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Uterine Fibroid Pain Relief

Uterine Fibroid Pain Relief

Fibroids, also called uterine leiomyomas, are extremely common non-cancerous muscular tumors of the uterus. About 80 percent of women develop this problem by the age of 50. Most women with fibroids have no symptoms. However, some women experience symptoms such as heavy menstrual bleeding, prolonged menstrual periods, pelvic pressure and pain, bladder problems, rectal pressure and lower back pain. Uterine fibroids are usually not dangerous, but can cause immense discomfort and lead to complications like anemia from heavy blood loss. In rare cases, they may cause complications that affect pregnancy. Each month, your uterus goes through a cycle: It creates a thickened inner lining in case a pregnancy occurs. If pregnancy does not occur, your body sheds that lining — this is your period. However, if you have fibroids within the uterine wall, or fibroids that protrude into the uterine cavity, more surface area is created. Consequently there is more thickened lining to shed when during your period. It is not the size but the location of the fibroid, or fibroids, that has the most impact.

Types of Uterine Fibroids

  • Submucosal: grow in the innermost layer of the uterus
  • Intramural: grow in the middle layer of the uterus
  • Subserosal: grow in the outer wall of the uterus
  • Pedunculated: attached to a stalk either outside of the uterus or within the uterine cavity
  • Cervical: in the cervical tissue
  • Interligamentous: between the uterine broad ligaments

Symptoms of Uterine Fibroids

While many women will never even know that they have uterine fibroids, because the condition often exhibits no symptoms, there are some women that will experience certain effects from the fibroid’s presence. Symptoms of uterine fibroids include:

  • A sensation of fullness or pressure in the abdominal area
  • Excessive bleeding during menstruation
  • Excessive length of menstruation
  • Extreme cramping during menstruation
  • Lower back pain
  • Painful intercourse
  • A frequent urge to urinate

Some home remedies to overcome fibroid pains are below:

Dandelion Root & Leaf 

This plant provides excellent liver support for improved hormonal balance. Dandelion leaf is very nourishing to the body, being high in vitamins and minerals. The root aids in liver health, and stimulates digestion for improved estrogen metabolism.

Garlic Cloves

Garlic can be included in the diet, which can prevent fibroid growth. It has efficient substances to shrink the soft muscles in the uterine. Garlic cloves have compounds that help to slow down the growth of fibroids. It is enriched with powerful antioxidants that make it a good friend that boosts the immune system of people.

Ginger Root 

A wonderful herb used to increase circulation and promote blood flow to the uterus. The increased circulation also helps to reduce inflammation of the uterus, ovaries or fallopian tubes.

Black Cohosh root

This root promotes regulation of the entire menstrual cycle. For women with a uterus that feels inflamed or irritated throughout the month, Black cohosh may be an effective option in relaxing the uterus by helping to reduce inflammation.

Red Raspberry Leaf

Raspberry leaf works to tone the uterine muscles and normalize blood flow during menses. This is one of the best normalizing herbs for the female reproductive organs. Raspberry leaf is astringent, contracting and shrinking internal and external body tissues. It may help prevent hemorrhage due to excessive bleeding and is one of the best herbs for uterine health.

Dong Quai root

Dong Quai increases circulation, which helps to bring in fresh healthy blood to remove excess tissue growth, heal tissue damage, as well as limit scar tissue and adhesion formation. Healthy circulation ensures healthy natural cleansing of the body as well. Proper circulation is required to remove toxins, dead tissue, diseased tissue, and metabolic waste from our bodies. This is very important for women with uterine fibroids.

Maitake Mushroom

This mushroom has been shown to enhance immune system function, to be effective at reducing tumors and improving glucose metabolism.

Self Fertility Massage

Self Fertility Massage is a series of massage techniques that are used to help support reproductive health, the menstrual cycle, and your fertility all from the comfort of your own home.

Castor Oil Pack

Castor Oil Packs are an ancient therapy that helps to cleanse and heal the body where they are placed. The castor oil has a drawing power that clears the body of excess tissues and toxins. Castor oil packs stimulate the lymphatic and circulatory systems. The lymphatic system removes toxins and waste from the area stimulated by the castor oil pack.

