Lie flat on the abdomen with face down. Keep both the hands by the side of the chest, while inhaling raise the chin, chest upto the navel. Bend the spine and arch back as much as possible and look upwards.Exhale and return to starting position.

Yogic practices help in maintaining good health by improving the resistence to diseases. It also harmonises and integrates the human personality at all levels and stages of life. Yogic practices ensure that blood remains free from toxins and alkaline matter. It also helps in purified blood being carried from organs like the lungs, liver, kidneys, digestive and other systems.

Essential for normal growth and development including bones and teeth, it protects body from disease, especially the respiratory tract. Necessary for good sight, healthy skin and body tissue repair in general

Fill the enema cane with lukewarm water and smear nozzle with oil or vaseline.Lie on the right, extending the right leg and folding the left leg at a right angle. Introduce nozzle in the rectum and raise the cane to a height of 3". The water enters the rectum.Retain water for 5-10 minutes.

Some guidelines have been provided hereunder,which if followed, can lead to drugless and a disease-free, healthy life. However, mental discipline and reconciliation are necessary to follow the said guidelines / habits. It is an admitted fact that no gain is possible without enduring pain and requisite efforts or sacrifice. Consult Naturopaths and change your life style.

The importance of exercise cannot be over emphasised - brisk walking, jogging or Yoga or hard games are vitally important for health. These activities are an easy way for most people to get regular exercises, as these do not require special facilities or equipments. However, one should consult a doctor before starting any exercise programme.

Since volumes are available condemning the evils of smoking, tobacco /zarda chewing, pan masala, drugs, alcohol, it is wise to be silent on these topics.However, the author cannot resist appending a few words on the subject. It is alarming that India has the third highest number of tobacco related deaths in the world with an estimated one in every five deaths in the country, occurring due to...

Majority of our countrymen are quite ignorant of benefits of good oral health. Oral and Dental diseases in India are on the upswing. The incidence of Dental Caries (Tooth Decay) had gone up from 40% to 60% during the sixties and it is around 80% to 85% today. It is very much on the increase, especially among children. The incidence of Periodontal Disease (Gum Disease) is around 90% to 95%...

Menstruation normally begins at the age of 11-13 years and stops around 45 years. Normally the cycles are regular - occurence in 28 days ( range 21-35 days) with the bleeding lasting for 3-5 days.Some common complaints associated with menstruation are - painful, irregular periods and excessive or scanty bleeding. A person may have one or more complaints simultaneously.

Each of the two kidneys has one million nephrons or filter units, filtering about 200 litres of fluid ( blood without red blood cells and protein) from the blood daily,99 per cent of which is reabsorbed into it, leaving two litres which is passed out as urine. Besides this, the kidneys have many other functions. They are a very precise and delicately engineered parts of the body , and having the...

The low back area is highly strained as it has to bear the weight of the whole upper body. Discs situated between the vertebrae are made of a jelly-like substance and are strong structures. Degenerative changes occur gradually an naturally as you get older. Everyone over the age of 50 has changes of natural wear and tear, changes in the spine and discs become thinner and less flexible. These...

By far the most crippling disease is arthritis,which is supposed to be incurable. Today, the faculty of medicine has further worsened the situation by its indiscriminate use of drugs. However, arthritis can be safely, gradually and progressively controlled, and ultimately cured through a strict diet regimen,passive exercises and some treatments without using medicines under the guidance of...

Sinusitis is an inflammation of the Para Nasal Sinuses (PNS). The PNS are small air cavities in the bones around the nose, which communicate with the nose. Infections of the nose , mouth, teeth, throat,tonsils can cause sinusitis. Other factors are -swimming in infected water, low general health,exposure to cold, fatigue and tooth extraction.Inhalation of irritants like pungent vapours, dust may...

The common cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract caused by a filterable virus and is defined as acute nasal catarrh or acute rhinitis. The cold usually commences with a running nose,sneezing, watering of eyes, chills, headache, body pain and when accompanied with cough, fever and muscular pains, which may turn to flu. The cold viruses enter through the nose either directly or via...

Stroke , like heart attacks, often occur with no prior warning and, like heart attacks, often kill. For just as atherosclerotic deposits in the arteries feeding the heart set the stage for heart attacks, such deposits in the arteries feeding the brain set the stage for cerebral strokes. And just as the affected part of the heart dies when its blood supply becomes blocked,so also the affected part...