5 Tips on how to treat bruises
We all know what bruises are, how painful and unpleasant they are especially for women. No matter how careful we are it is impossible for us to keep or body away from bruising. Different accidents, traumatisms and even an intense pressure on our arms or legs can have as a result the occurrence of a big violet bruise.
Here are some tips on how to help your body remove faster that nasty-looking bruise:
1. If you have a simple bruise, with no other tissue lesions you can apply on that area a bandage soaked in comfrey tea. Keep it there for one hour. The tea is easy to prepare: ½ l of boiling water adding 30g of comfrey. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Do not drink the remaining tea after applying the bandage.
2. Every 3 hours apply marigold cream on the bruising zone. This will prevent an intense bruising from occurring.
4 simple step to improve your life
4 different ways to improve your life, all around us we are bombarded with hints and tips on improving our lives, diet tips and ways to lose weight. We are all well aware of the do’s and don’ts of having a healthy lifestyle. What many of us are not aware of the more unusual ways to ensure we lead a healthier lifestyle & improve our life expectancy.
Sleep
We all know that regular and a long night’s sleep is an ideal steps towards a healthy life style. However did you realize that your mattress could be affecting how well (or unwell) you sleep.
The new style “Memory Foam” mattresses can have a positive affect on your nights sleep. These mattresses mould to your shape meaning you receive full body support, which ever position you sleep in. This results in less soreness and no more waking up stiff in the morning.
6 Powerful Feet Hygiene Tips!
Having smelly feet? Try these 6 tips and you will be as good as new.
As summer is approaching with high speed, we must be very careful with our body hygiene as heat can make our body sweat in an uncontrollable way and spoil our public image. Sometimes, no matter how often we would wash ourselves our feet still remain a delicate problem. Smelly feet are quite a nightmare for a lot of people, but luckily with a little bit of discipline this issue can be corrected.
It seems that the unpleasant smell of the feet is caused by bacteria that develop by feeding with dead cells from underneath our socks. By practicing sports or any other activities and wearing shoes that do not allow the feet to breathe we only amplify the bad smell of our feet. The key to perfect feet is adopting a good hygiene.
50 Ideas for a Healthy Lifestyle
I’m very big fan of dumblittleman and this post is very informative! this post has been written by Lisa Newton from Iowa Avenue, a healthy-living social community.
What is a Healthy Lifestyle?
According to a study by Michigan State University, a healthy lifestyle is defined by four basic criteria:
- Not smoking
- Holding weight down
- Eating right
- Exercising
Of the 153,000 respondents, only 3% participated in all four of what are termed healthy lifestyle characteristics.
“We have millions of people now going through adult life leading unhealthy lifestyles and a medical system that can treat illnesses and keep you alive longer than ever before,” said Mathew Reeves, a Michigan State University epidemiologist. “If we don’t turn this around, the costs to society are going to be crippling.”
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