Heating pad

Keep heating pad on the area while lying down or while sleeping. This also gives great relief and pain will slowly subside.

References:

Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Depiction_of_a_lady_who_has_Uterine_Fibroids.png

Attributions:https://www.myupchar.com/en / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: March 29, 2017
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CILANTRO (CORIANDER) PARATHA

Cilantro (Coriander) Paratha

Another healthy, nutritious food for all is here. Commonly known as hara- dhania paratha or cilantro chapati that has good herb cilantro (coriander) as one of the main ingredient. This is easy to prepare and preparation time takes less time.

Ingredients:

  • Wheat flour – 2 cups
  • Cilantro finely chopped – 1 cup
  • Green chili – 1 (finely chopped)
  • Tumeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
  • Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
  • Ginger – 1 teaspoon (grated)
  • Chili powder – ½ teaspoon
  • Salt – ½ teaspoon
  • Water – as required
  • Butter/oil or clarified butter

Preparation

  • Chop coriander leaves into small pieces. Keep aside.
  • To begin making the coriander parathas, combine all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Add a little water at a time and knead to make a firm and smooth dough. Drizzle a teaspoon of oil over the dough and knead for a couple of minutes until the dough is smooth.
  • Keep the dough covered in a bowl for at least 10 minutes before you can start making the paratha.
  • Divide the dough in 10 to 12 portions. Take each paratha ball, roll it out into a round circle, by dusting in flour to prevent it from sticking.
    Now, heat the flat iron skillet on medium heat for a few minutes.
  • Place the rolled paratha dough on the heated skillet and cook the paratha on medium heat until you notice it starts puffing up slightly in spots. At this point smear some ghee or oil over the parathas and flip and cook in the other side. Cook on both sides.
  • Serve these delicious Coriander Parathas along with raitha or pickle of your choice.

Imagecourtesy: http://bigflyhygiene.com/images/recipes/RCParathas/palak%20paratha.JPG

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: March 28, 2017
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Large changes in food intake and activity levels are needed to produce weight loss

  • True
  • False

The answer is: False (healthy lifestyle with changes in food habits and activity helps)

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: March 27, 2017
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Sprouted Moong Daal

Sprouted Green Gram Cutlets

Here is mouth watering and nutritional snack for the day – Sprouted Mung dal cutlets.
Sprouted mung beans (moong daal) are baby mung bean plants. Because mung bean sprouts are so small, they contain a concentrated amount of key vitamins and minerals such as iron, potassium, folate and vitamin C. They are also a good source of protein. As the plants sprout, they also produce enzymes that make it easier for your body to digest and metabolize the protein they contain. Add these tiny nutritional powerhouses to a variety of healthy recipes to boost the protein content.

Ingredients:

2 – Potatoes (cooked)

1 cup – Sprouted cooked green grams

(For sprouting the mung beans soak mung beans in water for 8 hours. Drain water and place them in a low light or considerably darker place in the kitchen at room temperature. You can use cheesecloth, paper cloth or just a plain jar for sprouting. If you are using plain jar, then cover it with a light cloth )

Sprouted Mung

  • 1 -Finely cut white onion
  • 2 – Small cut green chillies
  • 1 tsp – Garam Masala powder
  • 1/2 tsp – Fennel seed powder
  • 1 -2 inch grated Ginger
  • 2 tbsp – Corn flour
  • 7-8 Indian curry leaves
  • 1/4 cup – Bread crumbs
  • Salt for taste
  •  Oil for frying

Preparation method:

  1. Combine the cooked sprouted green grams, cooked potatoes, garam masala powder, fennel seed powder in a bowl.
  2. Heat few drops of oil and sauté the chopped onions, chopped green chillies, grated ginger and curry leaves until the onions turns golden brown.
  3. Add sautéed onion, chillies to the cooked potato-sprouted green gram mixtur, add salt e and mix well
  4. Make small balls from this mixture. Flatten them and keep aside.
  5. Make a white paste with corn flour and enough water. Dip the flatten cutlets into the corn flour paste and roll it over the bread crumbs.*
  6. Heat oil in a pan and gently drop the cutlets in. Fry on both sides in medium flame until the crust turns golden brown.
  7. Serve hot cutlets with tomato ketchup and green chutney.

