ANTIDOTES FOR INCOMPATIBLE FOOD COMBINATIONS

Proper combination of food substances, keeping in view the 5 factors given above, can enhance the process of digestion and aid in nutrition of body.

If the negative effects of food items or “antidotes” as given below.

·         Cheese increases congestion and mucous. It aggravates pitta and kapha. To counteract this, you can add black pepper.

·     Eggs in cooked form increase pitta, and in raw form, increase kapha. Turmeric and onions  are the antidotes.

·    Ice-cream increases mucous and causes congestion. If taking ice-cream in inevitable, then top it with clove and cardamom.

·    Curd increases mucous and causes congestion. Cumin and ginger will take care of the ill-effects of curd.

·    Fish increases Pitta. Coconut, lime and lemon are the remedial measures to counteract the bad effects of fish.

·    Meat is heavy to digest. Cloves or pepper powder makes the digestion easer.

·    The bad effects of tea can be lessened with ginger. In the same way, ill-effects of coffee

      can  be kept at bay with nutmeg powder.

·    It is a known fact that sweets increase congestion. Addition of dry ginger powder (sonthi/soonth) to the sweetmeats will decrease the congestion.

·    Tobacco aggravates pitta and stimulates vaata. Brahmi, calamus root (vasa/vacha) are used   as antidotes to tobacco.

·    Rice and wheat increase kapha and fat. Clove and ginger are used to enhance the beneficial effects of these cereals.

·    Legumes produce gas and distention. Garlic, cloves, black pepper, ginger, rock salt or chilli powder are the antidotes.

·    Cabbage produces gas due to its sulphur content. Cook in sunflower oil adding turmeric and mustard seeds.

·    Garlic increases pitta. Grated coconut and lemon counteract this effect.

·    Green salad produces gas. Cooking reduces the gas formation but, at the same time its therapeutic benefits may also be lost. If you want to have salad in raw form, add a little quantity of lemon juice to it.

·    Onions also produce gas. To prevent this either you should take it in cooked form or you should add salt, lemon, curd and mustard seed powder to it.

·    Potato due to its high carbohydrate content produces gas. This can be reduced with ghee and pepper.

·    Tomato increase kapha. Lime and cumin are the antidotes to it.

DIABETES

Ancient scholars of Ayurveda knew Diabetes Mellitus some 3,000 years ago. The association of frequent urination with a sweet tasting substance in the urine was first reported in Charaka Samhita, the ancient Ayurvedic classic.

Allopathic drugs like insulin, sulphonylureas, biguanides have definitely helped in controlling the blood sugar levels and improving the quality of life but none of them has been unequivocally successful in maintaining normal glucose levels and avoiding later stage complications of diabetes. About 15 to 20 percent of patients with newly diagnosed non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus have little or no response to sulphonylureas and with each year of treatment, about 3-5 per cent of the patients, who have achieved better acceptable glycogenic control, lose their responsiveness. Biguanides therapy is associated with lactic blood disorders, water retention, and several others.

In spite of all the advances in therapeutics, diabetes still remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. As per the available data, there are at least 20 million diabetics in India.

There are foods and herbs, with a have a specific role in the treatment of diabetes.

1.       Bitter gourd (karela): This has a long history as food and medicine. The fruit and seeds of this plant contain most active blood sugar-lowering components. This as it closely an active principle called charantin, which is sometimes called plant insulin, as it closely resembles insulin from cows (Bovine insulin). For better therapeutic benefits, extract juice from four to five karelas every morning and take of a decoction. You can even prepare a curry. However, remember not fry in oil or add sugar to this vegetable to counteract bitter taste; otherwise, the therapeutic benefits may be lost.

2.       Honey: Since honey consists of velulose, it is not harmful in diabetes. Honey has antibacterial and antimicrobial activity due to enzymatic ally-liberated hydrogen peroxide. Some diabetics feel that they only need to stop taking sugar and honey to control diabetes. However, it is best for patients to know the daily ratio of sugar or honey. This ratio should not be taken at one time, but should be reasonably distributed throughout the day. One teaspoonful of honey provides 20 Kcal of energy; you are allowed to take one teaspoonful of honey per day. After a mixed meal, the stomach empties slowly. Therefore, honey eaten a meal, will not raise blood sugar as much as when taken on an empty stomach.

3.       Garlic : The Indian journal of Experimental Biology, few years ago published the anti-diabetic  effects of S-Ally Cysteine Sulphoxide (allicin) isolated from garlic. Garlic has been used as a traditional dietary supplement for diabetes in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Preliminary studies in rabbits, rats and limited numbers of people have demonstrated that garlic has some ability to lower blood sugars. More research in this area is needed. (See Notes regarding some concern about using garlic with certain diabetes medications.). Eat 2 – 4 cloves of raw garlic everyday and you can keep the risks at bay. If it is too strong for you to take, there are garlic pills with or without odour.

4.       Custard applie leaves: A recent study reveals that 2-5 newly emerged leaves with 75mg of long pepper if taken for 3-6 weeks, lowers blood sugar levels effectively.

5.       Neem leaves: Neem is an age old remedy and does not require a trip to stores. It is easily available anywhere. Leaves made into juice or paste can be taken internally to lower blood sugar.

6.       Cabbage: A recent study reveals the anti-diabetic effects of cabbage in streptozolo diabetes in rats. The fascinating point is that this is as effective as insulin. As anafternoon snack, eat a cup of cooked cabbage. It is low calorie, anti-cancer, fibre filled food that lowers your excess sugar naturally

7.       Turmeric: Ayurveda recommends turmeric as an exclusive remedy for diabetes. It is more effective if taken with an equal amount of amla powder. The Indian journal Pharmacology concludes in a study that the fine powder of turmeric has blood sugar lowering effects.

INSOMNIA (LACK OF SLEEP)

Researchers have identified insomnia (lack of sleep) as a cause of serious disorders ranging from diabetes to high stress levels. The results show that is taking a huge toll on the quality of life and the health of sufferers.

One of the reasons that insomnia is on the rise of the high stress levels and time pressures associated with modern living. The people would gladly get more sleep if they could, but the information age, which was supposed to make everything more efficient, has just made everything busier. Many people complain of insomnia, with stress during the day making them too tense or worried to be able to fall asleep at night. Lack of sleep, in turn, creates more stress on the job and at home. However, it  is important to know at the outset that not all people require the same amount of sleep. Sleeping cycles very among people and throughout a person’s life. Moreover, while one person may only require four hours of sleep, others may need ten hours.

