The Gentle Reset

  Firstly what are plant points...?? How important they are in your diet? How many plant points you should achieve in a day and in a week..? Simple changes to make in your diet to reach your everyday plant points.? What are plant points? Plant points are something you give to yourself based on the food eat. This is simply explained as number of plant based foods you eat in a day or a week.  For this you have to include different types of food that may be grains, vegetables, fruits, nut and seeds. Milk ,milk products,eggs and any kind meat are not considered in this . Purely plant based foods gets the points. How you get points? If you eat an apple you get one point. You had quinoa and broccoli for lunch you get two plant points. It is as simple as that. It is nothing but eating different types of plant based foods.  YOUR PLATE SHOULD LOOK COLOURFUL  How many plant points you should achieve in a day or a week? In a day one should aim for 5 plant points initially and l...

These days problems related to gut has become more. Everyone are facing one or the other problem related to gut. symptoms like acne , anxiety are directly related to food you eat and your gut.             Many times you experience symptoms like bloating, indigestion, constipation, sour eructations , diarrhoea and more. All these symptoms are experienced by everyone atleast once in their lifetime. But the problem is when they persist for longer durations and make your day to day life difficult.              What you should do when you have symptoms like these and suffering from leaky gut or irritable bowel syndrome. The first thing comes to your mind is food you eat. Yes whatever happens in your body has directly something to do with your food you eat.        Everyone's body is different, everyone's nutrition requirement from the food they eat is different. Some are allergic or intolerant to some k...

 Why Homeopaths doesn't recommend external applications  External applications are not recommend in the homeopathic prescription on account of many reasons. Before we get into the details let's know what do I mean by external applications. External applications can be anything from simple moisturizer to any steroid ointments. External application is only recommended when there is any mechanical injury. At this point you can use external application, but the medicine which is taken internally should be applied externally. External applications in diseases like psoriasis, eczema , ringworm or any other disease which has come from inside should always be treated with internal medication. Because when you apply ointment or lotion to the rashes they disappear for some days but the disease is still inside your body. When apply ointment the rashes disappear from that point and appear in the other region but you never really got cured from the disease. This is something common everyon...

As everyone knows sugar is not healthy and everyone are becoming conscious about consuming sugars. Consumption of sugar has many bad effects on the body , some of them are Obesity, diabetes, dental issues like carries, skin problems like acne , cardiac problems secondary to obesity diabetes and high blood pressure, sugar has inflammatory properties, fatty liver , it may also cause cancers. So these are some potential risks of consuming sugars. How to stop craving for sugary foods. We all know that sugar is also an addiction. When we eat, we crave it more and we get addicted to it without realising it.  If you are reading this blog then you have become conscious that you are eating more sugars and are craving for them. But the thing is when we realised this. Usually many realise this only after ending up with any disease or sometimes even lying on hospital bed. Of course it's really late to realise, but atleast now you have become aware of your eating habits.  Here are few tips...

  Sinusitis is the inflammation of mucous membranes of paranasal sinuses.    Sinusitis can occur due to many factors. Different types of bacteria and viruses are the main reason for infection. Viruses causes 90% of the infections. There are many risk factors like cold or wet weathers, pollutants, recurrent colds, dental infections, nasal obstructions like polyps , adenoids etc, swimming, trauma etc.  Symptoms  Facial pain and pressure, cold, sore throat, fever, nasal blockage, epistaxis , headache, anosmia, halitosis are few common symptoms. Do's and don'ts for sinusitis  Do's  Have hot food which gives you instant relief from congestion or nasal blockage. Use humidifier whenever you feel your nose is blocked and you have difficulty in breathing. I would recommend pinch of turmeric powder in the steam inhalation. Wear mufflers and overcoats in outdoors for extra protection. Sip some herbal teas for relaxation and relief from the congestion. They calm y...

We call it constipation when a person passes hard dry stools less than three times a week. Not just absence of bowel movements but also incomplete evacuation and straining to pass stools is also considered as constipation.       Constipation is not a disease, it is a symptom.  It occurs when there is underlying cause like IBD cancer etc or it's due to just lifestyle alteration.       Most of the people suffer from constipation due to lifestyle changes but most of the times if there is no underlying cause , the nature of the body is also a reason for constipation. For example some people might get constipated easily even at slightest alteration in the daily routine. Some people will have easy bowel movements even when the diet is not proper. People who get naturally constipated with slightest alteration in lifestyle have to follow more precautions than other people and give attention to their diet and regimen. It's not mandatory that one should pass sto...

  As humans it's quite common to have emotions and we also have  liberty of experiencing and expressing them.          It's common to have any emotion. But the problem is having too much of them. Too much of anything is not good for our body. So stress, anxiety are negative emotions, it's okay to have them as we are humans. But overwhelming with these kind of emotions will disturb our harmony both mentally and physically. They will numb our thinking capability. They will make us more sensitive to the simple stimuli in your day to day life.     Taking stress is fine ,but there is a limit to it. Taking stress for every other thing which are not under your control becomes overwhelming for you. You think about it every single day about it and you will stop showing progress in your present work. You will lose your problem solving capacity. And also as it is bad to have these kind emotions, you should also not suppress i.e., keeping it within yours...