The skin protects the body from cold, heat, sunshine, wind and diseases and through sweat it throws out the waste material. Body’s complete health depends upon the skin. Skin diseases should not be ignored and should be treated immediately.

Perspiration is necessary for good health. Lack of perspiration signifies presence of some disease. Dark spots, prickly heat, boils and skin diseases are few of them.

Dark Spots

Dark spots occur on neck, hands or on the face. They are either brown or black in colour. On the face they occur on the nose, they are black patches on the two sides of the nose. This usually occurs in women after menopause, during pregnancy or when sweat pores get blocked.

Surya Namaskar, Bhujangasana, Shirshasana, Sarvangasana, should be practiced to keep oneself away from diseases.

Kapalbhati, Nadi shodhan, Bhastrika and pranayam should be practiced. The difference is noteworthy.

Natural Medication

If it is summer season then apply curd on the dark spots at night and wash it after 20 minutes and go to sleep. The dryness, pigmentation marks and any other types of marks are cleared. If it is winter season then take lukewarm milk and massage on the face.

If the massaging is done with lemon juice the pigmentation marks will be removed. Take one cup of radish juice daily for seven days; all types of marks will be removed.

Grind lentil and lemon juice; apply the paste on the face and massage. This is best medicine for pigmentation marks.

To remove these marks apply the foam of ocean water mixed with lemon juice.

Eruptions on Face

Many times we find red coloured patches on the skin,they are called eruptions. They are dark on the sides and light colored in the middle. They are formed when spicy, non-vegetarian food liquor, hot medicines and allergy causing products and food items are consumed.

Natural Medication

Mix sandal wood powder in Giloy juice and drink 10 ml. Eruptions can be removed.

Take clarified butter prepared with cow milk, geru, and rock salt in equal quantity and make a powder. Rub the powder on the skin and wrap yourself in a blanket and sleep in the hot sun. the eruptions get cleared due to the perspiration.

Practice Anulom-Vilom, Nadi shodhan, and Shitali and Chandra bhedi pranayam.

Prickly Heat

Prickly heat can be overcome by taking water with a little bit of lemon juice thrice daily. Even if they persist then within 10-12 days they disappear.

Consume sugarcane in the morning and afternoon. The body becomes cool and prickly heat does not appear.

Don’t eat things, which produce heat and try to stay in cold environment. Wear light clothes. Boil neem leaves in water and when cool take bath. The prickly heat is overcome with this process.

Practice Anulom-Vilom, Shitali and Chandra bhedi pranayam, it helps in removing the prickly heat.

Boils

Boils occur due to impurity in blood. More intake of spicy food, sour and sweet things lead to impurity in blood and boils occur in due course.

Natural Medication

Roots of bitter guard should be grinded and applied  on the boils. Boil carrot and tie its poultice on the boils. The leaves of tube (Arbi) should be burnt and the ash should be mixed in the oil and applied on the boils. The tender leaves of neem should be mixed in buttermilk and the paste should be applied on the boils.

This should be repeated twice a day. Skin of neem tree and Rasot should be grinded and applied on the boils.

Poultice of fenugreek put on the boils reduces the swelling and gives relief from pain.

Medication through Yoga

Boils occur due to impurity of blood. Practice yogasanas, which purifies blood.

Ardhamatysendrasana, Shirshasana and other yogasanas can be practiced to purify blood.

Practice of Anulom-Vilom, Surya bhedi, Bhastrika, Kapalbhati and other pranayam to make the blood cells healthy. The skin glows and becomes healthy and boils will not occur.

Tumours

Also known as swelling of glands which is caused due to impurity in blood and causes tumours on thighs, stomach, armpits, neck along with swelling and pain. Pus forms in the tumours. Usually it seems like boil. The swollen part become as hard as a stone, and burning sensation occurs. Sometimes the boil breaks open.

Natural medication

Grind fig, heat it, make poultice and tie it on the tumour. You will get relief from pain and sometimes boil breaks open quickly. Mix little guggul and turmeric in horse gram powder, put it on the tumor for it to subside.

Excess perspiration

Excess perspiration can be caused because of malaria, T.B (lungs), impurity of blood and person prone to pus formation, high fever, bone weakness, general weakness, nervous problems, due to the weakness of systems, forgetfulness, mineral deficiency, general weakness and tastelessness.= Yoga can be beneficial during this state. Pranayam is of utmost help. The patient should practice Nadi shodhan, Anulom-Vilom, Kapalbhati, Bhastrika and pranayam. The yogasanas should be practiced slowly.

Natural medication

Add pomegranate leaves juice in water and take bath. There wont be complaint of perspiration. The powder of tamarind seeds and flowers should be mixed with water and applied on the skin when there is more perspiration and body odour.

Roast kulthi, make it into two parts and rub it on thebody, the perspiration reduces. Take equal quantity of wood apple pulp and Harad and make a fine powder. sprinkle under the armpits daily after bath. At bed time make a paste of it and apply. It will give relief from odour.

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