SELF-HELP GUIDELINES

Fortunately, lifestyle changes and herbal medicines can help treat the problem. You can try these time-tested remedies:

·         Do some exercise everyday – but never late in the evening

·         Avoid caffeine in all forms, especially after lunch.

·         Avoid long naps during the day

·         Don’t choose alcohol as a remedy for sleeplessness. Even though alcohol is a sedative, it 

           can disturb the sleep. Remember that sleep is different from sedation.

·         Drink buffalo milk. It contains rich amounts of an amino acid, L-tryptophan, which induces 

           sleep.

·         Eat sweets before going to bed-time. Charaka Samhita says that bath is the best remedial

           measure to counteract exertion.

·         Read a book or do some repetitive, calm activity such as chanting a mantra.

·         Avoid distractions that may hold your attention and keep you awake, such as watching a

           suspense movie or a thrilling game.

·         Make your bedroom as comfortable as possible. Create a quiet, dark atmosphere. Use  

           clean, fresh sheets and pillow and keep the room temperature comfortable. Neither too

           warm nor too cold.

·         Half a tablespoonful of fried cumin seed powder (safed-jeera) stuffed in banana cut

           length-wise is to be taken in the evenings. Alternately, inhalation on poppy seeds

         (gasagasaalu/afim) heated and wrapped in a cloth bag works excellently. You can even

          take glassful of milk with a pinch of nutmeg powder at bedtime.

RIGHT AGE FOR SEX

Young people should take part in the sexual act only after attaining maturity. Children and very old persons are disqualified for indulging in sexual intercourse.

There is no fragrance in a bud. Fragrance appears only when the flower blossoms. Similar phenomenon takes place in the case of living beings. Persons desirous of longevity should not indulge in sexual intercourse with women before the age of sixteen years. A young not indulge in sexual intercourse with women before the age of sixteen years. A young boy of very tender age does not possess all the tissue elements in their matured form. If he enters into sex act with a woman, his body gets dried up like a pond having little water.

Vigorous sexual acts are forbidden after the age of seventy years. A piece of wood which is dried and shriveled gets broken immediately by a little pressure of touch. Similarly, indiscriminate sexual intercourse with a woman decays the body of an old man. With the passage of years, the sexual impulse becomes less powerful and is more readily quenched by other emotions and circumstances.

EROTIC ARTICLES IN DIFFERENT SEASONS

Summer season: Big pongs having lotus flowers, surrounded by intoxicated black bees, fragrance of jaati (jasmine) and utpala (water-lily) and underground rooms which are cold.

Rainy season: Rivers with waves of foam, mountains with blue peaks and the onset of black clouds.

Autumn season: Rise of beautiful moon at night, wind that is pleasant to touch and which has the smell of the pond full of water lilies.

Early and late winter: Nights which are long enough for sexual indulgence and women smeared with saffron and aguru (eagle wood or Aquilaria agallocha)

Spring : Pleasing companions, cooling sound of the cuckoo bird, flowers in the parks and forests, pleasing diet and drinks, sound of the music, mind which is broad and free from afflictions, accomplishment of the objective freshly initated love affair and women these are the weapons of cupid (the God of Sex)

  Measures To Enhance Virility

A person who takes ghee and milk is free from fear and diseases, indulges in sex regularly is youthful, determined and gets vigorous sex with women.

Persons who have friends in similar profession, are accomplished in their objectives, are attached to each other, are skilful in arts, who are similar in mind and age, have noble attached to each other, are skilful in arts, who are similar in mind and age, have noble lineage, expertise, good conduct and purity, regularly indulge in sex acts, are excited, are free from grief and pain, have similar conduct, have lovable and pleasant disposition as well as speech-friendship wit such good companions promotes virility of a person.

 A man gets sexually excited by massage, unction, bath, use of scents, garland and ornaments, comfortable home, bed and seat, happiness, wearing of clothes which are not worn out and to a liking of the person, pleasing sound of the birds, sounds of ornaments of women and kneading (samvaahana) by his partner.

Growth Medium.

Afsluttende Projekt for Væksthusgartnerelev Bihrmann. Vilvorde/RTS 2009

Since I did not have access to the original gravel mixture from Namib Desert at

the start and also not sure it's optimal, I have chosen to try different media, based

on the airy structure traditionally used for this plant.

In nature, the capillarity structure less important, as much fluid intake comes from

morning dew, and the plant does not absorb much if any liquid from the ground.

Even when it rains, there will not be in a volume that can saturate the soil

thoroughly.

Although I shall attempt in fog chamber, I waters. Both because it seems to be

important for small plants in the wild, it should promote growth, and it is a way to

add nutrition. That means the available quantity of water is essential, but the

medium water-holding pores hardly need to be top of the normal 20-30% of pore

volume, since it can suffocate the roots of a desert plant.

As to be taken into account nutrient will be the addition of 2% clay in all media,

whose negative-charged colloids bind the positively charged nutrient ions. This is

these drugs available to the plant and leaching avoided.

Since culture is running for a long time, and a translocation is unnecessary

because of the plant's slow growth, it is important to the growth medium is the

structure stable.

Pore Volume.

When I at the start had no information about the natural habitats pore volume, I

have chosen medias, which I suspect is within the framework of the realistic.

Subsequent analysis of the Namibian soil has shown that (not surprisingly) there

are significantly fewer large pores in the wild. As the small plants I am dealing with

the culture seemed to prefer more humid conditions than those exposed to the

wild, it means they usefully can be grown in a more 'loose' media than they

originally found in. In order to avoid rot and provide good ventilation from the roots,

the medium might be well ventilated. Experiments conducted in Namib desert

(Annex 7) showed pores volume fluctuated between 0% -11% large, 17% - 33%

medium, but we must

SIX PRINCIPLES OF CONVINCING/PROGRAMMING THE SUBCONSCIOUS

1) Repetition 2) Identification 3) Authority

4) Intense Emotion 5) Hypnosis 6)Hypno Meditation (HM)

Repetition is improtant to influence the subconscious. Practicing is an example of using repetition to implant material into the subconscious persist with your suggestions over and over again with quietness but determination until you have a sense of completeness. It is time consuming.

