There have been plenty of new-age beauty brands promising you the world, but here are very simple, elementary old-age rituals that Indian queens of that “Kingdom Era” used to follow :

• Use a face scrub from milk mixed with crushed almond, crushed walnut kernels, and bengal gram powder. Suggested Use : 2-3 times a week.
• A natural body lotion made from rose water, glycerine and lime juice is very good. Apply it all over your body to hydrate it.
• Mix Sugar granules, honey and orange rind and it will give you a natural homemade body-scrub to keep your skin soft and supple.
• Fresh Cream mixed with lemon-juice and honey can be used as a face pack (15 mins). Cream is very good to moisturize the skin.
• Massage your whole body with olive oil mixed with aloe-vera gel (Ghrit Kumari)
• To relieve a sunburn - use a face-mask by applying Plain Yoghurt (Curd). It will soothe and repair the skin.
• Rub the skin of the Papaya , OR the orange pulp on your face. It maintains the pH balance. Cucumber Slices also work wonders for your eyes.
• Simple Rose water - when sprayed over your face, gives you an instant refreshing feeling.
• Lastly, to give yourself a dose of antioxidants and vitamins, do not touch those pills - Instead, try a glass of mix-fruit smoothie.

I hope you like this, Follow any one of those - and you are set !

Regards, Puneet

Ringworm is a skin-infection caused by fungi. Today, we describe the ayurvedic way to treat ringworm using common ingredients found at home. Garlic is the principle remedy here.

• Early morning, when you rise, take half tsp. of Sea-salt with a glass of warm water.
• After about half an hour, take a metal tumbler, or a bowl and crush a fresh garlic-pod in it. Add 50 ml of fresh unsalted, plain Yoghurt (curd/dahi) and half tsp. of turmeric powder in it. Churn it well and drink it. Please do not eat anything for next 60 mins.
• Drink the same Yoghurt mixture in step 2 in the evening at sunset, leaving a teaspoon of this potion for local application on the affected area (where you have the ringworm)
• Every 2 days, add 1 more garlic pod to the mixture, i.e. from the 3rd day, take 2 pods of garlic in 50 ml of Yoghurt, from 5th day, take 3 garlic pods and so on…
• While sea-salt, garlic and turmeric kill the yeast, fungi and other intestinal bacteria, yoghurt helps to replenish the friendly bacteria and aids in digestion.
• You can also apply lemon juice and apple cider vinegar topically on the ringworm if you can bear the stinging. Tea-tree oil would also help. Honey, applied locally and taken internally would also help.

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Merry X’mas to all of you.  Suhaga (Borax) comes in handy here. Take 5 grams of Suhaga, 1 tbsp of Yoghurt (Dahi) and 1 tbsp of Coconut oil. Put the Suhaga on a flat girdle/pan and heat it. It will splutter and flare up. When it has flared, remove, cool it and crush it into a fine white powder. Mix the Suhaga powder with Yoghurt and Coconut oil and apply it directly onto the scalp. Allow it to dry and then wash with a mild, herbal shampoo.

Apply some Sweet Almond oil after bathing. Repeat the remedy once a week, every week for 6 weeks. The dandruff should never come back again.

Two major causes of dandruff are stress and constipation. Keep a check on those and it should never occur in the first place.