Natural Cure For Colds and Coughs

Here are some Indian natural cures for colds and coughs:

• Colds: Mix a gram of dalchini (cinnamon) powder with a teaspoon of honey to cure cold. Another natural cure for cold is to prepare a cup of tea, before adding ginger, clove, bay leaf and black pepper to it. Consume this twice a day, and reduce the intake as the cold disappears.
• Runny Nose: Ginger tea is very good natural remedy for cold. Prepare the tea by cutting ginger into small pieces and boiling it with water. Add sugar and milk according to taste, and drink it while it is hot.
• Dry coughs: Add a gram of turmeric (haldi) powder to a teaspoon of honey, and swallow it. You can also cure a dry cough by chewing cardamom (elaichi) for a long time.
• Blocked Nose: A natural cure for relieving congestion is to crush a tablespoon of carom seeds (ajwain), tie it in a cloth and inhale it.
• Sore throat: Add a teaspoon of cumin seeds (jeera) and a few small pieces of dry ginger to a glass of boiling water. Let it simmer it for a few minutes, before letting it cool. Drink this natural remedy twice daily. This will not only cure cold, but also heal a sore throat.

Have you tried any of these natural Indian remedies for cold/cough? Have they worked or not? Do you have any other natural remedies for coughs and colds, which you can recommend to us?

Swine Flu Treatment and Pharma Companies

Just like popular fake illnesses such as mad cow disease, anthrax, bird flu and the HIV/AIDS conspiracy, the pharmaceutical lobby is now trying to sell 'Swine Flu' as a 'pandemic' and 'global threat' to governments, media and the gullible public, the world over.

According to the World Health Organization: "Every winter, tens of millions of people get the flu. Most are only ill and out of work for a week, yet the elderly are at a higher risk of death from the illness. We know the worldwide death toll exceeds a few hundred thousand people a year, but even in developed countries the numbers are uncertain, because medical authorities don't usually verify who actually died of influenza and who died of a flu-like illness".

Even healthy people can be affected by flu, and serious problems from influenza can happen at any age. People over 50 years old, very young children and people of any age with chronic medical conditions are more likely to get complications from influenza, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus and ear infections. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that more than 200,000 people are hospitalized and about 36,000 people die every year from flu related complications in the USA, itself. The symptoms of this regular human flu include body aches, fever, cold, cough, shivering and teary eyes and reddened face. Strangely, these symptoms are exactly the same as defined for Swine Flu.

What is the Swine Flu Hoax?

Varying media reports have stated that around 80 - 150 people are 'suspected' to have died of Swine Flu in Mexico while a total of 1000 - 1500 people are 'suspected' to be affected by Swine Flu in Mexico, USA, Canada and Europe. Use of words such as 'alarmed, deadly, pandemic, scare, global concern, worry' and so on are being liberally used in television reports, online articles and newspapers. These words are actually designed to create interesting stories, increase viewership/ readership and keep the audience hooked to increase revenues out of advertising. However, in actuality, it only serves only to create a false sense of hysteria over nothing and fatten the coffers of pharmaceutical companies.

Top Scientists such as Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, have admitted to the Associate Press that -

- Scientists don't know for sure how Swine Flu is spread.
- It is a mystery why people are dying in Mexico. No one really knows just how many people in Mexico are dying of the Swine Flu strain, or how many have it.
- Only a fraction of the suspected deaths have been tested and confirmed as Swine Flu, and some initially suspected cases were caused by something else.


Treatment of Swine Flu

According to various media reports, Swine Flu, just like Bird Flu can be treated by two drugs - Tamiflu and Relenza. As the symptoms of Swine Flu, just like Avian Flu, are similar to regular human influenza, it is quite easy to bracket many cases of regular flu as being that of the dangerous 'Swine Flu' disease. Pharmaceutical company lobbies continuously work with health officials, the media and government officials to influence public opinion about the seriousness of this 'disease' . This is done to increase public spending on their so called special 'drugs' for combating the 'virus'.

Tamiflu, the commercial name of Oseltamivir, is an antiretroviral drug used to treat common flu (Influenza Virus A and B). It is an oral treatment developed by Gilead and manufactured by Hoffman-La-Roche (Roche). The company estimates that more than 50 million people around the world have been treated with this drug. The media attention, mass publicity and lobbying that follows reports of diseases such as Avian Flu and Swine Flu have also resulted in governments, corporations and private individuals stockpiling Tamiflu in different parts of the world.

Relenza is the commercial name and only type of Zanamivir, a neuraminidase inhibitor developed for the treatment of Influenza A and B. It is an inhalable drug currently marketed by GlaxoSmithKline. After some media reports of this having greater effectiveness in combating 'Bird Flu' compared to its main competitor Tamiflu, Germany purchased 1.7 million doses of the drug. The total sale of Relenza comprises only one percent of the growing flu drug market, basically due to faulty marketing policies. It is promoted by the medical fraternity as a drug that 'relieves' Swine Flu.

India had purchased a stockpile of one million doses of Tamiflu, when the Bird Flu Hoax was at its zenith. The Health Secretary of India, Mr. Naresh Dayal has said, ``These drugs have a shelf live of five years. So we may increase our buffer stock''. This means that after every five years, the old medicines have to be discarded and new ones need to be purchased in its place.

