Home remedies

Athlete’s foot or Tinea pedis, is a condition which quite unlike its name does not exclusively affect athletes. It is basically a fungal infection on feet, just below the epidermal layer of the skin and has moisture and humidity to blame for it. The soft and moist skin between toes is an ideal breeding place for fungal infections, which may later spread to the rest of the foot.

Almost everyone of us has encountered nose bleeding at some point of time or the other. This is an extremely common problem. It is faced by children more frequently. The nose lining has lots of tiny blood vessels that tend to bleed very easily. 

Bed sores are ulcers, lesions or swelling on the skin, caused due to prolonged pressure on any body part, especially the bony areas. Common with people who are handicapped and are confined to the same position, bed sores can get very painful and discomforting. If not tended to at the earliest they can even become life threatening, affecting blood circulation to the affected part. However, they can be treated with the help of some effective home remedies.

 Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) refers to an illness that includes cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and/or diarrhea. A person has to go through a lot of discomfort and distress because of IBS. Usually, it doesn’t lead to a permanent harm or any sort of serious problem to the intestines.

Insomnia refers to a complete lack of sleep. It includes relative problems such as obscurity in falling asleep, difficulty in remaining asleep, early awakening, or combination of these problems. In the present day world, this disease is taken more seriously than ever before, especially among those living in the urban lifestyle.

Amnesia or memory loss is a condition where a person forgets things learnt in the past. They could names, relations, places, background and incidents also. Amnesia can be of different kinds, from a weak memory in old age, to speech loss or a more severe temporary memory loss.  Quite an impairing disorder that it is, it often leaves the person and his family members completely helpless and frustrated. Ayurveda however, has some cures for this problem and proves to be helpful in bringing back normalcy in lives of such people.

The pains that occur in the abdominal and pelvic areas during menstrual period of a woman are referred to as menstrual cramps or dysmenorrhea. Some woman may feel mild cramps while the other may feel extremely severe cramps. Mild menstrual cramps usually last for a few hours only and are hardly noticeable while severe menstrual cramps result in extreme throbbing pain in the lower abdominal area (and sometimes in the lower back also) that may interrupt the daily routine of a woman. In such cases, cramps usually last for one to two days.