Identificatoin :- likewise takes time. You tend to become like the people with whom, you identify. Therefore, choose to identify with the winners. See yourself as a valued colleague of the people you admire. See them applauding you. Start thinking of yourself as already successful in the field to which you aspire.

Authority :-may work faster depending on the degree of belief in that authortiy and emotional concomitants.

Intense emotion :- can influence your subconsious immediately.

One intense experience can can have permanent effect. For example, a child bitten by a dog can become fearful of all dogs.

Strong emotional attractions will attract whatever you love, hate or fear. Calm and relaxed attitudes have the ability to attract or release according to our intention.

Hypnosis is not fast but it can be induced at will to produce predetermined results. The only problem with hypnosis is that you need a hypnotist (the operator) to work on you (the subject)

With active Hypno-Meditation, you can achieve the same result as with hypnosis or better, that too, all by yourself. You can combine some of he aforementioned methods/principles with Hypno-Meditation for powerful and fast results.

Parents, teachers, religious figures, leaders and doctors, have the ability to influence your subconsious because of the factors of identification, authority repettion and possibly also that of intense emotion. It is now recognized that words spoken in the delivery or operating room affect the subconsious mind.

MEDITATION

MIND

Mind can be defined as an ability of a person to be aware or conscious of things and to think and reason; a person’s attention, remembrance, intention, or opinion and sanity.

In modern times Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, the Austrian founder of psychoanalysis, advanced our knowledge tremendously with his research into mind processes and with his psychoanalytic concepts. He believed that the mind as a whole consists of three main divisions-the Ego, the Superego and the Id. Our awareness, the part with which we think and reason, he called Ego. The ego is the more conscious of the world and of itself (that is, it is mostly self-conscious) and is the part of the psyche which tests reality. The ego develops when the child becomes aware of the difference between “self” and things, which are not self”. Another part, best thought of as partly conscious, he termed the Superego. The superego is the “conscience” made up of the internalized taboos, prohibitions and moral restraints imposed by parents and society. These parental and societal inhibitions are instilled in childhood and remain largely unconscious. Below consciousness is a part, which he called the Id, this being the seat of our memory and basic instincts. The id is the sum total of our primitive drives and urges of one’s nature. The id is completely unconscious its energy is called “libido” and is governed by the “pleasure principle”. These three concepts, ego, superego and id, form the structure of the psyche according to Freud. To simplify and summarize: the id says. “Do it now!” the Ego says, “Not now. This is not the appropriate time and place to do it”, and the Superego says, “Don’t do it at all – ever! It’s evil and wrong to do it under any circumstances”.

Later Freud theorized as to a fourth part lying between the id and the ego, just below the level of consciousness, calling it the Preconscious. Experiences, which once were conscious but now are imperfectly consciousness and unconsciousness known as the preconscious. A memory is preconscious when we say, “I know it but I can’t recall it to my memory”.

The superego is not just partly conscious and conscience but is the most spiritual part of the mind. He termed it the super conscious mind.

PULSE DIAGNOSIS (NAADI PARIKSHA)

Beyond your cells, tissues, and organs, there is an abundance of activity you are not aware of! It forms complex patterns and is important to your existence and can be perceived through the sense of touch. It is your Naadi or the pulse!

If any Ayurvedic doctor, just by touching your wrist, reels off about your chronic pain or abnormalities in blood sugar and disgestion or heart murmurs or kidney failure or peptic ulcer… all without prior knowledge, do not attribute any extra-sensory perception or amazing occult power to him. It is just an interpretion of a profound theory, the naadi tatvam!

MODERN VIEW

The pulse is the pressure wave you can feel as the pumping heart pushes the blood through the arteries. According to modern medical science, the pulse gives an indicaton of the rate and pressure at which the heart is beating from the rhythm, character and volume.

In a normal individual, normal pulse rate is between 65 and 85, although it tends to be higher in children and the elderly, up to 100 to 110 beats per minute. Most of the times, the pulse rate changes according to the demand. For example, during and after exercise, the rate increases in order to supply the exercising muscles with more blood and oxygen. However, those who enjoy physical activity often have a slower pulse rate. Just as their body muscles develop and enlarge, so does their heart muscles, which as an outcome, becomes better conditioned and more efficient. Consequently, the rate it which it can perform the job of pumping the blood around the body is slower than it would it can perform the job of pumping the blood around the body is slower than it would be in a less fit individual. The pulse also increases in response to nervous signals and the release of adrenaline like substances into the bloodstream, during psychological stress, excitement or emotion.

Abonormally slow pulse: There are a number of medical disorders that can slow down the pulse below the normal rate and which, as a result, may also induce palpitatons.

1) Medicaltion : Digitalis, the drug that is commonly used to control irregular heart beats, may cause slow pulse. Also, the beta-blockers, such as inderal, atenolol, commonly used for a range of disorders including high blood pressure, angina, anxiety, migraine and abnormal rhythms of the heartbeat, also slow the pulse.

2) Hypothyroidism : Low levels of thyroxine, the hormone produced by the thyroid gland, causes a pulse rate stedily bellow 60, although in a very fit person the rate could be as slow as 40 (the oher sysmptoms of hypothrodism include weight gain, constipation, mental and physical inactivilty, lethargy, thining of hair and dry skin).

3) Heart Block : If your pulse rate is below 60 and physical strain makes you feel dizzy and senseless, this suggests a heart block. (The messages transmitted by the conduction system of the heart sometimes fail to get through from their source in the upper chambers of the heart to the lower ventricular chambers. As a result, the muscles of the ventricles will not contract as often as they should.)

Abnormally fast pulse : Tea, coffe and soft drinks, all contain high levels of caffeine, which is a heart stimulant. So, drinking more than three or four caffeine containing drinks, or, for that matter, more than two or three measures of alchol daily is enough to develop a faster pulse, particullarly if the individual is a smoker, since nicotine enhances the effect.

1) Anaemia : The pulse rate significantly increases in anaemia, a conditon in which the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is reduced. Anaemic persons look very pale, are often short of breath, particularly during and after physical work, and may suffer from angina, since the condition puts more exertion on the heart. Though the blood carries less oxygen, the body’s tissues are still in need of the same amount of oxygen. The heart, therefore, tries to make up in quantity what the blood lacks in quality, beating faster and faster to re-circulate the blood more quickly so that more of it goes to the required area.

