Brahmi Benefits- The Brain Enhancer
Brahmi is a well-known herb, worldwide used as memory booster and mind alertness promoter. Commonly known, as Indian pennywort and Bacopa monnieri in Latin, is an herb that helps in increasing mental capacity and decreasing mental stress. Widely used as antioxidant and in improving the brain cell functions, is an herb commonly found in marshy lands and area, which are damp. Brahmi grows freely everywhere in India and is available all throughout. Brahmi is a small perennial herb, which can attain a maximum height of 2-3 ft. It has thick succulent leaves, which are supposed to store water in them. It flowers in summers i.e. It bears oval shaped fruit, which follows after flowering. Whole plant part is used. Brahmi act as a nerve reliever because of its laghu light gunna property . It helps in relieving nervous congestion and strain from them, as it possesses ushan virya potency, thereby it reduces vata dosha, which is main culprit in causing such problems. Due to presence of tickt...
How To Deal With Difficult People Part 3 - The Passive Aggressive
Thirty-three year old Roberto had promised his wife Tina that he would be home after work in time for her to attend her weekly women s group at her church. Having only one automobile, Tina was completely at the mercy of Roberto s promise. You guessed it. Roberto did not show up until 8:45 PM-way too late for Tina to attend her meeting. Rather than being apologetic, however, Roberto explained to Tina who was outraged at this point that he couldn t help it because I had to help a friend out who s car had broken down. He lamented How could I let Michael down. He was best man at our wedding. Was Tina being unreasonable in her anger. After all, Roberto was helping out a mutual friend. Yet, looking deeper into this situation, turns out that Roberto really didn t want Tina to attend those meetings because it was putting ideas into her head. Yet, he couldn t just forbid Tina from attending, so he handled the situation in an underhanded way-sabotaging her attendance in a way that would...
Arachnophobia And Other Fears
We had a little excitement this morning at home. My wife came out of the bathroom and said, quite calmly, Ed, there s a big black spider in the bathtub. Since I was watching my daughter, Ella, at the time, I carried her in there to investigate. I was a bit surprised that my wife did not call it a Brown Recluse. That s our running joke. She grew up in Brown Recluse territory, and so whenever she sees a brownish spider she says Ed, I just saw a Brown Recluse. I gently remind her that the Brown Recluse does not live in Northern California as I gather up the culprit and take it outside. When Ella and I looked in the tub, I could understand why Melissa had not called it a Brown Recluse. This spider was a deep shiny black. I m usually pretty casual about spiders, knowing that the only dangerous spider in our area is the black widow, a spider I had never before seen. But the color of this one caused me to act with a bit more caution. And it was good that I did. When I gathered up the...
How To Give A Back Massage
With fast paced lives and the continuous chase to meet deadlines, the tired mind and body tends to seek out for a stress buster. People bogged down by stress find it affecting not only their minds but their bodies as well. Massage helps you eliminate stress to bring about a relaxed you. It is a relaxing experience by artistic hand strokes on the body to rejuvenate the mind and body and eliminate stress scientifically. To give a back massage, follow these steps. - Ask the person to lie face belly down on flat surface with his her head turned to one side. Avoid straining your back when you giving a massage. Stand or kneel beside the lying person - Start off gently by spreading oil over the entire back, so that your hands dont stick to the massage receiver s back. - Begin with light strokes at the base of the neck. Move your hands on the either side of the spine, applying gentle pressure. Rub up and down the length and sides of the back. Repeating this several times starts the...