To promote their 'newly improved formulas', pharma companies often engineer fake 'epidemics' to scare the public and ensure strong sale of their drugs in the panic that follows. They are also able to charge unreasonably higher prices than before, because of the staged lack of availability of the drug and the increased public demand arising out of the 'fearful' reports in the media. This is exactly what is happening in the case of Swine Flu.

The current share prices of companies that manufacture drugs and testing kits to treat Swine Flu such as Gilead and Glaxo Smithkline have seen a sharp increase. The companies have been quick to claim that Swine Flu is 'sensitive' to their drugs, to spur further demand. Top financial analysts have said that assuming the stockpile of drugs will be replenished by most countries, it is estimated that Tamiflu will make up to $388 million in sales and Gilead will make around $70 million in royalties. If the outbreak escalates into a pandemic, a further increase in pharmaceutical stock prices, driven by retail demand for the drug is expected.

Feeding on fear to make big bucks....unfortunately, this is how the big pharmaceutical companies really work!

Accupressure Chart and Diagrams for Feet and Hands

If you are not sure how to use an accupressure chart or accupressure diagrams for you feet and hands, then this blog post shows you exactly how.

According to the ancient science of accupressure, the main organs of your body have pressure points on the bottom of your feet and palms. These pressure points are sensitive to sensory touch, and if massaged can lead to relief from various ailments affecting these organs. For example, the accupressure sensory pressure point for the heart is located on the left foot. This means that soft massage at this acupressure point can help cure ailments and treat diseases of the heart without the use of modern medicine.




The full theory of accupressure may be found in detailed accupressure charts, diagrams, studies or textbooks. The following accupressure chart and diagrams display the pressure points with pictures of organs which they are connected to. The nerves connected to these organs terminate here and so the use of soft massage pressure at these points help to cure ailments of the respective organ.

These pressure points should be pressed regularly to keep your organs activated at all times. Hence, it is important that we spend at least part of the day walking barefoot so that these pressure points are naturally massaged. We should also try doing some manual labour with our hands, such as washing the car or polishing a table top so that the pressure points in our hands are naturally massaged. This helps ensure a healthy and strong body. It also reduces stress and helps build up muscles naturally.

So, keep walking...it is the best workout!!

10 Hand Mudras for Better Health and Fitness

Practicing hand mudra positions can help improve your wellbeing, fitness and strength immensely. Mudras are powerful centres of energy. The regular practice of these hand mudra positions can result in wonderous health benefits and a strong body.

1. Gyan Mudra (Mudra of Knowledge): This hand mudra requires you to touch the tip of your thumb to the tip of your index finger, with the other three fingers stretched out. This hand mudra helps enhance your knowledge. The tip of the thumb connects to the centers of the pituitary and endocrine glands. When we press these centers with our index finger, the two glands get stimulated and work actively to increase and retain knowledge. There is no particular time duration to practice this hand mudra. It can be done sitting, standing or lying on bed at whatever time and place you wish.

Benefits:
- Increases memory power and sharpens the brain
- Enhances concentration and prevents Insomnia
- Regular practice ensures the cure of psychological disorders such as hysteria, anger, depression and other mental problems.

2. Prithvi Mudra (Mudra of Earth): This hand mudra requires you to touch the tip of the ring finger with the tip of the thumb, while stretching out the other three fingers. It is known to reduce all physical weakness and can be practiced at any time, place or duration.

Benefits:
- It helps to increase the weight of weak people.
- It improves the complexion of skin by making it glow.
- It makes the body healthy and active.

3. Varuna Mudra (Mudra of Water): Touch the tip of the little finger with the tip of thumb, with the other three fingers stretched out to practice this hand mudra. Regular practice of this hand mudra balances the water content in your body and prevents diseases that occur due to lack of water from happening. Varuna Mudra has no specific time duration and can be practiced at one's leisure.

Benefits:
- It helps retain the clarity in blood by balancing the water content in your body.
- Prevents the pain of diseases such as gastroenteritis and muscle shrinkage.


4. Vayu Mudra (Mudra of Air): This hand mudra requires you to keep the index finger on the base of the thumb and the thumb pressing over the bent index finger. The other three fingers should be held straight. The Vayu Mudra helps prevent all illnesses that occur due to imbalances prevalent in the air. The practice of this mudra for 45 minutes daily reduces the severity of the disease in 12 to 24 hours. It should be continously practiced for two months for better results.

Benefits:
- It cures diseases of old age such as rheumatism, arthritis, gout, parkinson's disease and paralysis without the use of any medicine.
- It is useful for Cervical Spondilytis, paralysis to face and catching of nerve in neck.
- It helps get rid of the disorder of gas in the stomach.

5. Shunya Mudra (Mudra of Emptiness): This hand mudra requires you to keep the middle finger at the mount of Venus and press it with your thumb. The Shunya Mudra helps reduce the dullness in our body. It should be practiced for around 40 to 60 minutes daily until you are cured from the disease.

Benefits:
- It relieves an earache within 4 or 5 minutes.
- It is useful for deaf and mentally challenged people who were not born with the condition.

