Herbal Remedies For Everyone

The tonsils are a vital part of the immune system. It serves as body’s natural defense system against infections. Bacteria and any other micro organisms which can cause infections would be filtered out in subtle way by the tonsils. Generally, people consider throat pain as tonsil; in fact it is not tonsils but tonsillitis which can cause diseases. Sometimes tonsils themselves can endure an infection. This infection cause damages to throat and surrounding areas. When toxins in the body have not been flushed out from the kidneys, bowels and skin, it can cause tonsillitis. Tonsillitis usually occurs in addition with a cold, cough, sore throat, headache, fever and body ache. Check out here some effective home remedies for Tonsillitis Treatment that provide you quick healing from tonsillitis.
Home Remedies for Tonsillitis Treatment
Due to a viral or bacterial infection tonsils get inflamed, become red and painful such medical condition is known as tonsillitis. Without underlying cause you are not able to get appropriate treatment for any condition. Medical treatment for tonsillitis includes home treatments, oral medications and surgery in some long term cases. Normally, home remedies provide comfort to the tonsils and that’s why they relieve from tonsillitis without any unpleasant effects.

 Gargling Solutions:
    1.Salt water is useful to kill some of the infection. Pus and fluid of throat would be washed out by gargling action. To swollen tonsillitis, gargling with warm salt water is one of the effective home remedies.
   2. Mix two tsp of onion juice or dried leaves of Mint with lukewarm water for gargling.
   3. Boil some portion of the bark of the babul tree (Acacia arabica) into water. Let it simmer for 20 minutes. Check whether decoction prepared fully or not and then let it cool. This solution speeds up the recovery and eases the tonsils pain.
   4. Mix one tsp fresh ginger juice, one tsp honey with two tsp of lukewarm water for gargling.
   5. Dig out the pulp of bitter tumbi (fruit). Then fill the kernel of the fruit with water and keep aside for few hours. Drink everyday a little of this water to cure tonsillitis.
  6.  Simmer fenugreek seeds about 2 tbsp in half liter of water, let it cool. Then use it for several times a day.
   7. Mix mustard powder into a hot water. This solution rinses your throat therefore germs can get flushed out.

Sipping Drinks:
    1.Take juice of 1 lemon, 4 tsp of honey and a pinch of salt with 1 glass of warm water throughout the day. It provides relief from the prickly pain at the back of the throat and makes swallowing easy.
   2. Mix carrot, beet and cucumber juice in the proportion of 3:1:1, as they are rich in Vitamins which help to fight from the infection.
    3.You can take any herbal tea such as chamomile, ginger or mint to give a soothing relief to the sore throat and from pain caused by the inflamed tonsil glands.
    4.Turmeric is such an antibiotic that is much effective to get rid of tonsillitis. Take a glass of warm milk with 1 tsp of turmeric powder then add a pinch of pepper powder. For best result consume it every night.
    5.Warm beverages give quick relieve to the pain of tonsillitis compared to cold ones. Drink warm vegetable and chicken soups.

Others:
    Mash some figs then mix them with honey. As dried figs have healing properties, it would help in healing tonsillitis.
    Cut lemon into two pieces. Put some salt and black pepper on one piece. By pressing with a knife penetrate salt-pepper into the lime. Then put it on heat to make it warm. Now lick this lemon slowly and squeez it until no juice remains in it.
    Boil about ten to twelve gram of Banafsha (Viola pilosa Blume) flowers in 40 to 45 ml of milk. Filter it, then it must be consumed hot for quick relief.

Precautions:
    Avoid acid drinks and don’t consume spicy food because it may irritate the throat. Sour substances such as buttermilk, curds and fried foods should be totally avoided.
    Drink lots and lots of water through out the day to flush out the toxins from the body. Also drink liquids like fresh vegetable juices.
    Keep good hygiene if you are suffering from a disease like tonsillitis.
    Try to curtail your talk and give rest to your throat.

Malaria and typhoid are two different diseases but sometime physicians are unable to diagnose them properly due to similarity in certain  sign and symptoms.
Difference in Causative Agent:
Typhoid fever is caused by a  gram negative bacteria named as salmonella typhi whereas malaria is a protozoal disease occur due to different species of Plasmodium such as  P. falciparum,  P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae.However, there is one common factor between the two. Salmonella typhi is known to breed in dirty water which can also become ideal conditions for the breeding of mosquitoes .
Difference in transmission
Typhoid bacteria are usually contracted through food or water that have been contaminated with faeces or urine. Anyone who eats any food or drink any water that had any contact with typhoid-bearing stool or urine could contact typhoid fever. Flies, which settle on typhoid-bearing faeces or urine, do in most instances, settle on exposed food or water.
Malaria is contracted by mosquitoe bites.

