The important function of the mouth rinse is to freshen the breath and mouth like dentifrice by swishing and swilling the mouth rinse around the mouth. After swilling the product it has to be spitted out. The freshness can be achieved due to the following factors. Continue reading
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Desi Home Beauty Tips for Pedicure
Pedicure is the care of the feet, nails and the toes. It refers to a superficial cosmetic treatment to improve the appearance of the nails and the feet. Pedicure helps in preventing nail disorders.
Pedicure also helps in removing the dead skin cells from the bottom of the feet by rubbing with a pumice stone.
What are the Risks With Domestic Natural Fuel Gas
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In many of the rural homes natural gas is used as a replacement to petroleum gases. Many of the waste products are recycled to produce the natural gas generally used for cooking, heating and lighting purposes. It is also used to generate electricity.
Components of Natural Fuel Gas:
This natural gas contains mainly methane and other gases like carbon dioxide, propane and butane which are heavier hydrocarbons. Continue reading
Quiz Questions on Human Body and Diseases – 1
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1. Which is the largest gland in our body?
2. Which disease was known as infantile paralysis previously?
There is no hope of doing perfect research (Griffiths, 1998, p97). Do you agree?
Yes, I agree with the words of Griffiths that research cannot be done perfectly as it is difficult to unfold the secrets of the nature and the Almighty. Firstly, the term ‘research’ as per the dictionary means ‘search of the knowledge’ or ‘a way of discovering a method” or ‘developing something that will take us to the advanced world’. Research has a wide knowledge and can be done in the fields of Science, Arts and even history. Research is the searching of something whose search was already completed in the past. That ‘something’ refers to the innovation of an idea, a theorem or an advancement in the technology.
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Desi Home Treatment for Cough, Cold and Sore throat
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What are the basic causes of Acne (Pimples)
What is meant by acne and who are affected?
The acne affects mostly the teenagers, women in the age of twenties are mostly affected by acne. Acne is a kind of skin disturbance and is a condition in which the skin on the face, neck, chest, shoulders and back is covered with a greater or lesser extent with pimples, boils, white heads and black heads. Acne is also caused by the infection of the anaerobic bacterium named as propionibacterium acnes.
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Instruments used in the Medical Technology
Different kinds of instruments are used in medical technology to know about the disorders of the body. The medical technological instruments includes:
- Diagnostic Instruments
- Imaging Instruments and
- Therapeutic Instruments
Diagnostic instruments: Some of the diagnostic instruments include
- ECG – Electrocardiograph: Electrocardiograph detects the myoelectrical changes that takes place during cardiac cycle. Sino-atrial block, angina pectoris, valvular defects etc, can be detected by using ECG.
- Echocardiography: It is a sonographic imaging of the heart, heart vessels, walls of the heart and walls etc,.
- EEG – Electroencephalograph: It records the electric activity from different regions of the brain. It diagnoses the epilepsy, brain tumour, abscesses, drug effects on the brain, sleep disorder etc,.
- MET – Magnetoencephalographic technique: This technique detects the weak magnetic waves to find out the health condition of the various parts of the brain.
- Autoanalysers: These are the automatic computerised instruments used for estimating the different biochemicals present in the body fluids like urea, cholesterol, proteins, glucose and enzymes etc,.
Imaging Instruments: Some of the imaging instruments include
- Tomography: It creates the 3D image of the internal area in layers and detects the presence of cysts, calculi, cancer etc.
- CT Scanning: It is an imaging method using invasive technique with low level X-ray radiation. It is used to detect the disorders of the abdomen, chest, spinal cord, tumour and internal haemorrhage etc,.
- CAT Scanning: It is used to detect the problems inside the skull and to identify the location of any pathological conditions.
- MRI: It uses strong external magnetic field for mapping internal tissues, to highlight pathological changes and to study the tissue metabolism.Imaging can be obtained from any plane.
- Ultrasound imaging technique: It is used to diagnose kidney stones, gall bladder stones, intestinal obstruction, fallopian tube, age, health and gender of foetus etc.
Therapeutic Instruments: Some of the therapeutic instruments include
- Pace-maker: It regulates the heart beat. Pace maker is affected by microwave oven, metal detectors, electric shaver, cellular phone, automobile ignition etc.
- Angioplasty: It is used to open a blocked coronary artery vessel through ballooning.
- Angiography: It is a method of introducing radio opaque contrast medium or fluoroscopic chemical through various parts of the heart to study the health of walls, valves, ventricles, coronary arteries etc. The progress could be filmed.
Desi Tips for treatment of Edema at Home
What is Edema?
Edema is a condition (swelling) that occurs due to the accumulation of the fluid beneath the skin or in one or more cavities of the body. Edema is also known as ‘dropsy’ or ‘hydropsy’. Edema is common is some body parts like hands, ankles and feet.
Edema is well noticed during pregnancy and if travelled for a long time sitting at a same place. The best way of treating edema is to identify the underlying cause.
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How Turmeric Acts as a Natural Remedy
Turmeric powder is obtained from the plant Curcuma longa a tropical plant grown in Southern and South eastern tropical parts of Asia. The plant grows up to 1 meter height with a short stem and crumpled leaves.
Preparation of Turmeric Powder:
The rhizome is used to make powder. The rhizomes are uprooted and they are made free from mud and are boiled in hot water and they are dried in the sun. Afterwards they are powdered and they are free from the moisture.
Active Ingredient of Turmeric:
The active ingredient of the powder is Curcumin and the yellow colour is due Curcuminoids. Continue reading