2) Hyperthroidism : Just as an under active thyroid slows down the metabolsim, so an overactive gland, by producing excess amounts of thyroxine hormone, enhances metabloism. This results in rapid pulse. (Associated sysptoms include diarrhoea, increased appetite, weight loss, flushed, sweaty skin, and generally high energy levels. Palpitaiton is also a common sysmptom.)

3) Fever : Most infections, producing a fever, raise the pulse rate, and general rule is ten extra heartbeats per minute for each one degree Fahreheit rise in the patient’s temperature. (There are a few exceptions, notably, typhoid fever typically produces a pulse rate slower than would be excepted for the degree of the temperature)

4) Bronchodilators : Some of the bronchodilator drugs used to relax the airways of asthma sufferers can accelerate the heart rate, especially if execessive doses are taken. Drugs included are salbutamol, theophylline derivatives may have the same effect. Antispasmodic drugs such as belladona and byoscine medications, that relax the smooth muscle of the intestine, produce a rapid pulse rate.

5) Menopause: Most of the women while passing through menopause phase, may notice the hot flushing and palpitations along with rapit pulse. These are the result of circulatory changes caused by hormonal flutuations.

6) Heart ailments : For rapit pulse, heart disease is actually a rare cause. However, after excluding other general causes, the disorders of the heart valves, conduction system of the heart and heart muscle efficiency are to be considered. Usually there are other, more prominent symptoms that would alert patient and doctor to the problem, including chest pain and shortness of breath, especially when lying down, as well as dizziness, loss of consciousness and weakness or numbness in the limbs. In angina sufferes, it is common for the heart muscle to be starved of blood, resulting in chest pain and a rise pulse rate.

7) Lung diseases: In the lungs, pneumonia, with or without pleurisy, or a blood clot in one of the major veins, can produce a fast pulse, often with chest pain, fever and breathlessness as wel. With a blood clot, there will also be bloodstained phlegm.

8) Shock : Rapid and weak pulse is a general sysptom of shock, sudden, severe pain in the abdomen followed by collapse can be the first sign of a perforated peptic ulcer in the stomach or duodenum, and would certanily be associated with rapid pulse.

9) Liver & kidney disorders : Malignancies at certain sites such as liver and kidneys and inflammations of the covering layers of the heart, can increase the basel metabolic rate of the body and cause a fast pulse often inassociation with fever, jaundice and loss of weight.

COUGH TREATMENT

Inflammation of larynx or pharynx

A cough can be caused by inflammation of the larynx or the pharynx. A cough can build up in the chest due to modification in weather or seasonal changes.

Blockage of the bronchial tubes with waste matter

The real cause of this disorder is clogging of the bronchial tubes with waste substance. This is due to incorrect feeding habits. The reason for upper incidence of cough during winter than in other seasons is that an standard person usually eats more of catarrh-forming foods such as white bread, meat, sugar, porridge, puddings, and pies during the colder months of the year. Being over clothed with heavy undergarments and other garments during this period also avoids proper aeration of the skin.

Cough Home Remedies

Cough treatment with Grapes

Grapes are one of the most successful home remedies for the treatment of a cough. Grapes tone up the lungs and act as an expectorant, relieving an easy cold and cough in a couple of days. A cup of grape juice mixed with a teaspoon of honey is recommended for cough relief. One of the best home remedies for cough.

Cough treatment with Almonds

Almonds are helpful for dry coughs. Seven kernels must be soaked in water overnight and the brown skin removed. They must then be ground well to form a well paste. A quantity of twenty grams each of butter and sugar must be added to the paste. This paste must be taken in the morning and evening.

Cough treatment via Onion

The use of raw onion is precious in a cough. This vegetable must be chopped fine and the juice removed from it. One teaspoon of the juice must then be mixed with one teaspoon of honey and reserved for four or five hours-it will make an admirable cough syrup and should be taken two times daily. Onions are also helpful in removing phelgm. A medium-sized onion must be crushed, the juice of one lemon added to it, and then one cup of boiling water poured on it. A teaspoon of honey can be added in it for taste. This medicine should be taken two or three times a day. One of the effective home remedies for cough.

Cough treatment with Turmeric

The root of the turmeric plant is valuable in a dry cough. The root must he roasted and powdered. This powder should be taken in three-gram doses two times daily, in the morning and evening.

Cough treatment with Belleric Myroblan

The herb belleric myroblan is a homebased remedy for a cough. A mixture comprising two grams of the pulp of the fruit, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of long pepper, and 2 teaspoons of honey should be managed for the treatment of this condition twice daily. The dried fruit enclosed with wheat flour and roasted , is another well-liked remedy for cough condition. One of the useful home remedies for cough.

Cough treatment by means of Raisins

A sauce prepared from raisins is also valuable in a cough. This sauce is prepared by crushing 100 gm of raisins with water. About 100 gm of sugar must be mixed with it and the mixture heated. When the mixture attains a sauce-like consistency, it should be preserved. Twenty grams must be taken at bedtime every day. One of the popular home remedies for cough.

Cough treatment via Aniseed

Aniseed is another effective remedy for a hard dry cough with hard expectoration. It might breaks up the mucus. A tea made from this spice must be taken on a regular basis for treating this condition One of the simple home remedies for cough.

Dietaries for Cough

Orange juice and water

In the case of a severe cough, the patient should fast on orange juice and water till the severity is decreased. The process is to take the juice of an orange diluted in a cup of warm water, every two hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

All-fruit diet

After the juice fast, the patient must adopt an all-fruit diet for two or three days. In case of a mild cough, the patient can start with an all-fruit diet for five to seven days, taking three meals a day of fresh juicy fruits such as apples, pears, grapes, grape-fruit, oranges, pineapples, peaches, and melons. For drinks, unsweetened lemon water, or cold or hot simple water may be given.

Well-balanced diet with stress on wholegrain cereals, lightly cooked vegetables

Following the all-fruit diet, the patient must follow a well-balanced diet, with importance on wholegrain cereals, raw or lightly cooked vegetables, and fresh fruits.

Stay away from tea, coffee, refined and processed foods

The patient should avoid meats, sugar, tea, coffee, condiments, refined and processed foods. He must avoid soft drinks, candies, ice cream, and all products made from sugar.

Other Cough treatments

Warm-water enema

While the cough is severe, a warm-water enema should be used daily to cleanse the bowels

HOME REMEDIES FOR A GLOWING COMPLEXION

Looking good costs money, right... Or does it?

If you are feeling too broke to splurge on a facial at the salon, let Mother Nature come to the rescue.

