Sea salt removes dry, flaky, dead skin.

Wet face (or anywhere on the body), apply a couple of tablespoons of sea salt, then GENTLY massagewith a wet washcloth or fingers. Focus on the T-zone and cheeks, but avoid the eye area.

After one or two minutes, rinse with cold water to tighten the pores. It is important to do this regularly, or face-creams will not penetrate.

You can do this maximum once per week.

Beauty Tips

*A frequent application of a combination of a tablespoon of lime juice and a pinch of cinnamon powder, on the affected spot removes pimples.
*To improve complexion, add a pinch of cinnamon powder to ½ tsp honey and apply on the face every night.
*To cure pimples, grind equal quantities of nutmeg, blackpepper and sandalwood and apply frequently.
*To remove facial wrinkles, soak shredded ginger in honey and eat a spoonful every morning.

ABSTRACT

The main objective of study is to find the abnormal behavior and its remedies in the view of Siddha medicine. As one of the oldest system of Indian, the siddha medicine has several branches. The abnormal behaviors described in the name of Kirukai Vaithyam. The primary data have been collected from Siddha Physicians through a questionnaire and personal interview. The secondary data have been collected from siddha medicinal literatures. Type of research is descriptive and type of approach is quantitative.

INTRODUCTION

Tamil traditional medicinal siddha medicine is one of the oldest system of medicines. Plants, animals, metals and some chemicals are used to prepare the siddha medicines. Various forms of medicines are using for the therapeutic purpose. Kiyalam, Chooranangal, Pachaivettu, Tablets, Thailam, Kirutham, Nei, Ural, Melugu, Kalimbu, Lekiyam, Parpam, Chenthuram, Chunnam, Kattukal, Rasayanam, Thiri, Cheyaneer, Moorappaham, Karpam, Manapaakku, Vattal and Thuvaiyal are some of the examples for the various forms of medicines. Siddha medicines defined physical diseases as ‘Pinni’ as well as psychological diseases as ‘Noi’. The ‘Kirukai Nol 64? of Agasthiar is the noteworthy book of Siddha medicine. Kirukai Nool describes about 18 psychiatric diseases. The siddhars totally denies the demonology and accepts the abnormal behaviors of the human beings as the modern psychologists.

OBJECTIVES

The main objective of the study is to find the abnormal behavior and its remedies in the view of siddha medicine. The specific objectives of the study are as follows:

1. To find the classifications of abnormal behavior in the view of Tamil traditional siddha medicine.

2. To find the reasons for the abnormal behavior according to siddhars.

3. To find the remedies recommended by the siddhars.

SYMPTOMS OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIORS

According to Kirusa Nithanam 50 the symptoms for the psychological disorders as follows: standing with upper limbs, restlessness, singing meaninglessly, dancing, laughing, changing postures, sleeplessness, embracing others, loose talking, murmuring, spitting on others, wandering, sexual aggression, rolling on the floors, standing naked, removal of clothes.

CLASSIFICATION OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIORS:

Saint Agasthiyar describes about 18 disorders in the name of ‘Kirukai’ as follows:

1. Anal Kirukai
2. Pitha kirukai
3.Echi kirukai
4.Vatha kirukai
5.Chilerpana kiruk
6.Natha vinthu kirukai
7.Boothak kirukai
8.Chalak kiruk
9.Mohini kirukai
10.Kalleri kirukai
11.Kumbidu kirukai
12.Mananka kirukai
13.Alar kirukai
14.Maruttu kirukai
15.Moodu kirukai
16.Vali kirukai
17.Neer kirukai
18.Mayana kirukai

Moreover, Siddhars also described several sexual disorders like male impotency, female frigidity and sexual dysfunction. Siddhars describes the evils of Alcoholism and drug abuse.

REASONS FOR THE ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR:

siddhars believed that the root cause of the abnormal behaviors are evil desire, disordered thoughts, passions, morbid imaginations, excessive fear, envy, anger, and immoral activities. ‘The Karma’ or off-shoots or chronic disease are mainly caused by the Man’s previous actions. The Law of Karma’ describes that a man’s sin actions. Sin actions of man are the root cause of the present life. Present life is guided by our karma. Siddhars believed that the mental abnormalities are caused by the evil karmas of the man or his/her ancestor’s karma. Another important reason is ‘;Thrithosam’.  If the Pitham increased, the mental abnormalities occurred. Siddhars also believed that the abnormalities may occurred due to sleeplessness and breaking of Varma points, for example, due to the damages of Uchikala Varmam, Suliyadivarmam and Thudi Narambu ( Lada Soothram 1200) traumatic disorders may occur.

REMEDIES RECOMMENDED BY THE SIDDHARS FOR ABNORMALITIES:

Siddhars recommended several medicines for mental abnormalities. They prescribed  Aviztham (Medicines) as well as Manthiram (Psychotherapy). Some of the medicines have been listed here:

1) Thuvalai – Anointing-external application:

Paruthi leaves(Cossipium Herbaceum)
Karunochi leaves
Sirusundai leaves(Solanum Torvum
Kattu mullai flowers

Take equal proportion and mixed with honey and Sarvangam (incense powder). Then, give Thuvalai – annointing- external application.

2)  Vedhu (Steam bath):

Meni leaves (Acalypha Indica)
Kilukiluppai leaves
Thumbai leaves (Leucas aspera).Take equal proportion. Make smoke with coconut shell in fireplace.

