Home Remedies for Weight Loss

• Drink a glass of hot water with lime and honey first thing in a morning to shed the excess fat and lose weight.
• Eating horse gram dal (lentil found in most Indian Grocery Stores) regularly helps to keep your weight in check and burn fat.
• Drinking barley water helps you lose the water weight.
• Cabbage salad and cabbage soups help you lose weight.
• Eating garlic regularly helps you burn fat and lose weight
• Drinking ginger tea regularly helps you maintain a healthy weight
• Green tea is an excellent fat burner and helps you with weight loss.
• Eating mint helps with weight loss.
• Chewing on curry leaves helps you lose weight
• Drinking Dandelion Tea helps you lose water weight.
• Low fat yogurt helps with lose weight
• Turmeric is an excellent home remedy for obesity. Add it to you diet regularly.
• Eating tomato in empty stomach is believed to help with weight loss.
• Drink lots of water and keep hydrated to maintain a healthy weight

Home Remedy for Acne

• Apply a mixture of Honey and Lemon juice on the face and other affected area. Wash off after 30 minutes
• Take some mint juice and mix it with turmeric powder and apply on affected area. Leave for half an hour and wash off
• Mix sandalwood paste with rose water and apply on the face. Rinse off after it dries completely.
• Take a pinch of ground nutmeg and mix it with milk to form a paste. Apply on affected area overnight and wash off in the morning.
• Grind some oatmeal and mix it with milk to form a thick paste. Apply this on face and use it as a scrub by gently rubbing in circular motion. Do this twice a week to remove excess oil and dirt from the face. This is an excellent scrub for oily skin.
• Regular application of aloe vera gel on acne scars is also believed to fade them away.
• Apply honey on your face and rinse off after 15 minutes. This is a good remedy for acne

Home Remedy for Common cold

Here are some effective home remedies to get relief from common cold:

• Drinking plenty of water and staying well hydrated is the best home remedy for common cold.
• Add juice from one half of a lemon to warm water. Add a tsp of honey to add and drink it to get relief from cold. Drink this every 4-6 hours for good relief. Lime juice also works instead of lemon juice.
• Ginger is another wonderful remedy for colds and coughs. Grate ginger and add it to boiling water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Strain the liquid and add honey to it. Drinking this 2 to 3 times a day provides good relief for common cold.
• Turmeric is an excellent remedy for cold. Add 2-3 pinches of turmeric powder to warm milk and drink before going to bed to get good relief from cold.
• Adding Pepper powder to a teaspoon of honey and make a thick paste and swallowing it also helps with common cold.
• Steam inhalation provides immediate relief for common cold especially if you have a stuffy nose. Take boiling water and add a few drops of eucalyptus oil to it. Cover your head with a blanket and inhale in the steam. this provides immediate relief and unblocks the stuffy nose.
• Drink Peppermint tea or Chamomile tea also provides relief from common cold.