6. Surya Mudra (Mudra of Sun): This hand mudra for better health requires you to bend the ring finger and press it with your thumb. The main specialty of the Surya Mudra is that it sharpens the center in your thyroid gland. It should be practices twice a day for around 5 to 15 minutes.

Benefits:
- It brings down cholesterol in your body and helps in reducing weight.
- It decreases anxiety.
- It corrects indigestion problems.

7. Prana Mudra (Mudra of Life): The practice of this hand mudra requires you to bend the ring finger and little finger and touch the tip of your thumb with their tips, while keeping the remaining two fingers stretched out. This mudra is special as it is the mudra of life. The Prana Mudra is known to make weak people become strong. It decreases the clamps in blood vessels and helps make you more active. It can be practiced at any time for any duration.

Benefits:
- It helps immunity get better.
- It increases the power of eyes and brings down the incidence of eye related diseases.
- It removes vitamin deficiency and the feeling of fatigue.

8. Apana Mudra (Mudra of Digestion): This hand mudra requires the tips of your middle finger and ring finger to touch the tip of your thumb while the other two fingers are stretched out. The Apana Mudra plays an important role in health and fitness, as it helps regulate the excretory system of our body. It should be practiced daily for around 45 minutes. If you practice this hand mudra position longer, you will benefit more.

Benefits:
- It regulates diabetes.
- It cures constipation and piles.
- It helps in regular excretion of normal waste.

9. Apana Vayu Mudra (Mudra of Heart): In this mudra, the tips of your middle finger and ring finger need to touch the tip of your thumb, while the index finger touches the base of the thumb and the little finger is stretched out. The main speciality of the Heart mudra position is that it benefits your heart. It works like an injection to reduce the effects of a heart attack and is just as strong as a sorbitate tablet. It also helps in bringing down the gas content in your body. The Apana Vayu Mudra should be practiced as many times as you can. Heart patients and people with blood pressure problems may practice it for 15 minutes twice a day for better results.

Benefits:
- It strengthens the heart and regularizes palpitation.
- It regulates the excretory system.
- It reduces gastric trouble.

10. Linga Mudra (Mudra of Heat): This hand mudra requires one to interlock the fingers of both hands and keep the thumb of the left hand vertically straight. This thumb needs to be encircled with the thumb and index finger of the right hand. The Linga mudra helps generate heat in our body. In addition to practicing this hand position, one may also have milk, ghee, more water and fruit juices to reap extra health benefits. It can be practiced at any time and place. Practicing this hand mudra for a long time produces a large amount of heat in the body and may also cause sweating in winter.

Benefits:
- It stops the production of phlegm and gives power to lungs.
- It cures severe cold and bronchial infections.
- It invigorates and strenghtens the body.

These 10 hand mudra positions greatly benefit health and physical fitness of the body, without the use of expensive modern medicines. It is amazing but true. If you want to see the results, try these hand mudra positions today!

Indian Kitchen Tips and Healthy Cooking

Here is the A-Z of Indian Kitchen Tips and other healthy cooking home remedies for your daily kitchen needs.

