Dr.S.Revathi's Blog

Creating awareness about cardiovascular diseases on 29th September every year since 2000 .Theme of this 16th world heart day is creating heart healthy environment .Heart diseases are now number one world,s leading causes of death .According to the American Heart Association  health data ,  nearly 17.3 million people die with heart diseases from more than 190 countries .The number of death is expected to grow more than 23.3 million by the year 2030 . At present 30 million heart patients  are living in India .Today cardio hospitals in India perform over 20,000 heart surgeries per year .It is one the world highest record .Lack of exercise ,overeating ,taking more fried and non vegetarian foods ,unhealthy eating diet ,high cholesterol ,diabetes ,high blood pressure and some other factors increase the risk of heart diseases .We should protect and save our heart by natural way . 1 . Go for 8 shaped walking exercise. It gives greater benefits to the body than normal walking . It is

K 1  ( Kidney meridian )   This  acupressure point is located in the bottom of the foot ,at the junction of its anterior one third  and posterior two third in the depression between the 2nd and 3rd toe joints .( see in the figure )It is nicely located when the toes are planter flexed . It is very powerful  and effective Jing - well point during emergencies like unconsciousness , shock ,respiratory failure epilepsy , cardiac failure ,infantile convulsions ,severe vomiting ,nausea and dysurea ,foot drop ,arthritis of small joints of foot and sleep disorders  . Stimulate this point strongly by hand or acupressure rod .                             GV 26 OR DU 26  ( The governing vessels meridian or the DU channel ) This acupressure  point is located at the centre of the junction of the upper one third and lower two third of the philtrum of the upper lip.It is a Jing well point .we can use this point for all the emergencies like shock ,heat stroke ,facial paralysis ,epilepsy

  1 .Karpooravalli juice    Juice of  this plant is used to cure  cough ,cold ,sore throat ,nasal congestion ,renal stone ,asthma ,hiccough ,bronchitis ,epilepsy  ,liver problems ,skin allergy etc. Botanical name of this plant is coleus ambeinicus ,karpooravalli in Tamil  ,ajwain in Hindi ,vaamaaku in telugu ,panikoora in malayalam ,doddapatta in kannada . Dosage  you can take 10 to 15 ml juice  twice a day . 2 .Kuppaimeni juice or decoction     This leaf juice or decoction is used to treat  Asthma ,bronchitis ,pneumonia ,cough ,cold ,skin diseases like scabies ,eczema ,skin eruption ,sinusitis ,headache ,joint pain ,insect bites ,intestinal worms ,constipation ,dandruff etc . Botanical name of this plant is Acalypha indica ,nettle leaf in english ,kuppaimeni in Tamil ,khokali in Hindi ,chalmari in kanada  harita manjari or kupintaku ,kuppi chettu in telugu .arista manjari in Sanskrit ,kuppa mani in Malayalam .  Dosage  you can take 1 to 2 table spoo