3) Ullukku koduthal (Oral route):

Meni leaves (Acalypha Indica)
Kilukiluppai leaves
Thumbai leaves (Leucas aspera)
Thippilli (Piper Longum)

Take each equal to a coin-weight (12gram). Make all the leaves into powder. Give this orally mixing this powder with water.

4) Nasium – Nasal application

Karunochi leaves
Thumbai leaves ( Leucas aspera)
Garlic (Allium Sativum Linn)

Take each equal to a coin-weight (12 gram). Grind all with Sesame oil. Give Nasal application in the right nasal path.

5) Kallikam – Ocular application

Vasambu (Acorus Calamus Linn)
Sandal (Santalum Album Linn)
Pepper (Piper Nigrum L.)
Mahilam Flower virai  (Mimosops Elengi)
Garlic (Allium Sativum Linn)
Turmeric (Curcuma Longa)

Take each equal toa coin -weight (12 gram). Grind all with cow milk and make it like a pepper size balls ( Kullikai). Then, dry all balls in sunlight.  Dissolve a kulikai in mother-milk and give ocular application. Take bath using plenty of water.

Common medicine for 18 Kirukai:

Chavukkaram
Vediyuppu (Potasium Nitrate)
Rasam  (Mercury)
Navacharam  (Ammonium Chloride)
Seenthil thandu  (Cocculus Cordifolius)
Adathodai root  (Adathoda Vasica)
Mandai Odu  (Human Skull)
Athi Mathuram  (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
Grampu  (Eugenia Caryophyllata)

Take 4.1 grams each and dry it in sunlight. Then, make it powder. Take a kummati Fruit, after removing the seed, insert the powder in it. Dry the fruit under sunlight. Give a spoon level with the Goat milk in the morning

Another method

Kostam 100gm
Amukra 20gm  (Withania Somifera
Sathipathri 20gm
Chukku 10gm  (Zingiber Officinale Rose)

Grind with lemon (Citrus aurantifolia) juice and dry it like small tablets. Give 2 or 3 tablets per day for 120 days with any one of the anubanam (vehicles) Ginger juice, honey, milk, sugarcane juice or heat water.

Psychotherapy ( Manthiram)

Giving spiritual healing is enhancing the speed of recovery. Using manthiram (Spritual words) may cure the diseases, particularly for Karma diseases.

CONCLUSIONS:

The modern psychiatrical theory has been developed only in the last two centuries. But, our siddha medicine system is the one of the oldest system of medicine. Siddhars clearly noted the modern classification of mental diseases is correlated with Siddhars classifications. Siddha books explained the mental diseases in the names of Amirtha choodu, Piramai, Pitham, Manapramai, Payithiyam, Vattu, Very Noi and Marul noi. The Saint Agasthiar describes 18 varieties of mental diseases. He classified mental diseases according to the symptoms as the modern classification of Psychiatry. Finally, in order to save the human beings mental health, the researches on Sridhar’s contributions should be motivated.

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* The hot tip to make your hair smell aromatic is to prepare your own hair perfume at home. Mix 6 tablespoons of powdered charcoal, 5 tablespoons of powdered myrrh and 1 tablespoon of powdered benzoin together and sieve it thoroughly. Add 2-3 drops of bergamot oil and 2-3 drops of sandalwood oil, 1 tablespoon of potassium nitrate and mucilage of tragacanth to the mixture until it acquires the consistency of a stiff paste. Heat the mixture over a water bath. Shape it into little cones and dry them. Whenever you wash your hair, light one of the cones while your hair is still damp and let them soak the smell of the cone.

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* Powder your greasy hair by putting it a little at the root of your hair before straying. For very oily hair, powder your hair heavily and keep it on for 15 minutes. Then wash the hair completely and condition lightly before making the desired style.

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If you want to know how to lose belly fat (in other words, stomach fat) in a week, you’re probably not looking for a standard diet and exercise plan. You can lose weight with a standard diet and exercise plan, however this takes a lot of time doing intense cardio, abdominal exercises and sticking to a strict diet.

Here I will outline the exact steps that I took to lose belly fat in just a week so now I am totally focused and working on getting my six-pack.

What To Eat For The Week:

* Stay away from all fried foods for the week

* Drink an 8oz glass of grapefruit with breakfast every day. (this speeds up your metabolism)

* Eat reasonable portions (stop eating when you are full)

* Instead of eating 3 large a meals a day, eat 5-6 smaller meals to keep your metabolism up

* Eating oatmeal, wholegrain bread, nuts, yogurt, fruits and vegetables should be your best friends from now on. These kind of food are scientifically proven that are great for maintain a healthy balanced diet.

* Do not eat anything after 9pm. When you eat that late your body does not burn off the calories.
Additional Steps Required To Lose Belly Fat In A Week:

* Get plenty of sleep every night. Not getting enough sleep has been proven to be a major contributing factor to the body storing excess fat.

* Stay FAR away from particularly 3 foods that are marketed as “healthy” because it can actually increase stomach fat…

* Do you feel tired after eating meals, especially at lunch and dinner?

There are a number of conditions that this type of tiredness may indicate, depending on other accompanying symptoms. Read through the following list and click on the highlighted conditions that you relate to the most. You don’t need to experience every symptom in the list and there may be more than one condition that you relate to.

If you also experience frequent alternating bowel motions (constipation/diarrhoea); abdominal bloating and gas – this may indicate food allergies and intolerances.

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