• Almonds: To remove the skin of almonds easily, soak them in hot water for 15-20 minutes.
• Apples: Apply some lemon juice on the cut surface of the apple to avoid browning. They will look fresh for a longer time.
• Biscuits: If you keep a piece of blotting paper at the bottom of the biscuit container, it will keep biscuits fresh for a longer time.
• Butter: Avoid the use of butter. If it is essential to use, use butter containing low saturated fat or with plant stanols (which avoid absorption of cholesterol by our body) or similar substitutes.
• Banana: Apply mashed banana over a burn on your body for a cooling effect.
• Bee and Scorpion Sting Relief: Apply a mixture of 1 pinch of chewing tobacco and 1 drop of water. Mix and apply directly and immediately to the sting. Cover with band aid to hold in place. The pain will go away in a few minutes.
• Bitter Gourd (Karela): Slit Karelas inthe middle and apply a mixture of salt, wheat flour and curd all round. Keep aside for 1/2 an hour and then cook. This will take away some of the bitterness.
• Celery: To keep celery fresh for a long time, wrap it in aluminium foil and place it in the refrigerator.
• Burnt Food: Place some chopped onion in the vessel having burnt food, pour boiling water in it, keep for 5 minutes and then clean.
• Chilli Powder: Keeping a small piece of hing (asafoetida) in the same container will store chilli powder for a long time.
• Chopping: Use a wooden board to chop. It will not blunt the knife. Don't use a plastic board, small plastic pieces may be cut with the vegetables which is harmful for health.
• Coriander/Mint: You can use dried coriander and mint leaves in coarse powder form in vegetable curry or chutney, if fresh ones are not available. To keep them fresh for a longer time, wrap them in a muslin cloth and keep in a fridge.
• Cockroaches: Another useful kitchen tip. This requires you to put some boric powder in the corners of your kitchen and in other places where you notices cockroaches entering your home. Cockroaches will soon leave your house.
• Coconut: Immerse coconut in water for 1/2 an hour to remove its husk.
• Dry Fruits: To chop dry fruits, place them in the fridge for half an hour before cutting. Take the fruits out and cut them with a hot knife (dip it in hot water before cutting). This helpful kitchen tip helps the process of cutting dry fruits easier and faster.
• Dough/Rolling pin: If the dough sticks to the rolling pin, place it in freezer for a few minutes.
• Egg peeling off: Make a small hole in the egg by piercing a pin before boiling it. You will be able to remove its skin very easily.
• Egg fresh: This healthy cooking tip is quite helpful. Immerse the egg in a pan of cool salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh; if it rises to the surface, it is old and should not be cooked.
• Garlic: Garlic skin comes off easily if the garlic cloves are slightly warmed before peeling.
• Ghee: Avoid the use of ghee. If it is necessary for a certain dish, substitute it with canola oil or some other healthy vegetable oil. Even for making halwa, you can partly substitute it with oil. This healthy cooking tip helps prevent heart disease and other health problems.
• Green Chillies: To keep the chillies fresh for a longer time, remove the stems before storing.
• Green Peas: To preserve green peas, keep them in a polythene bag in the freezer.
• Idlies and Dosas: Here are some of the best kitchen tips for South Indian specialities. Place a betel (paan) leaf over the leftover idli and dosa batter to prevent them from turning sour. Do not beat idli batter too much, as the air which has collected during fermentation will escape. If you add half a tsp of fenugreek seeds to the lentil and rice mixture while soaking, dosas will be more crisp.
• Fruits: To ripen fruits, wrap them in newspaper and put in a warm place for 2-3 days. The ethylene gas they emit will make them ripe.
• Frying: Avoid deep frying. Substitute deep frying with stir frying or oven bake. Don't pour the oil, but make a habit of spraying the oil in the utensil for cooking. Heat the utensil first, then add oil. This way oil spreads well. You will need to use less oil this way. Not only will your family be healthy though these healthy cooking tips, but you will also save a lot of money.
• Left Overs: Don't throw away the foods left over. Store them in the fridge. Use them in making tasty dishes like paranthas the next morning. You may also feed them to the birds and other stray animals.
• Lemon/Lime: If the lemon or lime is hard, put it in warm water for 5-10 minutes to make it easier to squeeze.
• Lizards: Hang a peacock feather, lizards will leave your house.
• Milk: Moisten the base of the vessel with water to reduce the chances of milk sticking at the bottom. Keep a spoon in the vessel while boiling milk at medium heat. This will stop the milk from sticking to the bottom of the vessel. Adding half a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate to the milk while boiling ensures that the milk will not get spoilt even if you don't put it in the fridge.
• Mixer/Grinder: Grind some common salt in your mixer/grinder for some time every month. This will keep your mixer blades sharp.
• Mosquitoes: Put a few camphor tablets in a cup of water and keep it in the bed room near your bed, or in any place with mosquitoes. Mosquitoes will soon dissappear.
• Noodles: When the noodles are boiled, drain all the hot water and add cold water. This way all the noodles will get separated.
• Onions: To avoid tears, cut the onions into two parts and place them in water for 15 minutes before chopping them. Wrap the onions individually in a newspaper and store in a cool and dark place to keep them fresh for long time.
• Oven: Look through the oven window to conserve energy, as the oven temperature drops by 25 degrees every time its door is opened. To clean the oven, apply a paste of sodium bicarbonate and water on the walls and floor of the oven and keep the oven on low heat for about half an hour. Dried food can then be easily removed.
• Paneer: To keep paneer fresh for several days, wrap it in blotting paper while storing in the refrigerator. Do not fry paneer, immerse it in boiling water to make it soft and spongy.
• Papad: Papads should be bake in a microwave oven to save oil and kitches gas. The best kitchen tip to store papads is to wrap the papads in polythene sheet and place them in the dal or rice containers. This will prevent them from drying and breaking.
• Pickles: To prevent the growth of fungus in pickles, burn a small grain of asafoetida over burning coal and invert the empty pickle jar over it for some time. Only then, put the pickle in the jar.
• Popcorn: Keep the maize/corn seeds in the freezer and pop while still frozen to get more fluffy, bigger popcorn.
• Potato: To bake potatoes quickly, place them in salt water for 15 minutes before baking. Use the skin of boiled potatoes to wipe mirrors sparkling clean. Don't store potatoes and onions together. Potatoes will rot quickly if stored with onions.
• Refrigerator: To prevent formation of ice, rub table salt on the insides of your freezer.
• Rice: Add a few drops of lemon juice in the water before boiling the rice to make rice whiter. Add a teaspoon of canola oil to the water before boiling the rice to separate each grain after cooking. Don't throw away the rice water after cooking. Use it to make soup or add it in making dal (lentils). Add 5 grams of dried powdered mint leaves to 1kg of rice. This kitchen tip will help keep insects at bay. You may also put a small paper packet of boric powder in the container of rice to keep insects at bay.
• Samosa: Bake them instead of deep frying to make them fat free. Don't fry the filling of potato masala. Preserve the samosas in the freezer. Before eating, take them out of the freezer two hours in advance and bake them over low temperature in the oven.
• Sugar: Put 2-3 cloves in the sugar container to keep ants at bay.
• Tadka: Use sprouted mustard seeds (rayee) and fenugreek (methi) seeds for your tadkas. Both of them when sprouted have more nutritional value. Also this will add flavour to the dish and is more beneficial to health, besides giving a decorative look to the dish.
• Tomato: To remove the skin of tomatoes, place them in warm water for 5-10 minutes. The skin can then be easily peeled off. When tomatoes are not available or too costly, substitute with tomato puree or tomato ketchup/sauce. Place overripe tomatoes in cold water and add some salt. Overnight they will become firm and fresh.
• Tamarind: Tamarind is an excellent polish for brass and copper items. Rub a slab of wet tamarind with some salt sprinkled on it on the object to be polished.
• Gargling with tamarind water is recommended for a sore throat.
• Utensils: Use nonstick utensils. Thick bottomed utensils are better as they get uniformly heated. For electric stoves, use flat bottom utensils. Add a little bit of common salt to the washing powder for better cleaning of utensils.
• Vegetables: Don't discard the water in which the vegetables are soaked or cooked. Use it to make soup or gravy. To keep the vegetables fresh for a longer time, wrap them in newspaper before putting them in the fridge. Another healthy cooking kitchen tip is to chop vegetables only when you are ready to use them. Don't cut them too early as it would spoil their nutritional value.
• Sink (Blocked): To clear the blocked drain pipe of your kitchen sink, mix 1/2 cup sodium bicarbonate in 1 cup vinegar and pour it into the sink, and pour about 1 cup water. In an hour the drain pipe will open.
• Soup Salty: Place a raw peeled potato in the bowl, it will absorb the extra salt.
• Yoghurt (Home Made): To set yogurt or curd in winter, place the container in a warm place like over the oven or voltage stabliser.
• Yogurt: If the yogurt or curd has become sour, put it in a muslin cloth and drain all the water. Then add milk to make it as good as fresh in taste. Use the drained water in making tasty gravy for vegetables or for basen curry. To keep the yogurt fresh for many days, fill the vessel containing yogurt with water to the brim and refrigerate. Change the water daily.

