Home Remedies for Burns & Cooling Skin Relief

Steep about ½ teaspoon in ½ to 1 full cup of warm water, strain, and drink. You can take this at night before going to bed, or steep it overnight in cold water and drink it first thing in the morning. It will gradually eliminate the ama. Another way to promote the growth and strength of your nails is to eat a handful of white sesame seeds every day.

A handful of sesame seeds contains about 1,200 mg. of calcium and magnesium. Either one of the Ayurvedic herbs ashwagandha or shatavari (½ teaspoon) taken in a cup of hot milk twice a day may also help to prevent brittle nails. Aerobic exercise such as swimming, jogging, or aerobic dance, or the sequence of yoga postures known as the Sun Salutation (see illustration in appendix 4), should also be helpful.

Exercise improves the circulation and helps carry the minerals to the tissue at the root of the nails. Because the nails are connected with the asthi dhatu (bone tissue), strengthening asthi will be helpful. Taking triphala guggulu tablets (200 mg.) twice a day, after lunch and dinner, will help to strengthen your nails. In some individuals, brittle nails and bone loss go together.

Specifically, in women of menopausal age, brittle nails may suggest weakness in the asthi dhatu. So if you have brittle nails, it would be wise to investigate the possibility that osteoporosis may be developing. Burns Many people believe the best thing you can do for a burn is to put something fatty or greasy on it, such as butter. But this is not true.

Any burn is pitta, the dosha of fire. The hot, sharp, burning quality of pitta immediately creates searing pain and inflammation. A fatty substance is in fact contraindicated, as it would serve to aggravate the pitta. TIME TO SEE THE DOCTOR We are not discussing serious burns in this section but common household burns, such as from inadvertently touching an iron, a skillet, or a cigarette.