
ys, intestin
e
s, lungs, br
a
in, pelvic o
r
gans and so on. It is also advantageous in c
a
ses
of fever and heart disease. The cold
compress soothes irrita
t
ions of the
dermis and inflammatio
n
s of external portions of
t
he eye. When the eyeball is af
f
ect
e
d, the cold compress should follow
a short fomentation.
Tip 10 (Basic Healing Principles) Control Pa
i
n with Heat
For relieving pain, use t
h
e hot compress.
This is a cold compress
covered in such a manner as to bri
n
g warmth. A heating c
o
mpress consis
t
s
of
t
hree or four folds of lin
e
n cloth wru
n
g out in cold water which is then co
v
ered completely with dry flannel or blanket to prevent
the circulation of air and help accu
m
ulation of body heat.
The hot compress some
t
imes appli
e
d for several hours. The
duration of
t
he applica
t
ion is determined by the exte
n
t and locati
o
n of the sur
f
ace involved, the nature
and thickn
e
ss of the
coverings
a
nd the water temperature. After removing the compress, the area should
be rubbed with a wet cloth and then dried with a towel.
A heating c
o
mpress can
be applied
t
o the throat,
chest, abd
o
men, and joints. A throat
compress relieves sore
t
hroat, hoarseness, tonsillitis, phary
n
gitis and
la
ry
ngitis. An abdominal compress helps those
suffering fr
o
m gastritis,
hyperacidity, indiges
t
io
n
, jaundice,
constipation, diarrhoea,
dy
sentery a
n
d other ailments relating to the abd
o
minal organs. The chest
compress also known
as chest p
a
ck, relieves
colds, bro
n
chitis, pl
e
urisy, pneumon
i
a, fever, cough and so on, while t
h
e joints
compress is
h
elpful for infl
a
med joints,
r
heumatism, rheumatic fever and sprains.
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