These Indian kitchen tips and healthy cooking tips are sure to make the process of cooking and taking care of your kitchen and home much easier. Do you have any other useful kitchen tips to offer??

Chakra Meditation and Healing

Chakra Meditation and Healing

I have found chakra healing very useful, ever since I first researched the subject on the internet. Here is some information and photos related to chakra treatment which I have collected and saved from different sources.

1	Survival, tribal issues, instinct, past life issues, family, marriage, parenting, correct behavior, society, ability to provide basic needs for living. Following the establishment and the families rules. Doing what your family/spouse wants. Trying to fit in. Compromises to these issues.	Main supporting functions of body: blood, bone, and immune disorders. Rectal cancers & trouble. Base of spine/ chronic lower back pain. Feet and leg problems including varicose veins and leg cramps. Depression.
2	Power, creativity, sexual issues, blame, control, passion, ethics, money, greed, honor in relationship issues, fidelity, feelings of repression or wrongness in sexual matters. Reproduction issues. Birthing new ideas.	Reproductive organs are effected from menstrual cycle problems, cancers in this area, to impotency. Pelvic and lower back pains, urinary and bladder problems, hips.
3	Responsibility issues, caring for others, trust, fear, guilt, career, intimidation, personal honor, victimization feelings, and courage. Self concern issues; self- respect, sensitivity to criticism, self-esteem, self-worth and own confidence.	Indigestion, stomach, intestinal, and colon problems. Eating disorders. Diabetes, arthritis, adrenal, pancreas, liver dysfunctions, gall bladder, kidneys, and ulcers. Spleen and middle of back problems.
4	Love, happiness, desire for happiness, sadness, anger, hatred, prejudism, loneliness, forgiveness, compassion, hopes, desires, wants, grief, resentments, commitment, trust in your close interpersonal relationships. Choices in love.	Heart and circulatory system, lungs, breathing problems, chest area, breasts, asthma and associated allergies, pneumonia, bronchitis, upper back, shoulder, and arm problems.
5	Communication, expressing yourself, telling truth, following your dreams and being true to yourself. Addictions, habits, judgement, faith, making decisions, knowing and being yourself, criticism, will power, doing what you said you would do. All forms of expression & communication.	Neck area, mouth, teeth, gums, mouth sores. Thyroid and gland problems. Throat, esophagus, hiatal hernias, sore throats, choking, gagging, laryngitis.
6	Truth, knowledge, intellect, intuitive powers, learning from experience, feeling inadequate, inner wisdom, knowing yourself and self evaluation, open-mindedness, accepting yourself and others. Listening and seeing openly.	Ears including hearing problems and ringing. Eye problems including sensitivity to light to blindness. Nose, brain and nervous system, full spine problems, learning problems.
7	Spirituality, devotion to spiritual and personal matters. Unconditional love to self, the earth, and to others. Empathy, humanitarism, selflessness, values, and ethics. Connection with ULEK™, ability to go with the flow of life and to see the larger picture, inspiration without wants. The Higher Self.	Skin and muscle systems are effected. Energy/exhaustion problems, mystical depression and searching feelings, sensitivity to the environment, sun, light, and sound.