All you need is to do is invest some time and effort once a week, and use the ingredients available in your kitchen to concoct your own facial at home.

You can decide which facial to opt for, depending on your skin type and on the availability of the ingredients.

These facials can be done once a week, or before going for a party or for an occasion.

Note of caution: If your skin is sensitive to any natural product, it is advisable to consult a dermatologist before using any of the given remedies.

Also, please wash your face before using any of these face packs.


What is your skin type?

Normal skin

~ Extract the juice of half an orange or tomato, mix with two teaspoons of curd. Lightly massage onto your face in an upward direction. Let it dry. Then, wash your face with cold water and wipe dry. This will give your skin a nice glow.

~ Rub the inner part of the skin of a papaya on your face. Let it dry. Then, wash your face with cold water and wipe dry. This will give your skin a nice glow.

Whenever you cut a papaya to eat, save a small portion of the peel for this purpose. You can store the peel in an airtight container for about two days in the fridge; however, it is preferable to use it fresh.

~ Grind 50 grams (around half a cup) of cabbage and extract the juice. Apply this on your face. After it dries, wash with cool water and wipe dry. This helps tighten your skin and prevents wrinkles.

~ Grind one small carrot and squeeze the pulp to remove the juice. Apply the juice on your face and let it dry. Then, wash with cold water and wipe your face dry. This helps to rejuvenate your skin.

~ Whenever eating an apple, do not discard the skin. Use it as a skin cleanser.

Just rub the inner side of the peel in an upward direction and let your face dry. Then, wash with cool water and pat dry. This helps tighten your skin.

~ Take an ice cube and rub on your face. Then, pat dry. This helps to improve blood circulation and keeps your skin healthy.

Variation: Boil some lemon grass in a small container of water and cool. Pour it in the ice tray and freeze. Later, rub the ice cube on your face.

~ Beat the white of one egg and apply on your face in an upward direction. Once it dries, wash with cold water. It helps tighten your skin and delays wrinkles.

6 steps to beautiful skin

Oily skin

~ Make a paste of 2 tbsp of wheat flour using as much water as needed. Apply on your face in an upward motion. Leave to dry. Then, wash with cool water and pat dry. This helps remove excess oil from your skin.

~ Mix two teaspoons of raw milk, around the same quantity of cucumber juice and few drops of lemon. With a cotton ball, apply the solution on your face and leave to dry. Then, wash with water and pat dry.

~Soak two to three teaspoons of methi (fenugreek) seeds overnight. Grind into a paste, then rub on your face. Once it dries, wash with cool water.

The granular effect helps remove blackheads. Methi also helps remove excess oil from your skin.

The excess paste can be stored in the refrigerator but should be used within a week.

~ Soak two to three teaspoons of whole masoor dal (red gram) overnight. Grind into a paste and apply on your face. Once it dries, wash your face with cold water and pat dry. It gives the same effect as methi.

The excess paste can be stored in the refrigerator but should be used within two days.

~ Grind half a cucumber and squeeze to remove the juice. Apply the juice on your face and leave to dry. Then wash with water and pat dry.

It helps refresh and tighten your skin.

Say goodbye to dry skin

For dry skin

~ Mash half a ripe banana, add a teaspoon of honey and make a paste. Apply on your face. Once it dries, wash with cold water and pat dry.

This acts as a moisturiser and helps in tighten your skin.

~ Soak khus khus (poppy seeds) overnight. Grind it with just enough milk to make a paste. Apply on your face. Once it dries, wash with cold water.

The natural oil present in khus khus helps to moisturise your skin.

~ Just before boiling milk, remove two tablespoons. Massage it lightly on your face in an upward motion. Leave to dry, then wash with water and pat dry.

This helps to keep your skin supple.

Variation: Add ¼ teaspoon of salt to the raw milk and follow the same process. However, avoid doing this if you have pimples on your face.

~ Make a paste of 2-5 tablespoons of raw peanuts with milk. Add ¼ teaspoon of honey to it. Apply on your face. Leave to dry. Then wash with cold water and pat dry.

The natural oils present in the peanuts help moisturise your skin.

~ Make a paste of one teaspoon of malai, a pinch of turmeric and four to five drops of olive oil. Apply on your face, leave to dry. Wash with cold water and pat dry.

Malai acts as a natural moisturiser and turmeric and olive oil helps rejuvenate your skin.

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Combination skin

~ Mix 3-4 tablespoons of Multani mitti (Fuller's Earth) with 8-10 ground pudina (mint) leaves. Freeze the pack overnight.

Keep outside for 10-15 minutes and then apply on your face. After 10-15 minutes, wash off and pat dry. It helps in cooling and cleansing your skin.

~ Boil a handful of lemon grass leaves in one litre of water, until you get the aroma. Then, place in an ice tray and freeze.

After returning home from work or an outing, rub a lemon grass ice cube all over your face. It cleanses the dirt and grime accumulated in your skin's pores and shuts them.

Whisk away black spots and pimples

~ Make a paste of either half a piece of nutmeg/ six to eight jamun seeds with water/ rose water. Apply on your face. Leave to dry. Then, wash with cold water and pat dry.

~ Squeeze half a fresh lemon into one glass of freshly boiled milk. Leave for half and hour, then apply on your face before retiring to bed.

~ Take 125 ml (¾ cup) of tomato juice and squeeze in half a lemon. Add five to seven mashed mint leaves and black salt to taste.

Drink this every morning and evening for at least one week. It will help detoxify the body.

It also helps to relieve constipation and worm infestation.

For blemishes

~ Rub a slice of lemon or the remains a squeezed lemon on your face. Allow it to remain overnight, then wash with cold water. It will restore your skin's softness and lend your complexion a glow.

~ Squeeze the juice of one lemon into one ripe tomato (in which a hole has been made). Rub the tomato on your face. Leave to dry. Then, wash with water and pat dry.

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Diet tips

Diet can play a major role in imparting glow and freshness to your skin, some of the tips that can help are:

~ Drink 12 to14 glasses of water everyday.

~ Avoid eating to much of fried foods like vadas, samosa, chips, bhajias, etc. Stick to fresh vegetable salads or fruit salads.

Depending on the seasonal availability, eat all types of fresh, green vegetables and all types of fresh, juicy fruits (except for strawberries and mangoes; they are heaty and overconsumption can lead to acne).

