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Make your own Ovi Trap to fight Dengue Carrying Mosquitoes

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Make your own Ovi Trap at Home What do we need? 1 piece of a 2 liter soda bottle 1 piece of a black paper Tape/or glue Scissor/knife for cutting 200 ml Hot Water 50 grams brown sugar Yeast Procedure: 1. Cut the top of the bottle as shown (Don't throw the upper part of the bottle you need that later on) 2. Put 200 ml hot water in the bottle, add 50 grams brown sugar stir and let it cool down. 3. After the water cooled down, put the mixture of water and sugar in the bottle then add some yeast. ( yeast ferments and creates carbon dioxide that attracts mosquitoes)  4. put the top part of the bottle upside down 5. Wrap black paper around the bottle 6. Place  the trap is at some dark corner 7. Done! Important Reminder! :  Check your Ovi Trap from time to time to monitor if it still working or the solution is still enough and attracts mosquitoes. If there's noticeable amount of dead mosquitoes, try to clean t...

Home Remedy for Dengue

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Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a type of syndrome that caused by viruses transmitted from mosquitoes. Dengue is prevalent in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. Dengue is also called Thai, Philippine or Southeast Asian hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Outbreaks of Dengue have occurred in the Caribbean, U.S. Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Central America. Some reported cases are contracted during travels imported by tourists returning from areas with known dengue outbreaks, like Tahiti, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, West Indies, India, and the Middle East. Causes of Dengue (DHF) It is acquired if bitten by striped Aedes aegypti mosquito that has previously bitten an infected person. With just one bite of the Aedes mosquitos can inflict the disease. The virus is not contagious and mode of transfer frompersontoperson is thru person-to-mosquito-to-another-person cycle. Symptoms of Dengue (DHF) * Cough * Nausea * Vomiting * Headache *...

Home Remedy for Pimples

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Pimples is the most common skin disease. It is a disorder resulting from the action of hormones and other substances on the skin’s oil glands (sebaceous glands) and hair follicles. Nearly 17 million people in the United States are affected with acne. Pimples is not a serious health threat but severe cases of ruptured pimples can cause scars. Most common sites of acne are on the face, neck, chests, back, and shoulders. During puberties, it may take the form of a comedo, an enlarged hair follicle. Whiteheads (which stays under the surface of the skin), or Blackheads (which rise to the skin’s surface and look black) are the two forms of comedo. Acnes may cause slight swelling of the skin, also known as pimples. Types of pimples are: Papules - which are small, pink bumps Pustules - which are red lesions filled with pus Nodules - large, painful lesions in the skin Cysts - deep, painful lesions that can cause scars Natural Treatments for Pimples Oatmeal: Cook oatm...

Home Remedy for Bee Sting

Bee sting simply refers to manifestation or reaction of pain from bee attack. The Bee sting may caused by bee, wasp, sawfly, or yellowjacket. It has no major threat for most people. The most aggressive stinging insects are wasps like bald-faced hornets but not all hornets’ attacks people thru stings. The European hornet is gentle and has no recorded attack to human. Insects’ stings only if they are threatened, they are aggressively defending their nests. Some people, however, who are especially sensitive to some chemical reaction from bee stings, may develop a life-threatening allergic reaction. Causes Sting may come from a wasp, bumblebee, hornets etc. Degree of pain that can be felt depends on the amount of venom injected on the skin from the bee stinger. The stinger’s injects apitoxin into the victim; it is accompanied by the release of alarm pheromones. Attack can be accelerated due to release of alarm pheromones if the bee is fatally injured. If the release of the pheromones is ...

Home Remedy for Ulcerative Colitis

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Ulcerative colitis refers to as inflammation originated in the colon. Long period of irritations at the wall of the colon results into this condition. Ulcers eventually formed in the colon lining due to inflammations. Generally, younger people usually below 30’s tend to contact this disease than that of older people. Symptoms of Ulcerative Colitis Fever Nausea Anemia Weakness Bloating Insomnia Diarrhea Malnourished Constipation Appetite loss Frequent bowel Abdominal cramps Bloody mucus in the stools Causes of Ulcerative Colitis Chronic constipation Consumptions of purgatives Food Allergies Natural Treatment / Home Remedies for Ulcerative Colitis Banana: Consume at least two bananas a day Drumstick: Mix one teaspoon of fresh leaf juice and one teaspoon of honey, consume twice daily Buttermilk: Drink at least 1 glass of buttermilk a day Coconut water: Drink at least 3 glasses coconut water. It helps in soothing the soft mucus of the colon. More...

Home Remedy for LBM

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Loose Bowel movement is another term for Diarrhea, it is a gastrointestinal condition wherein there is an increase in frequency of bowel movements and excessive defecation of loose, watery stools. Medical research indicates that precise description of diarrhea is an increase in stool weight rather than hyperdefecation and incontinence alone. It is a debilitating condition that can affect a person’s work and social lifestyle. Symptoms of LBM The person with diarrhea has watery or loose stool more than three times a day. Cramping and pain is felt in the abdominal area when feeling the urge to defecate. The skin around the perianal area is irritated. There is also the inability to control defecation (fecal incontinence). Causes of LBM Diarrhea is classified into:acute and chronic condition. It can be due to: Bacterial or viral infections Dietary changes Digestion disorders Hormone imbalances Skin inflammations Certain intestinal infections, such as: cholera dysentery food...

Home remedy for Vaginismus

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Vaginismus is considered a disorder of sexual dysfunction. It denotes an involuntary spasm or tightness of muscles that surrounding the vagina. This action or spasms closes the vagina. And make it impossible to penetrate during sexual intercourse, thus making the act very difficult or impossible and traumatic experience for the women that experiencing Vaginismus. Vaginismus is a condition where there is involuntary tightness of the vagina during attempted intercourse. The tightness is actually caused by involuntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles surrounding the vagina. The woman does not directly control or 'will' the tightness to occur; it is an involuntary pelvic response. She may not even have any awareness that the muscle response is causing the tightness or penetration problem. Types of Vaginismus Primary - has never been able to have pain-free intercourse due to this muscle spasm Secondary – acquired later in life, due to childbirth, medical co...