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Due to heredity, lifestyle changes and aging, sensitive skin and skin diseases can be nagging issues for many people. One should try to tackle it using more natural remedies than relying on medication or steroid cream due to its side-effect. Skin … Continue reading
Having arthritis pain and wonder what natural remedies you can adopt in 
your life style?
Here are some suggestions that can spice up your meal and reduce the potential pain due to arthritis.
1) Garlic contains sulphur compounds that are believed to have anti-inflammatory.
2) Turmeric which contains curcumin that is thought to have anti-inflammatory properties.
3) Ginger has been widely used in Asian daily meal preparation. It is also used in Ayurvedic (Indian), Chinese and Japanese medicine.
4) Cumin is the dried seed of the herb cuminum cyminum,
from the parsley
family. It contains thymoquinone, a powerful antioxidant that appears to reduce inflammation.
5) Chillis contain capsaicin, which is thought to be anti-inflammatory and to stimulate the release of endorphins that has pain relieving effects.
6) Basil contains a volatile oil called eugenol which could have anti-inflammatory properties similar to those found in aspirin.
Studies has shown that people who take control of their treatment and actively manage their arthritis experience lesser pain and function better.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), some of the daily food can be considered as herbs as well, and vice versa.
One of a common food which is widely used in our daily cooking is ginger.
Ginger provide “yang” energy to the body. In an Chinese old saying, “a male cannot afford not to take ginger within 100 days”, says a lot about the importance of ginger.
Ginger can be stirred fried with vegetable to create the nice aroma.
For somebody have flu or cold, it is good to have a bowl of porridge together with slices of ginger and pepper. It that person perspire after that bowl of hot porridge with ginger, chances are he or she will recover sooner.
Another common remedy for cough or cold is to put two slices of ginger into coke. Heat up the coke for a while. This serves a good drink for cough and cold.