~ Avoid consuming too much of heaty food like chillies, garlic, non-vegetarian items or dried fruits like dates.

~ Detoxify once a month by consuming fresh vegetables, fruits and liquids all day.

VAAJEEKARANA, THE AYURVEDIC SEXUAL MEDICINE

Next to the need for food, water an sleep, the sexual urge is the most powerful biological drive. This dominant sex instinct, so essential to the survival of the species, is one of the main springs of human motivation, and its fulfilment or frustration is closely bound up with human happiness or misery. The importance of this aspect of human life is duly recognised by Charaka, the ancient ayurvedic scholar by assigning a complete section of the Charaka Samhita to vaajeekarana or virilification. According to Charaka, “it is a therapy which enables one to approach women in an unrestricted manner, endowing him with great strength and robustness, like that of a stallion, makes one greatly endearing to women, increases one’s proportions and strength, causes the seminal secretion even in the aging to remain undiminshed and fertile, and enables a man to have excellent offsprings.”

OBJECTIVE OF APHRODISIAC THERAPHY

The primary objective of ayurvedic sexual medicine is procreation. Recreation is always secondary to it. In this perspective, Charaka Samhita says, “Aperson of self-restraint should always seek aphrodisiac measures because righteousness (dharma), wealth (arhta), affection (preethi) and fame (yasas) are dependent on the maintenance of healthy manhood. A person gets these benefits through his progeny and the aphrodisiac therapy enables him to procreate children.”

BALANCE IS THE KEY

The three major biological components of the living body (metabolic principles) called tridosha, which govern all the physical and mental functions of the body, are responsible for different aspects of sexual expression. The equilibrium of these tridosha is essential for sexual fulfilment.

Vaata controls movement, and in the context of sexuality, vaata is responsible for the sex act and secual retention. If vaata is aggravted, both the sexual act and retention are affect adversely. One feels fatigued and breathless rather quickly, and the power of retention is considerably diminshed.

Pitta dosha controls celluar metabolism, subtle level, energy at gross level and is responsible for sexual vigour. An imbalance of pitta leads to a lack of initiative for sexual activity. It gives rise to all those problems that make one sexually less desirable. It may give rise to body odours, sweating and thickening of the skin, rashes, acne, herpes etc.

Kapha which controls structure, is responsible for sexual portency. Vitiation of this dosha leads to diminished or abnormal sexual excretions. This may give rise to abnormal progeny or sterility.

For a healthy secual life, one needs to balance of all these tridoshas.

THE WORLD’S BEST APHRODISIAC

“A sexually excited partner is the aphrodisiac par excellence,” says Charaka Samhita. “When the desired sense objects yield great pleasure even if singly experienced by the senses, then what need be said of women in whom the delectable objects of all the senses, viz., shabda (sound), (touch), roopa (visual form), rasa (taste) and gandha (smell) are found established together? Such a combination of the enjoyable objects of all the sense is found only in woman and nowhere else. The woman who is good looking, the fine arts, acts as the best aphrodisiac.”

Charaka Samhita further describes the excellence of women, “People in the world have different types of likings. If by fortune or effort a person gets a woman of his liking, then his appearance and other qualities improve. Similarly, for a woman, the feminine qualities are enhanced on finding a suitable man. The woman who is excellent in terms of age, beauty, voice and affectionate movements enters the heart quickly and is like celebration. A woman who has a mind and psyche similar to her male partner is submissive (vasya), pleased with what he likes (kamma, the god of sex) and is like noose for all the senses due to her excellent qualities. Separated from this woman, the man feels restless and does not finding her he is no more subdued with grief, agitation, restlessness or fear ; finding her he feels solace and seeing her, he is exhilarated and meets her sexually ever fresh due to his strong sexual urges, and even when he has frequent intercourse he does not get contented.

DIVERISITY IN SECUALITY

While sexual capacities are instinctive, human being must learn to engage in sexual acts and to experience sexual feelings in certain personal and socially acceptable ways. The natural expression of the sexual impulse is greatly modified before and during marriage by social, economic, religious and cultural forces, acting in different ways in different societies. It is not proper to assume a uniform pattern of sexual behaviour common to all human beings; in fact the range and diversity of human sexuality is its most significant feature. Charaka fully appreciated this fact, as is evident from the following citations from Charaka Samhita:

“There are men who are great in size and strength but feeble in sexual capacity. Some are small in size and strength but powerful sexually. There are some who mate with female many times like sparrows, while others, though not mating many times, are given to copious seminal discharge like an elephant.”

If sexual behaviour and its physiology and pathology are to be discussed In a realistic way, account must be taken of the modifying forces by which sexual urge is controlled, diverted or distorted. This is evident from the following passages of Charaka Samhita: “Some men get invigorated by the season, some get steadied by constant practice, some maintain their virility by means of aphrodisiac preparations and some are virile by nature. The sexual stamina and quantity of semen get diminshed by anxiety, old age, disease, strain of physical work, starvation and excessive sexual indulgence. By fear, suspicion, grief, seeing deformities of a woman, lack of response in the woman, abstention from sex, and just after full sexual enjoyment, a man is rendered incapable of mating with a woman.”

A CALM MIND CURES ULCERS

Diabetes suffers with foot ulcers healed better when they were relaxed and had a positive mental outlook, a study found. Researchers whose findings are published in Diabetogia say psychological treatments could be an important weapon against illness and injury.

The five-year study of 93 diabetics showed their ulcers a common complication of the condition caused by blood flow problems had different rates of healing according to how they coped mentally. Those who showed a “confrontational” way of dealing with it characterized by a desire to take control of the ulcers and its treatment were less likely to be cured after 24 weeks. But those who were more relaxed and put the problem out of their mind demonstrated a faster rate of healing.

A secondary analysis of each patient which examined the relationship of psycho social factors with the change in the size of the ulcer showed depression was a significant predictor in how the size of the ulcer changed over time. Patients with clinical depression showing smaller changes in ulcer size over time in other words there was less improvement for healing.

University and colleagues are now developing psychological treatments to reduce depression in suffers and help them cope more effectively with the debilitating and potentially life-threatening condition. Foot ulcers are sores which form when a minor skin injury fails to heal because of micro vascular and metabolic dysfunction caused by diabetes. Up to 15 percent of people with diabetes develop them with many suffering depression and poorer quality of life as a result.

The five-year amputation and death rates among patients are 19 percent and 44 percent respectively. Ulcers account for around four out of five half of diabetes-related hospital admissions.