*Alternatively one can mix bread crumbs while mixing potato -sprouted green gram mixture with onion, prepare balls and flatten it before dropping it to oil. The purpose of adding bread crumbs is to bind the mix well, so that while frying cutlets remain intact.

Image courtesy : http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/images/sproutedpesalu/sproutedpesalu1.jpg

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Scientists are studying compounds in fruits and vegetables that promote health which are

  • not usually found in vitamin/mineral supplements.
  • found in the color pigments of plants.
  • both a and b.
  • neither a nor b.

The answer is: Both a and b

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: March 23, 2017
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change is the law of the universe

Change is the Law of the Universe

“The BhagavadGeetha has the depth of the ocean and the vastness of the sky.”

“Don’t think The BhagavadGeetha got over long time ago. It is still going on everyday in each and every person’s life. Our life is all these 18 chapters of the Geetha. In your life, you can see which chapter you are in now. Where are you stuck? 1st Chapter? 2nd? 3rd? … You can gauge for yourself where your life is.” Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

BhagavadGeetha has 18 chapters and the meaning of these 18 chapters are explained by Sri Sri Ravishankar Guruji in simple words. In a meeting someone asked Guruji “thousands of years ago people had the same problems as we all have today, there is not much difference. Things have not changed much in human life. How we compare then present day life to 1000 years back? “

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar clarified the doubts in simple words while explained the concept of 18 chapters of BhagavadGeetha.

Thousands of years ago also, there was a new moon and there was a full moon, there was winter and there was spring. Therefore, in everyone’s life also, the 18 chapters of the BhagavadGeetha happen.

• The first chapter is where you regret and say, “I am powerless and I give up”.

• The second chapter in your life is when someone wakes you up and says, “Hey come on! There is nothing to regret in life. There is something in you that don’t change and you have the power to sail over all this”. Then you wake up and you felt good.

• The third chapter tells you to act. Do not sit and worry, ‘What about me? What about me? ‘Go and act, this is Karma Yoga.

• The fourth chapter tells you, now that you are acting you must also listen to knowledge. Don’t become like a machine and only act, listen to knowledge as well. There is something beyond all this.

• The fifth chapter tells you about material and spiritual knowledge. You cannot say, “Everything is being done and there is nothing for me to do”, or you cannot think, “I am doing everything. I did this and I did that”. This is not going to work for you. Wake up and see, are things happening or are you really doing it?

• Then the sixth chapter is when you learn to meditate.

• The seventh chapter tells you, now that you are meditating, you should know the author of meditation – the one who is meditating in you. ‘Who am I? What is time?’ Knowing all about is science. When we are deeply connected with ourselves, anything that we do in the world seems so effortless.

• It continues like this- When you meditate miracles happen in your life. Wake up and see the miracles! Many do not observe miracles, nor believe in it. If you recognize it and believe in it then it happens even more! Give a chance for miracles to happen, don’t be so steeped in the material cause and effect — ‘I did this so this will happen’, or ‘I did that and only that will happen’, no! You did it but something else can also happen unexpectedly! Recognizing that ‘something different’ is Vibhuti. Vibhuti means giving a chance for miracles in your life, exploring it.

•Then after that is knowing the universal self and knowing that everything is in me and I am in everything.

• Then there is love and devotion. You know and understand all this, but then what? It is not enough. You should be in deep love! When you know that the divine loves you, you cannot but fall in love with the divine! That is the 12th chapter.

• Then you understand what are the divine qualities and what are the demonic qualities and you realize that you have all the divine qualities in you.

• Then there are the three qualities or Gunas (Satvic, Rajasic and Tamasic) to everything: mind, ego and food. Sattavic ego is, “I am everything and everybody”. The Tamasic ego is knowing that you are only this body, and the Rajasic ego is having a limited mindset and falling into craving and aversion.

• The final chapter is about knowing that you cannot wash your own sins. Drop them and understand what is being said, “I am here to take care of your sins. Feel that you are mine, be connected to me and I will take care of everything. Just relax!’ This is Sanyaasa or liberation.

These are the 18 chapters and these chapters are all a part of everybody’s life. Sometimes we do not reach up to the 18th chapter. It takes many lifetimes to reach there!

Courtesy: http://www.artofliving.org/global/bhagavad-gita

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