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FAQs on health

I have a bad back and even walking can be too hard; what can I do to get some exercise?

 The back trouble is simply from weak abdominal muscles and poor posture. When there is something structurally wrong with your back, like a herniated or bulging disk or some muscular problem, non-weight bearing activities like a stationary or recumbent bicycle might be better than activities where you pound, like jogging or dancing. One of the best activities is swimming, because the water supports your weight and there is very little pounding, especially in your back.

 -http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=55833

I am a teenager and I frequently have pimples on my face.. What should I do?
 Pimples during teenage are natural! If you want a successful home remedy for that, then you should follow it regularly, without the use of any other beauty product during the course. The information provided here would help:

• Apply distilled white vinegar (may be diluted if too strong) for the face and affected areas. Allow this to sit for 5-10 minutes just before rinsing off with awesome water.
• Lemon or any citric fruit functions excellent as a natural exfoliate, removing dead skin color cells that might clog the pours. As using the white vinegar, apply the juice of a lemon (or desired citric juice) towards the face. Allow it to dry for about 10 minutes, then rinse with cool h2o. You may feel a mild sting or burn when the lemon juice is applied. If so, diluting the juice is acceptable. 
• Increase drinking water consumption. Water assists flush toxin out and assist transport nutrients in your body. 
• Eat a appropriately balanced diet to make sure proper nutrition. Take a high quality multiple vitamin and mineral supplement to make up for nutrients missing in today's foods. 
• Echinacea or Oregon grape may be utilized to boost the immune program and fight Pimple and Acne-causing bacteria.

-http://www.ecurepimples.com/

I frequently suffer from cough and cold. Is there any solution for this? 

 Prevention: Avoiding dairy and other mucus-forming foods could help. Ice, cold water and fruit juices should not be taken. Hot spicy herbs, particularly long pepper, dry ginger or chitrak as a milk decoction, are helpful.

 Cure: Ghee can be used to soothe the throat. Powdered lotus seed with honey is helpful. Licorice combination can be used.

-http://www.baidyanath.org/dicough.shtml

I usually have very high-blood pressure. What should I do?

 Hypertension (Rakta Vata) or high blood pressure is a disorder characterized by more than normal pressure at which the blood is being pumped by the heart.

Some of the common remedies:

• Garlic Raw garlic has heating effect. It is therefore used with buttermilk. In the early stages, it is advised to use 1 mg of garlic, thrice a day. Gradually, the content can be increased to 3 gm, also three times in a day.
• In another useful form garlic, is fried in ghee with honey. This way, one can get rid of extreme smell and also it is cholesterol free. (Garlic should be avoided raw and should be mixed with herbs to overcome any adverse effect).
  -http://www.baidyanath.org/dihighbloodpressure.shtml

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Think it over!

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You talk of wondrous things you see,

You say the sun shines bright;

I feel him warm, but how can he

Or make it day or night?

-C. Cibber

Do you know that our eyes can live even after our death? By donating our eyes after we die, can light the life of a blind person.

About 35 million people in the developing world are blind and most of them can be cured. About 4.5 million people with corneal blindness can be cured through corneal transplantation of donated eyes. Out of these 4.5 million, 60% are children below the age of 12. So, if we have got the gift of vision, why not pass it on to somebody who does not have it? What do we have to keep in mind when eyes have to be donated?

•   Eye donors can belong to any age group or sex. People who use spectacles, or those operated for cataract, can still donate the eyes. People who are diabetic, have hypertension, asthma patients and those without communicable diseases can also donate eyes.
• Eyes must be removed within 4-6 hours after death. Inform the nearest eye bank immediately.
• The eye bank team will remove the eyes at the home of the deceased or at a hospital.
• Eye removal takes only 10-1 minutes. It is a simple process and does not lead to any disfigurement.
• Persons who were infected with or died because of AIDS, Hepatitis B or C, rabies, acute leukaemia, tetanus, cholera, meningitis or encephalitis cannot donate eyes.

An eye bank collects, evaluates and distributes the donated yes. All eyes donated are evaluated using strict medical standards. Those donated eyes found unsuitable for transplantation are used for valuable research and medical education. The identities of both the donor and the recipients remain confidential.
One pair of eyes gives vision to TWO CORNEAL BLIND PEOPLE! Just think it over..

Article source: Science NCERT textbook for class X (Page No. 191)