Natural Health

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Natural Health Weight Control

• By Vidya Sagar Garg

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Introduction

• Weight loss
• Disease Control
• Cleansing of body, mind, and soul
• Good health

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Introduction (cont.)

• An average person carries about 5 pounds of
  waste at all times. Going once definitely does
  not cleans the body, especially when one eats
  two or more meals a day. Hence, special attention
  is required for proper cleansing.

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Life Sources

• Water
• Food
• Air
• Exercise

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Water

• Water is the nectar of life, and an essential
  factor for natural health and weight control.
• Fresh or room temperature water cleanses better
  than cold water.
• One needs to drink about 80 or more ounces of
  water a day. Each time drinking from a 16 ounce
  glass of water helps achieve this goal.

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Food

• Light, vegetarian food is suggested. Morning
  till lunch every effort should be made for
  cleansing
• Drink a warm cup of water with fresh lime juice
  and a spoonful of honey.
• Eat citrus fruit when hungry.
• Drink plenty of water.
• Eat only when hungry.
• Do not hold even the slightest pressure, go as
  often as needed and sit as long as needed.

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Air

• Air is the breath of life. The Sanskrit word
  for air is Pran, meaning life. Deep into chest
  and lungs breathing is vital for a healthy body
• Deep breathing should not be done with a full
  stomach.
• Sit down in a clean and calm place.
• Straighten out neck, shoulder, and the spine.
• Always breath through the nose.
• Breath out all the way while tucking your tummy
  in and hold as long as you can, without excessive
  force or discomfort.
• Breath in as much as you can and hold as long as
  possible without excessive force or discomfort.
• Release the air and breath normally.
• Do the above 5-7 steps 3-21 times a day, based
  upon your stamina and time.

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Exercise

• Exercise is very important for the body, but
  excessive exercise harms the body.
• Exercise only up to ½ of your body limit. More
  than that could be harmful.
• During exercise you should breathe through your
  nose when you find it necessary to breathe
  through your mouth you have reached your half of
  the limit.
• Another way to know if you have reached ½ of your
  limit is when underarms, head top, nose, hand
  joints, and feet begin to perspire.
• After reaching ½ of your body limit, just slow
  down so you dont go over.

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Exercise (cont.)

• When it comes to exercise always remember S²
• S Stretch
• S Sweat

Combination of walking, jogging, yoga,
pranayama, or other forms of exercise can help
achieve the above.
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The Bodys Digestive System

• After eating, food is churned and digested.
• Then the food passes through the small intestine
  where all the juices are extracted for the body.
  
• Then the remaining food passes through the large
  intestine, to be discharged.
• The whole process takes about twenty hours to
  complete for each meal. If the waste does not
  discharge in twenty hours, it harms the body by
  producing gases and other intoxicants.

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The Bodys Digestive System Timetable
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Reasons for Constipation

• Holding the pressure
• Irregularity in meals
• Sleep disturbance
• Rushing while on the toilet
• Postponing the pressure
• Not consuming enough water
• Mental stress
• Intoxication
• Overeating

• Eating when not hungry
• Not eating enough
• Eating food without fiber
• Not chewing enough while eating
• Eating unhealthy food
• Taking medicine for constipation
• Shallow breathing
• Lack of exercise

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Bowel Movement

• One needs to go at least 3 times a day. After
  every 20 hours of each meal, one needs to go.
  Anything less than that is considered
  constipation. Constipation is the root cause of
  weight gain or loss, and many diseases and
  sicknesses. For proper bowel movement, one needs
  to do the following
• Do not hold even the slightest amount of
  pressure.
• Do not use excessive force.
• Relax and sit on the seat for 10-15 minutes.
• Normally it comes in 2 installments.
• Sometimes pushing on the left side of the stomach
  with a hand helps to release the flow.

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Things To Remember

• Until your body is clean from one meal (i.e.
  breakfast, lunch, or dinner) try not to eat the
  same meal again.
• It takes about 20 hours for a meal to digest and
  release.
• Keeping more than one meal of the same kind in
  the body spells constipation.
• Every bite of food should be thoroughly chewed
  before swallowing.
• Drinking water from a 16 ounce glass helps
  achieve the daily recommended water intake.
• Drink juices and mixture of warm water with honey
  and lime in 10 ounce servings.
• Eat fruit as a snack between meals.
• Keep a set meal time for each meal.
• Plan ahead and eat accordingly to be hungry at
  your meal time.
• Eat sensibly. Avoid chemicals, highly processed
  food and harmful drinks.
• It is very important to eat, since bowel movement
  occurs only when the next meal is eaten and
  digested.

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Food To Cure Constipation

• People over the age of 40 should minimize the
  consumption of beans and lentils.
• Prefer whole wheat products over rice.
• Eat rice with bran.
• Drink twice a day 1 ounce of cracked wheat soak
  an ounce of cracked wheat in 5 ounces of milk for
  2 hours prior to drinking.
• Always consume the water from boiled vegetables.
• Consume 125 grams of raw vegetables (salad), and
  500 grams of cooked vegetables.
• Consume seasonal fruits. Almost all fruits have
  a lot of fiber which is a good source to cure
  constipation.

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Food To Cure Constipation (cont.)

• Milk/yogurt may be consumed depending upon its
  favorable effect on ones body.
• Small portions of oils (i.e. butter, oily nuts)
  are also beneficial.
• Less fiber vegetables (i.e. potatoes, sweet
  potatoes, and zucchini, etc.) should be consumed
  along with other vegetables.