During the study in which patients with diabetic foot ulcers were recruited from specialist clinics across the UK. Psychological distress, coping style and levels of stress hormone cortisol in saliva were assessed and recorded at the start of the monitoring period. The size of each patient’s ulcer was measured and then at six. 12 and 24 weeks the extent of healing or otherwise was recorded.

DISEASES OF THE DISGESTIVE SYSTEM

HYPER-ACIDITY

Everyone knows that excessive secretion of acid leads to hyper-acidity. Inside the stomach, nutrients are broken into small units for the purpose of assimilation. The stomach can digest things similar to its own structure and composition – like a piece of meat. But, than how come the stomach does not digest it? The process of digestion takes place because of many different gastric secretions, which are highly acidic. What prevent the stomach from digesting itself are the cells, which form its inner lining? These cells have a special permeability barrier, which does not let anything or certain chemical drugs, especially some pain-relieving and anti-arthritic drugs, and then this will be weakened or damaged.

As a result, the highly acidic medium, which prevails in the stomach, traverses the stomach wall, thus causing pain and discomfort. If the same thing is repeated again and again, it may give rise to acidity and gastritis thereby inflaming the lining of the stomach. Ayurveda calls this condition as ‘amla pitta’.

To understand the disease amla pitta, one has to understand the concept of ‘agni’ Ayurveda has described this as fire of life. It has been given a pivotal place in the delicate balance between health and disease. In other words, ‘agni’ is the fire that cooks or digests the food.

A normal ‘agni’’ means a healthy person and conversely, an abnormal agni is a sure pointer to disease.

At times, ‘agni’ may be impaired due to intellectual blasphemy (prajnaaparaadha), unwholesome conjunction of sense organs with their objects (asaatmayedriyaarthasamyoga) and vagaries of weather and time (kaala or parinaama). This impaired ‘agni’ shows effect on ‘pitta’, the fiery energy of the body responsible for transformation. ‘Amla pitta’ is the by-product of this defective process.

It is difficult to produce fire either without fire logs or with too many fire logs occupying the whole furnace. The same is the case with digestive fire. This will be hampered either with low amounts (mandaagni) or with high amounts (teekshnaagni). Amla pitta is the resultant of teekshnaagni, says Ayurveda.

AYURVEDIC REMEDIES

As we know that acidity is due to improper regimen, it can be easily tackled by following simple methods.

• It is clear that pitta is mainly due to aggravation of pitta. Factors responsible for aggravation of this pitta dosha are excessive intake of pungent and sour food items, alcoholic preparations, salt, hot and sharp stuff which cause burning sensations. Anger, fear, excessive exposure to sun and fire, intake of dry vegetables and alkalis, irregularity in taking food, etc. should be avoided as far as possible.

• As a rule, all persons with acidity can take a mild diet excellently although some, at first have trouble in absorbing milk. This is because the large amount of acid in the stomach forms hard curds combined with the proteins of the milk. Often these are vomited, Yet milk is excellent in the condition, especially when preceded by a fast, adjusted to your general condition.

• The milk diet should be adhered to several weeks if possible. Along with this, drink warm water freely. Ayurveda insists on this because, according to it, “hot destroys hot”. Moreover, it has been found by physiological experiments that cold water increases the amount of acid secreted in the stomach. When the stomach seems to be in better condition, the milk may be taken with an evening meal consisting of easily digestible and non-irritation foods.

• For a time, it is better to use foods requiring only moderate mastication, since mastication naturally increases the flow of gastric juice with its acid. Yet insufficient mastication of the food chosen will aggravate acidity problems by causing gastric irritation. So mastication should always be moderate in this particular condition.

• It is important not to overeat, but to take small meals, three times a day. Avoid artificial stimulants, all of which raise pitta. Alcohol, in any form, is like throwing fuel on the pitta fire. The drawback of the caffeine in coffee and tea is that it increases acid production in stomach if consumed excessively.

• Even an excess intake of sweets can cause acidity as the sugar causes fermentation and produces acid in the stomach, particularly if wrongly combined with other food types.

HOW TO COMBAT THE WINTER COLD

This is the time when a lazy wind starts blowing during the day and the winter responds by showing a reluctance to leave while the summer tries desperately to rush in. An ideal time to fly kites, no doubt, but the body too has to weather the change. Our body is programmed to take care of the changes, but occasionally you may have to aid the process of adjustment through food and suitable alterations in lifestyle!

When a cold, dry wind begins to blow, the vaata (the air in the body system according to Ayurveda) responds, because it too is cold, dry and moving. It senses that something akin to itself has begun to dominate the scene. ‘Like speaks to like’ Vaata starts accumulating.

Traditionally, Ayurveda advises everyone to follow a seasonal routine to preserve balance as the seasons change. This routine does not involve major alterations in your lifestyle, only a shift of emphasis.

During winter, agni (digestive fire) becomes stronger and it can effectively digest heavy and large quantities of food. If you do not eat the right food, agni may even absorb the dhaatus (tissues). To arrest this, take plenty of food. Consume milk, ghee, fat, oils and new rice as dietary staples. Include sour and salted soup or meat of aquatic and marshy animals in the diet if you are not vegetarian.

Try wine, vinegar and honey in the diet. Regularly massage the body with oil. Apply oil on the head. Use room heaters or spend time in heated chambers. Expose the body to the sun’s rays. Avoid light and cold foods. Also avoid bitter, pungent and astringent tastes. To prevent drying up of the skin, take 100ml milk, add 5 drops of olive oil and 8 drops of rose water to it. Apply on the skin gently and smoothly. Then expose yourself to the mild sun for ten minutes before a warm bath. To keep the face glowing, wash it at least two times a day with lukewarm water. Make a paste of pure flour of Bengal gram by adding raw milk. Apply on the face; neck etc., both in the morning and evening. Alternatively, you can apply the expressed juice of cucumber with 5 drops of mustard oil and rose water to it.

Massaging the skin with mustard oil is good for the skin during winter. Sunrays will enhance the good effect of this procedure. Eat plenty of greens and seasonal fruits. They contain the micro and macro elements, which are required for the smooth functioning of the body.

Soyabeans and other pulses are good for cracked lips. Take two teaspoonfuls of castor oil. Add a pinch of Tankana bhasma (borax) to it. Apply it on the cracked lips.