Lie or sit in a relaxed and comfortable position, as you would for any meditation. Your spine should be straight and your head in alignment with your body. This meditation is in script mode, should one want to tape it and listen to it while performing the meditation. It is preferable to learn about energy and the methods of balancing, cleansing and charging the chakras and allow one's own inner voice to lead the meditation. The following is just one way of performing this balancing. Allow your meditations to evolve and to reflect your individual values and beliefs. If taped, a slow, deliberate pace should be used with a mild voice and the appropriate pauses. The body should already be relaxed and the mind tranquil when beginning this meditation. Eyes are closed.

"Now that you are relaxed and feeling very much at peace, take a moment to ground yourself here in this moment, in this body, in this place, in this time......Take some deep breaths....In.... and out....In....and out....Follow the breath as it flows toward your nostrils, as it enters your nose, as it fills your lungs and then as it is expelled. That's it, just relax into this quiet moment. Breathe in...follow your breath... and out. In....and out.

Feel where your body meets the (chair/bed/floor). Become aware of your body from head to toe, of your weight, of the heaviness of your limbs. Now focus on the area at the base of the spine, the area between your legs. This is the root chakra. It's energy is red, and it governs your physical body, your physical health and vitality. In your mind, study the appearance of this chakra...note it's color and vitality. Mentally envision the chakra and note any symbolic symptons of dis/ease. Have you been caring well for your body? If your chakra is dusty, dirty, torn, or otherwise less than a perfectly brilliant red whirling vortex, imagine your hands (or those of a guide) working on the chakra. If it is dirty, clean away the dirt and throw it into an imaginary pail with a lid. Allow those hands to repair any imperfections, and when the chakra is clean, mentally take the pail and hurl it into the sun. Watch it as it travels through space and then bursts into a zillion bits of energy upon solar contact. Allow the sun to recycle this energy back into the universe.

Now turn your attention back to the root chakra. It is a clean and red. You are surrounded by infinite root energy. Imagine the room glowing red with this energy, feel it's strength and power. See red swirls of energy flowing to your root chakra. You can feel this as a tingling as the energy fills your root chakra. As the energy swirls in your chakra grows large and deep red and strong. Allow the energy to fill your chakra until it is so vital that it extends several feet out from your body. In your mind you can see your root chakra, a brilliant red swirling vortex of physical energy.

Now turn your focus up to your abdomen, to the area of the "womb." (Or where the womb would be if you're a man). This is the orange chakra, that which controls clear thinking and creativity. Take a moment to observe the chakra. Note it's color, it's vitality. Is it clean and strong? Or is there work to be done here? Allow those invisible hands to cleanse the chakra, to repair or heal it. Discard any imperfections in the pail, and send the pail to the sun to recycle the energy. Now focus on the orange chakra again. It is now clean and whole, and a bright orange. Call out to the universe for orange creative energy and feel the space around you begin to glow orange. With a tingle you feel the energy begin to swirl into your chakra, charging it with vitality, with creativity, with clear-thought. Watch as your orange chakra grows and whirls, until it extends out from your body for several feet, just as the red root chakra is still whirling and strong.

Now, turn from the red chakra, up through the orange chakra, to the solar plexus. This is the heart of the yellow chakra, that which governs will and ambition. Take a few moments to examine this chakra. Note it's color and appearance. Have you been lazy of late, or perhaps too driven? Examine your will through this chakra. Allow the invisible hands to cleanse the chakra and heal it, discarding any imperfections or impurities in the pail. Send the pail to the sun for recycling.

Now return your attention to the yellow chakra, that of will. It is now clean and a bright yellow. 'Universe, send me yellow energy, will energy, energy to achieve my goals, to work for that which I value and desire.' Feel the yellow energy surrounding your body, and with a tingle feel the energy swirl into your solar plexus. In your mind you can see your red/root chakra glowing, whirling, your orange/womb chakra pulsing brilliantly, and your yellow/solar plexus chakra glowing strongly, extending several feet out from your body.

Now turn your attention to the middle of your chest, to the heart chakra, the green chakra. You may feel an instant wave of emotion. This chakra governs your feelings, your emotional connections to others and to the universe, to life itself. Examine this chakra. Note it's color, vitality, any impurities. Gently allow those invisible hands to cleanse and purify the chakra. Reflect a moment on how you've been feeling emotionally lately. Are there bindings holding in pain? Or is the chakra tight and hard with anger? Release any tensions, imperfections or impurities to the pail. Send them to the sun for recyclying. They are still yours if you choose to hold them, but for now, release any pain or anger.

Now focus back on the heart chakra. It is clean and a beautiful green color. It whirls strongly and evenly. 'Universe, send me green energy for my heart! Open my heart to the world, to all beings big and small, with compassion for our shared experiences and journey. Fill my heart with love energy, that I may in turn give love to others.' Feel the green energy whirling into your heart. Watch the chakra grow and glow and spin with this new energy. From the red chakra through the orange chakra through the yellow chakra through the green chakra, your chakras are cleansed and charged and huge with energy.