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Curing Severe Constipation

• In extreme cases an enema, juice, and milk diet
  becomes very important
• Drink only juices (orange, tomato, spinach) for
  4-5 days.
• Juice extracted from 1 pound of spinach is an
  excellent cleanser during juice days.
• After juice start drinking 1 milk for several
  days as follows
• Take enema twice a day during this time.

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Portions/Fasting

• Portions
• The recommendation is to fill up stomach ½ with
  food, ¼ with water, and ¼ leaving empty for air
  to pass through.
• Fasting
• One day a week fasting is good for intestine
  and colon. During fasting you must drink plenty
  of water. During this time, taking enema is
  highly recommended.

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Healthy Body Large intestine - in the morning
before the toilet.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
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Healthy Body Large intestine after the
toilet and after the breakfast.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
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Not So Healthy Body Large intestine with two
days of meals.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
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Unhealthy Body Large intestine with several
days of meals.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
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Enema

• Enema is very important to cure constipation.
  If it does not cleans by taking it one time, it
  can be taken a second or third time as well. The
  best time to take enema is in the morning after
  the bowel movement. If you need enema for
  several days, take it at night before bed time.
  It will help in a good nights sleep along with
  other benefits.

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Process of Enema

• An enema pouch can be purchased from the drug
  store.
• Drink 16 ounces of warm or fresh water before
  taking enema.
• Do not eat or drink anything within 3-4 hours
  except water.

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Water Preparation

• Water intake should be as much as one feels
  comfortable.
• Water temperature should be as hot as the hands
  can bear. Hot water cleanses better.
• Take 3 quarts of water, add 1 ounce of strained
  lime juice, 1 ounce of honey, and ½ ounce of salt
  to the water.
• Before taking enema, release some water from the
  bag in order to take out the air from the tubing.
  

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Taking Enema

• Hang the water pouch at no more than 4 feet high.
  Higher than that makes the water go in faster
  which causes pressure sooner.
• Put some Vaseline or oil on the tube before
  inserting it into the rectum. After enema wash
  the tube with soap and water.
• You can lay down on your back or bend over on
  your knees and elbows.

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Enema-Miscellaneous

• If you feel bowel movement pressure in the middle
  of taking enema, one should take it again if you
  do not feel enough clean.
• After taking enema it is good to wait for 3-4
  minutes and turn from left to right before using
  the toilet.
• It should take you 8-10 minutes to take 3 quarts
  of water.
• You may need to go a second time for total
  cleansing.
• Normally taking enema once a day is enough, but
  in rare conditions you may need to take it twice.

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Enema-Miscellaneous (cont.)

• Make sure the toilet is very near to where you
  take enema.
• Along with other exercises, enema is very helpful
  for a pregnant women before giving birth.
• Taking a shower after taking enema is good for
  the body.
• Wait 3-4 hours after eating to take enema.
• It is very important to take enema during a fast.
  Fasting is harmful without enema. Fasting
  becomes easier by taking enema. During fasting
  there is no food pressure to cause bowel
  movement, therefore, the waste releases poisons
  in the body which cause discomfort.

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Other Cleansing Options

• Hot water pad on the stomach.
• Mud pad on the stomach.
• Ice pad on the stomach.
• Hot/Cold hip bath.
• Steam bath.
• Daily walks.

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Use of Mud for Constipation

• To cure constipation from the root the right
  amount of food, sleep, and exercise are most
  important. But for external help, enema, mud and
  hip baths are also used.
• When the waste stays in the colon for several
  days, it causes heat and begins to smell.
  Because of heat and its reaction, waste becomes
  hard and over dried making it hard to pass
  through. Mud cools the surrounding areas,
  stiffness caused by heat gets released, and the
  colon gets the movement.
• A mud pad as well can be used on an injury,
  head heaviness, stomach ache, pimples, etc.

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Hip Bath

• A hip bath is very important in water cure for
  constipation. It affects the colon. Water cools
  the surroundings areas, the chill from the water
  helps the dead, stiff colon come to life and
  start its action to discreet waste.
• Fill up a bathtub with coldest bearable water.
  When sitting in it the water should come up to
  your navel. It can either be a hip bath or a
  full body bath.
• While sitting in the tub, rub your stomach with a
  wash towel from left to right, and right to left.
  Make sure to do it gently and not peel the skin.

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Hip Bath (cont.)

• Take a bath for 10-20 minutes. Thin people take
  a 10 minute bath and overweight people take a
  bath for a maximum of 20 minutes. In winter the
  time should be reduced to 75.
• A hip bath should start with 1-2 minutes and
  increase by 1 minute daily up to the time
  allowed.
• In cold weather, rub your body for 5 minutes
  prior to your bath. This will make bearing the
  cold water easier.
• After your bath, wipe yourself with a dry towel,
  put on your clothes, and do some light exercise-
  walk, yoga, etc. If one cannot do any exercise,
  they should cover themselves with a blanket and
  lay down for half an hour. Light exercise is
  very important to benefit from the bath.

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Conclusion

• Never hold pressure to go. Holding starts the
  foundation for constipation. Always go when
  needed.
• Never eat without being hungry. Eat sensibly-
  not too much and not too heavy. Thoroughly chew
  your food while eating.
• Diet must consist of fiber. Cracked wheat in
  wheat flour, bran in rice, fruit and vegetables
  with their edible peels. Eat some raw vegetables
  every day.
• Drink about 16 ounces of water 6 times a day.
• Never forget to exercise.
• Do not use force in the toilet. And do not sit
  for more than 10-15 minutes. Do not read while
  sitting on the toilet.
• Do not take constipation medicines or intoxicants
  for cleansing. Take enema or mud pad if needed.
• Get enough sleep.
• Spend as much as possible time in the open air.
• Be happy Ü. Consult your doctor.