Healing Foods

A team of doctors found that in a test tube chicken soup suppressed inflammation, which causes many cold symptoms. But chicken soup isn’t the only food that might help heal you from the inside out.Orange juice or half a grapefruit. Both are great sources of vitamin C, which could shorten the duration of colds.
Whole-grain cereal or bread. Whole grains are rich in vitamins and minerals, including zinc and vitamin E, which can help keep your immune system healthy. Black tea. Real tea leaves (not herbal) have substances that speed the action of cilia, the tiny hairlike cells lining your nasal passages, helping them expel germs. Anise-seed cookie. Anise seeds, with their licorice-like flavor, have been found to help break up congestion.
Salad of bitter greens. Watercress and arugula can make a salad special—and research shows they may also have antiviral effects. Bitter greens are especially helpful in relieving chest congestion, sniffles, and coughs.
Pasta with tomato sauce and plenty of garlic. Because the pungent bulb is one of the most potent disease-fighting foods around, it’s worth having at least two servings a day. Raw garlic has the most benefits, but cooked garlic also packs a punch.
Ginger tea. It’s different and refreshing—and, Duke says, “ginger is loaded with virus-fighting substances, including several that act directly against cold viruses.” (One substance, gingerol, can suppress coughing.) Boil water; then steep a tablespoon of fresh shredded ginger for 2 or 3 minutes.

Source : http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20410309,00.html

Quit Smoking with Herbal products

Approximately 4000 chemical substances have been identified in cigarette smoke, about 400 of them are harmful to the human body, more than 40 of them may cause cancers.

Herbal therapies to quit smoking are not restricted with herbal smoking or herbal drugs or gadgets.
There is another important therapy namely herbal tea. Herbal tea works differently when compared with other therapies. Herbal tea gradually reduces your urge for smoking and at one point of time makes you feel that cigarettes are not worth it.

Herbal tea consists of lot of natural substance that keeps you fresh and strengthens your nerves. They also fight against the harmful elements injected into the body as a result of cigarette smoking.

Besides they also remove the poisonous chemicals deposited in the body through smoking. This also helps you to overcome respiratory problems caused by smoking. It is very easy to convince smokers to consume herbal teas because by and large any smoker has the habit of taking tea.

My Asthma Inhaler

Recently I became very depressed when my asthma inhaler was lost.

I felt much better when I found myself not needing it for few weeks...

I heard that soon all rescue inhalers will be changed to what are known as earth-friendly rescue inhalers.

Until now, the albuterol inhaler may have used chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to deliver the medicine into our lungs.

CFCs are safe for us , but hurt the environment.

The United States is requiring all inhalers to change to hydrofluoroalkane (HFA), an earth-friendly alternative to CFC.

This change will help make the air better for everyone.
HFA inhalers contain the same medicine and provide the same relief as your current CFC inhaler.

Inhaler Technique br sister Pat Jones :