Now focus on the throat, center of the blue chakra which governs communication and personal magnetism. Examine the chakra, noting the color and any imperfections... Perhaps you haven't been honoring your own beliefs and speaking out when you should. Or perhaps you've been talking over others, or not listening well. Perhaps you've been feeling shy and afraid to extend your energy in communication. Allow the hands to heal and cleanse the chakra and when finished, send the impurities to the sun for recycling. Now the chakra is clean and strong and bright blue. Feel the air fill with blue universal energy. Feel the throat open as this energy swirls into the throat chakra. This energy charges your aura with magnetism, drawing others to you. Feel your throat open with this swirling, strong blue energy.

Now focus on the middle of your forehead, the third eye. This chakra is indigo and governs psychic vision and intuition. Examine the chakra for imperfections. Perhaps it is locked up due to fear. Perhaps it no longer spins out of neglect/stagnation. Allow the hands to cleanse the chakra, to heal any imperfections and recycle them in the sun. Now look at the chakra. It is a beautiful deep indigo, clean and whirling. There is psychic energy available to you beyond measure. Feel it charge the air, swirl in and around and fill your third eye chakra with deep, vital indigo energy. Feel the third eye open, and note any mental visions as this occurs. Now is a good time to pray for increased psychic power. Note the red/root chakra, the orange/womb chakra, bright, strong, big! Move your attention up to the yellow/solar plexus chakra, to the green/heart chakra, open and brilliant, to the blue/throat chakra and the indigo/third eye chakra. Your chakras are huge, whirling, and fully charged.

Now focus your attention at the crown of your head. This chakra is violet near the body, fading to white further away. This chakra governs your connection to the universe/God/Goddess/The Creator, etc... This chakra is like an umbilical cord to "home." Reflect on your spirituality of late, examine the chakra and allow any healing needed. In my experience this chakra generally needs much less work than the others. Allow the hands to heal, to cleanse, and recycle the discarded energy in the sun. Now examine the chakra. It is brilliantly violet, glowing white around the outside. Mentally reach out to that which you consider your "source..." to "God" or the Universe. Feel the response, the energy flowing back to you. Pray for the peace and joy of a strong crown chakra connection. Feel the violet energy flowing in, a loving embrace of your whole self, of your soul. See the crown chakra grow enormous, and the white energy surround your body.

All your chakras are now clean, charged and in balance. From the red/root chakra, to the orange/womb chakra, to the yellow/solar plexus chakra, to the green/heart chakra, to the blue/throat chakra, to the deep purple/third eye to the violet/crown, your chakras are spinning and whirling, full of energy and vitality. See the white energy that extends up and out from the crown chakra enveloping your whole body in a egg of white energy. You are completely refreshed, calm, and peaceful. Your energy is balanced. You are full of vitality.

Bruce Willis Jaw - Medical Tourism in india

Bruce Willis plastic surgery in New Delhi, India - Popularity Of Medical Tourism

I have always heard of foreigners coming to India for cheap medical procedures like heart surgery, knee transplants, cosmetic and dental surgery, but this one is just too funny -

John Joseph Conway a 43 year old firefighter from America visited Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi with a photo of Bruce Willis. He said he wanted to look the part of a firefighter and wished for a nice strong jaw line like Bruce Willis. This, he said would fit his macho image of a fire fighter. Dr Vivek Kumar was on the team of doctors who operated on John Joseph Conway after studying his face for three days.

The surgery was conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and lasted three hours. It costed 1,600 American dollars which was one tenth of the cost charged for the same surgical procedure in the United States of America.

Every years thousands of foreign nationals come to India for medical tourism. This medical tourism package involves a holiday package to tourist places and the cost of the medical procedure. Medical tourism holiday destinations include trips to places like Rajasthan, Kerala, Taj Mahal in Agra, beach resorts of Goa and Karnataka and wildlife adventures.

A few hospitals in India with well trained staff and world class facilities offer medical tourism packages. These are the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences - AIIMS, Apollo Hospital and Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center in Delhi, B M Birla Heart Research Center, Christian Medical College in Vellore, Tata Memorial Hospital, PD Hinduja National Hospital in Mumbai, Apollo Cancer Hospital in Chennai, Indraprastha Medical Corporation and Institute Of Cardiovascular Diseases.

Most of the doctors in these hospitals have done part of their education or training in foreign countries. As these hospitals are operated by private companies, the medical facilites are extremely exorbitant and unaffordable for a majority of Indians. However, foreign tourists from countries like USA, Britain and United Arab Emirates would find medical tourism in India quite cheap because of the high value of their currency.

Dental Plans include Smile designing, Metal Free Bridge, Dental Implants, Porcelain Metal Crown, Root canals, Tooth whitening and Tooth cleaning. Costs are approximately half of what they cost in the United States. Eye Treatments like laser eye surgery, Lasik Refractive Packages and Lasik Eye Surgery in India costs as much as 8 to 10 percent less than they do in the USA or UK.

Heart Care programs include treatment of problems like Valvular diseases, Arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, Hypercholesterolemia, Family history of coronary disease, Hypercholesterolemia and Heart disease symptoms. Some procedures that are available at the above mentioned medical tourism centers are directional coronary atherectomy, rotablation, coronary artery stenting, intravascular ultrasound, balloon valvuloplasty and non-surgical closure of holes in the heart. They usually cost 50 percent less in India.