Cream of milk is also good for cracked lips, if used as an application. Honey is a good and valuable natural healer. Apply it over cracked lips after diluting it with double the quantity of water.

MIND

Mind can be defined as an ability of a person to be aware or conscious of things and to think and reason; a person’s attention, remembrance, intention, or opinion and sanity.

In modern times Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, the Austrian founder of psychoanalysis, advanced our knowledge tremendously with his research into mind processes and with his psychoanalytic concepts. He believed that the mind as a whole consists of three main divisions-the Ego, the Superego and the Id. Our awareness, the part with which we think and reason, he called Ego. The ego is the more conscious of the world and of itself (that is, it is mostly self-conscious) and is the part of the psyche which tests reality. The ego develops when the child becomes aware of the difference between “self” and things, which are not self”. Another part, best thought of as partly conscious, he termed the Superego. The superego is the “conscience” made up of the internalized taboos, prohibitions and moral restraints imposed by parents and society. These parental and societal inhibitions are instilled in childhood and remain largely unconscious. Below consciousness is a part, which he called the Id, this being the seat of our memory and basic instincts. The id is the sum total of our primitive drives and urges of one’s nature. The id is completely unconscious its energy is called “libido” and is governed by the “pleasure principle”. These three concepts, ego, superego and id, form the structure of the psyche according to Freud. To simplify and summarize: the id says. “Do it now!” the Ego says, “Not now. This is not the appropriate time and place to do it”, and the Superego says, “Don’t do it at all – ever! It’s evil and wrong to do it under any circumstances”.

Later Freud theorized as to a fourth part lying between the id and the ego, just below the level of consciousness, calling it the Preconscious. Experiences, which once were conscious but now are imperfectly consciousness and unconsciousness known as the preconscious. A memory is preconscious when we say, “I know it but I can’t recall it to my memory”.

The superego is not just partly conscious and conscience but is the most spiritual part of the mind. He termed it the super conscious mind.

ENHANCE SENSUOUS POWER TO ENHANCE SEXUAL POWER

Sexuality begins with sensuality. During the sexual process, one transcends the senses. In other words, all the five senses are used, and it is their coordination that accounts for the intensity of sexual pleasure. For enhancing sexual power, the prime most things is to augment the power of individual senses in the following ways.

1. Touch: The tactile sensation of the body. The sense of touch plays a significant role in sexuality. For enhancing tactile sensation, it is important to have a regular oil massage. Through Ayurvedic massage the body and mind are nurtured. The skin is seen as a receptacle of a variety of energies. Some forms of massage are aggressive while others are soothing. What type aids an individual’s healing process depends upon the constitution and the nature of the imbalance. Through the knowledge of Ayurveda, different base oils such as sesame oil, almond oil, coconut oil or mustard oil are selected. These oils are chosen because of their unique properties. Some are warming while others are cooling. Some nourish the body through the skin while others are invigorative. In addition, specific hand motions are utilized to balance the subtle energies defined by Aurveda. Besides the care of the skin, a regular body massage makes you aware and sensitive to your body. This is essential for complete sexual expression.

2. Sight: Sharpening the sense of sight is to develop keen observation and act in an appropriate way. Through our eyes we take in thousands of impressions each day. These impressions are actual energies with different vibratory rates. Each colour is a different energy or vibrates at a different rate. Some colour are harmonious for us and some agitate us in subtle ways. We interact with colour all the time through the clothes we wear and our home environment. Conscious use of colour can help create a healthy and revitalizing environment. Ayurveda teaches us that each person is an individual and hence, every colour has a healing capacity if prescribed for the right person. Not only is colour important but also how colours interrelate. Clashing colours in general create greater agitation while those that blend harmoniously impression received by the eye. Violent images as seen in real life or in the movies create agitation and disharmony. Viewing nature and flowers creates a feeling of calmness and clarity and thus benefits our journey toward health and sexuality. An enhanced sense of observation is essential at every step of sexual relation. You should be able to notice and appreciate each and every change in your partner. If you are to learn to enhance your sexual energy, begin by seeing.

3. Smell: Sense of smell is important for many reasons. If your body smells bad, people do not want to be near you. Bad body odour can be an aphrodisiac (opposite to aphrodisiac). Your body odour depends upon your dosha arrangement, and it is possible to change it and make pleasant and sexually exciting by keeping the doshas balanced. Aromatherapy is an important part of Ayurveda, as smell has long been known to evoke emotion. From the perfumes and scents long used in mating rituals to the relaxing feelings evoked by a walk through a rose garden, aromas have always played a large role in our lives. Rose, jasmine, water lily, sandalwood, smell of the soil, the flavours from products… all are exhilarating smells. While most people use aromas (perfumes and aftershaves) unconsciously, Ayurveda teaches us that some aromas create harmony while others contribute to disharmony and ultimately to diseases. From this understanding we can see that aromas are also medicine in the context that they can be intelligently used to balance the subtle energy of our bodies. In Ayurveda specific aromas are prescribed to aid specific conditions.

4. Taste: To enhance the sense of taste, begin to recognize a variety of exotic spices or fruits from their flavor and taste. Through the sense of taste, we interact with the foods and their therapeutic benefits. Each of the six tastes affects the body and mind differently. Each taste has its benefits and negative consequences if we overindulge in them. Sweet taste as an example is very nourishing and builds tissue and strength, but overindulgence, as we all know, leads to excessive weight gain, diabetes and other complications. In Ayurveda we do not count calories. Grams of fat or the cholesterol content of food. From an Ayurvedic Perspective, if we learn what balance of taste are right for us, then we will eat in harmony with our body’s constitution an the body will respond with great health. Some benefit from meat while others thrive as vegetarians.

5. Sound : Our ears take in the vibratory energy of sound. Some sounds are calming and others agitating. Of course, which sounds balance our energy depends again on our constitution. We may think that only quiet, calming sound is healing. Again we must remember the tenet of Ayurveda that teaches us what heals each person is different. For instance, agitating music can also be motivating. In Ayurveda, special sound energies called mantra are sometimes prescribed to induce specific reactions in the body. As far as human sexuality is concerned, fine sounds are associated with women and reveal presence and actions, their gestures and movements. A man’s imagery of a woman is associated with subtle sounds of bangles, anklets, earrings, and other jewellery worn by her. In addition to the sounds of jewellery, there are sounds of birds, music, tidal waves, and blowing wind that enhance the sexual energy in both men and women.