.Benefits of Honey

BENEFITS OF HONEY:

Arthritis

Take one part honey to two parts of Luke warm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly.
It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two.

Or arthritis patients may daily, morning and night take one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder.

If drunk regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.

In a recent research done at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

Hair Loss

Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair.
It was found very effective if kept for 5 minutes. also.

Bladder Infections

Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of Luke warm water and drink it.
It destroys the germs of the bladder.

Toothache

Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth.

This may be done 3 times a day daily till such time that the tooth has stopped aching.

Cholesterol

Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient, it reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours.

As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day any chronic cholesterol is cured.
As per the information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complains of cholesterol.

 Colds

Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon Luke warm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days.
This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses
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Upset Stomach

Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS :

According to the studies done in India & Japan , it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

Heart Diseases

Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread or chappati instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast.

It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack.

Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, are kept miles away from the next attack.

Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat.
In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that due to the increasing age the arteries and veins which lose their flexibility and get clogged are revitalized.

Immune System

Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks.

Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts.
Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

Indigestion

Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals
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Influenza

A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

Longevity

Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age.

Take 4 spoons of honey, 1spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea.

Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.
Life span also increases and even if a person is 100 years old, starts performing the chores of a 20 year old.

Pimples

Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste.

Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water.
If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

Skin Infections

Eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections are cured by applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts.

Weight Loss

Daily in the morning, 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup water.

If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person.

Also drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

Cancer

Recent research in Japan and Australia has reveled that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully.

Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day. Fatigue

Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful than detrimental to the body strength.

Senior citizens who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts are more alert and flexible.

Dr. Milton who has done research says that half tablespoon honey taken in one glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts decreasing, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

Bad Breath

People of South America , first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water.
So their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

Hearing Loss

Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restores hearing.
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Words by Great Personalities

Adolf Hitler

If you win you need not explain.....but if you lose you should not be there to explain.

Alen strike

Don't compare yourself with any one in this world. If you do so you are insulting yourself.

Mother Teresa

If we cannot love the person whom we see,how can we love God whom we cannot see.

Bonnie Blair

Winning does'nt always mean being first.winning means you,re doing better than you have done before.

Thomson Edison

I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered 1000 ways that can cause failure.

Leo Tolstoy

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Abraham Lincoln

Believing everybody is dangerous: believing no body is very dangerous

Abdul Kalam

Love your job, but never fall in love with your company because you never know when it stops loving you.

Einstein

If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life that it means they had never tried a new thing in their life.

Charles

Never brake 4 thing in your life- Trust, Promise Relation & Heart because when they brake they don't make noise but pains alot?

Mother Teresa

If you start judging people you will be having no time to love them

Navaratri Festival Recipes(sundals)

Navaratri Festival

Navaratri starts on 11th October and we are all waiting to keep kolu in our

house.Navaratri is for 9 days. The first three days for Durga, the next three days for Mahalakshmi and last three days for Saraswathi. Worship of Goddess commemorate the victory of good over evil. This festival symbolizes health and prosperity and we celebrate in a traditional way. In the south we keep kolu Arranging the gods and goddess on a 3/5/ 7tier step...We invite our friends and relatives to our house. To look at our kolu and gave them prasadam and vatilai pakku. You can get good idea about kolu and how to build the kolu., check this site.

http://www.panchangam.com/kolu3.htm .) we keep all the bommais and dolls on the steps. Make park, zoo,train, fountain etc to make the kolu beautiful. In Mumbai garba and dandiya dances are very famous. All the 9 days people organize dances in a hall or pandal.

Navaratri recipes

Appam(sweet appam)

Ingredients

• Rice flour…........ 1 cup,
• Jaggery -……..... 1 cup,
• Coconut(grated) - 1/2 cup,
• Ripe Plantain -..... 1,
• Cardamom -........ 6,
• Salt -.................... a pinch,
• Oil for frying

• Soak the rice for two hours and grind to the consistency of dosa batter. 
• Add the jaggery, coconut, plantain, cardamom and a pinch of salt and grind.
• Heat the appa kaarai with oil/ghee. Pour the batter in each kuzhi (till half). 
• Turn the appams after some time and fry the other side of the appams.till they become golden brown on all sides.

Navaratri Sundal

Navaratri Sundal

Nilakadalai Sundal(peanut chundal)

Ingredients

• Nilakadalai............2 cups
• Mustard Seeds.......1 tsp
• Red Chilli...............1chilli
• Chili Powder..........1/2 tsp
• Hing.......................1 pinch
• Curry Lleaves..........few
• Grated Coconut.....2tbsp
• Oil.........................2tsp
• Salt to taste

 

Method

• Pressure cook the peanuts with adding salt.Remove the water.
• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds red chilli and curry leaves.
• When the mustard seeds crackle add the peanuts/nilakadalai,chilli powder.
• Add 2tbsp grated coconut.

Konda Kadalai Sundal(chickpeas sundal)

Ingredients

• Muzhu Kadalai(chick peas)...... 2cups
• Mustard seeds..........................1tsp
• Red Chilli..................................1
• Curry Leaves.............................few
• Hing..........................................1/2 tsp
• Grated Coconut....................... 1tbsp
• Oil............................................2tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Soak the kondakadalai/chick peas the previous day.
• Cook it in pressure cooker with salt.remove the water.
• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, chilli and curry leaves. 
• When the mustard seeds crackle add the kadalai,hing and coconut. and stir it. 
• If you want spicy add chilli powder or chopped green chilies