A heart care surgery which costs something around $30,000 in USA can cost only about $8,000 in India. A few Surgical treatment holiday packages offered include Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Open Heart Surgery, Angiographies, Angioplasties, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Paediatric Intervention nnd Cardiology Robotic Surgery. Some popular heart tourism hospitals are The Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in Bangalore, the Cardiology Hospital in Kanpur, the Heart Hospital in Calicut and the Sree Sudihindra Medical Mission Hospital in Cochin.

Cosmetic surgery is what most international medical tourists come to India for. Cosmetic surgery includes hair restoration and implants, rhinoplasties or nose jobs, face lifts, demabrasions, chin and cheek enlargement, breast surgery and reconstruction and liposuction. This is all available at a fraction of the cost in America or UK at the best of facilites.

Orthopaedic surgery like hip and knee replacement, the Illizarov technique, limb lengthening, Birmingham Hip resurfacing technique, minimal invasive surgery, cartilage and bone transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, spine surgery like fixation, stabilization and fusion are regularly treated. Other medical problems like Arthiritis, sports injuries, complex broken bones, bone tumors and scoliosis are also cured.

Other than this a wide variety of medical tests can be done at cheap rates in India. Some unscrupulous private hospitals also arrange for illegal transplants like kidney and liver. Though this is not legitimate no one gets caught cause everyone pays a bribe. This is quite sad as many poor people are forced to sell their organs or are kidnapped and murdered for their organs so that rich foreigners can benefit.

These medical treatments usually have a waiting period of around nine to twelve months in America, Britain or Europe whereas in India there is no waiting period. Just arrive any day and have the job of your choice done.

One thing I want to mention, is that medicine has become a big business. Many doctors say that you are sick and need big operations just to make big bucks on the operation. Always take a second or third opinion and try traditional medicine first before deciding to go for any surgery. The damage caused by surgery is irreversible and can lead to complications later in life. Don't let a single doctor convince you that you are sick and need expensive treatments, unless there is concrete proof from different sources.

What do you think of medical tourism in India ?

Mosquitoes Vs Health Officials in Delhi

Mosquitoes and MCD Health Officials

Mosquitoes are real troublesome. Once a week in my neighborhood, I hear a strange rumbling sound followed by a lot of white smoke and a disgusting smell. No, it isn't a giant letting off wind but only health officials with their malathion thermal fogging machines who are spraying insecticides to control mosquitoes. These mosquitoes lay their eggs on the surface of standing water in tins cans, tires or coolers and bite at night spreading different viruses and causing diseases.

The area I live in has been named by the Muncipal Corporation of Delhi to be specially vulnerable to mosqitoes. Mosqitoes somehow don't like the taste of my blood and I am fortunate that they don't bite me ( The only things that bite me are my cat and the fleas off his back).

Mosqitoes are known to cause many diseases which can kill people, and I know lots of folks who have gotten real sick. The female Anopheles mosquito causes Malaria. The female Aedes mosquitoes bite leads to Dengue and Chikungunya which is a form of viral fever is spread by the female Aedes Aegypti or Tiger Mosquito.

Whenever the man on the bicycle with his malathion thermal fogging machines comes around, my cat goes berserk and hides under my bed. Kids chase after the fogging man like he is Santa, breathing in the harmful pesticides. I have absolutely no idea how they can stand the smell from up close. Health Officials then come to check our cooler for mosquitoes breeding in the water. Last time the civic official came, he poured lots of kerosene in the cooler even though we had already added quite a bit of disinfectant.

After hearing that legal notices have been sent to over 29,000 houses and that nearly 13,000 folks have been fined, we decided not to allow the official to check our home anymore. Some officials just fix challans and fines arbitarily to collect cash. So, the next time the official came to check, we just told him we don't have a cooler - only an air conditioner.

Here is some surprising information I read about mosquitoes. Mosquitoes mainly feed on nectar from plants and it is only the females that require a meal of blood that contains protein for the development of her eggs. The female mosquito sucks blood from all mammals which includes pets and humans. She locates her victims by scent and primarily goes for males who are overweight and have 'O' Blood Group.

Ok, I am a skinny female with 'A' blood group, so that explains why mosquitos don't bite me. Another point could be the fact that I sleep in front of the cooler which creates a strong breeze that drives mosquitos away.

My Dad has tried almost every mosquito repellent available that includes Baygon Spray, Flit by Godrej, Odomos Cream, All Out Liquid Repellent and Good Night Mosquito Mats, but they still bite him. It is good that the MCD is regularly spraying malathion to get rid of mosquito eggs in stagnant water, atleast a few people can get a good nights sleep.

Bats are known to prey on mosquitoes, but they are too scared to enter our house. Mosquito nets on the windows are of no use since they fly in through the balcony, kitchen or air conditioning vents. We even hung bunches of neem leaves around the house to drive off their incessant buzzing but to no avail.

Do mosquitoes bite you ? Do you know of a fast easy way to get rid of them ?

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