Difference in Symptoms:
The symptoms of both typhoid and malaria differ considerably. For example in the case of malaria patient can experience nausea, vomiting, chills, fevers and diarrhea sometime but symptoms of typhoid are different in different stages.
Mainly there are four stages of typhoid. Single stage comprises of seven days. During the first stage patient can suffer high fever and persists for weeks (fever does not respond to antimalarials), abdominal pain,severe headache, bradicardia, cough and tiredness. In the second stage, fever, reduced heart rate, diarrhea or constipation, confusional state and rose spots on trunk occur. In the third stage patient may have some complications and the last stage is the stage of recovery.

Differential diagnosis Of Typhoid
The group of symptoms which most clearly suggests the diagnosis of typhoid fever is:
    Gradually increasing fever with evening exacerbation and morning remission.
    General malaise with headache.
    Furred tongue with red edges and tip.
    Epistaxis.
    Relatively slow pulse (possibly dicrotic).
    Abdominal distension with increased bowel sounds.
    Tenderness in the right iliac fossa on firm pressure.
    A roseolar eruption confined principally to the abdomen and chest.
    Splenomegaly.
    Bronchial catarrh.

Difference In Complication In Typhoid
Typhoid complications include Intestinal perforation with peritonitis (rapidly fatal, refer urgently to a surgeon) - presents as severe abdominal pain, tenderness, rebound tenderness and guarding.Acute psychosis (never refer any patient with fever and psychosis to the psychiatric hospital).Some specific complications of malaria are renal impairment, retinopathy, cerebral malaria, convulsions, coma and death.

Difference Diagnostic Tests:
Different tests are being performed to diagnose both malaria and typhoid but it is easier to diagnose malaria in comparison to typhoid. For typhoid following tests are recommended
    Widal test
    Typhidot test
    Bone marrow test
    Stool test

For malaria following types tests are being done;
    Complete blood count (CBC)
    Malarial Parasite (MP) test
    Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) based upon the microscopic evaluation of causative agent.

Difference in Standard/Conventional Treatment:
For the treatment of malaria different types of anti-malarial drugs ( amodiaquine, lumefantrine, mefloquine or sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine) are used but for typhoid treatment, antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin and olfloxacin are commonly prescribed.

Herbal Treatment Of Malaria And Typhoid
Lemon Grass In Malaria:For treating malaria, a cup of boiling water is usually poured over lemon grass to make an fusion. It is then allowed to stand for about five minutes before it is strained and drank.
Lemon Grass In Typhoid:To treat typhoid, it is recommended that lemon grass leaf be boiled in water for about half an hour with whole lime, grape fruits, unripe pawpaw fruits, unripe pineapples, cut garlic and bark of Alstonia bonnei (awun in Yoruba; cheesewood/pattern wood in English).
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1.This natural fruit is rich in vitamin. Garden egg provides the body with both soluble vitamin and water soluble vitamins; they are rich in thiamin (vitamin B1) required for normal growth and proper functioning of the heart and Nervous system, Niacin (vitamin B6) needed for cellular respiration.
2. Garden egg is one of the anti cancer fruit which has been helping, for over decades, to fight against cancer and other horrible diseases; it is not a must for you to develop cancer, before you start looking for remedy, hence the saying ‘prevention is better than cure.
3.“A high level of blood cholesterol level, more particularly low-density Tipoprotein cholesterol, is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke and heart disease and garden egg has the power of reducing these risks.According to Dr. Ndubuisi Nwakakwa, physician/consultant Acupuncturist at Green leaves clinic and Acupuncture center, Ilasamaja, Lagos “when compared to apples and oats, garden egg plant is more helpful for reducing cholesterol.”
4.A study conducted by some experts, S. A. Igwe, Dora Akunyili and C. Ogbogu, Published in the 2003 issue of the journal of Ethno pharmacology on “Effects of Garden Egg on some visual functions of visually active Igbos of Nigeria” found that eating plenty of garden egg can help lower eye pressure in persons with glaucoma.
5.The garden egg plant can be regarded as a brain food because it houses the anthocyanin phytonutrient found in its skin, Nasunin, a potent antioxidant and free radical scavenger that has been shown to protect cell membranes from damage.
6.The predominant phenolic compound found in garden eggs is chlorogenic acid, which is one of the most potent free radical scavengers found in plant tissues.The chlorogenic acid performs antimutagenic (anti-cancer) activities in the body.
7.Expert in a study indicated that garden egg could be used for the treatment of stomach ulcers. The study was undertaken to evaluate the possible anti-ulcer effect of the African garden egg and was published in the 2011 Journal of the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine .It was  found that garden egg  possessed ulcer protective properties against ulcers induced experimentally, making it a cheap source of natural anti-ulcer remedy.
8.Garden egg is useful in weight reduction.“When you take garden egg, it fills the tummy because of its fibre content and it helps reduce the food you consume, thereby reducing the calories and body weight.’’
9. Garden egg consumption is also beneficial for people that are suffering from constipation because of it high fiber content
10.Pregnant women will find garden egg leaves and fruit very rewarding.The rich mineral content and the availbility of folic acid will help the mother and the unborn baby.

2.Onions are rich in sulphur, fibers, potassium, vitamin B, vitamin C and they are low in fat, cholesterol and sodium.