8 Ways to Boost Your "Good" Cholesterol [HDL]

Fighting for the Good

You probably know all about the two types of cholesterol: HDL and LDL. Too much LDL (bad) cholesterol can gunk up your blood and clog your arteries, but HDL (good) cholesterol acts like a housekeeper for your blood, mopping up excess LDL and tossing it in the trash (your liver) for disposal. HDL also decreases inflammation and may protect against Alzheimer's, too. How can you get more HDL? Start with these eight strategies. 

Take a Walk

A quick, 30-minute walk each day is all you need to increase HDL by 9%. Can't squeeze in a daily walk? Shoot for 30 to 45 minutes of higher-intensity aerobic exercise two to three times a week. That more-condensed regimen will increase your HDL up to 5 points (not bad considering every 1-point jump in HDL drops your risk for cardiovascular disease by 3%).

Lose Weight

Obesity and low HDL tend to go hand in hand, but you don't have to become runway-model thin to raise your good cholesterol. You can bump it up one point for every 6.6 pounds of excess body weight you drop.

Boost Your Vitamin B

Two B vitamins can help raise HDL: niacin (B3) and pantothenic acid (B5). Niacin works, but it can have side effects, including liver damage and intense hot flushing. A supplement containing 300 mg of B5 can also help increase your HDL cholesterol. To be safe, talk to your doctor before you take these supplements. Serious side effects, allergic reactions, and interactions with other drugs are possible.

Opt for More Omega-3s

Cold-water fish such as salmon and trout are high in a particular type of omega-3 fatty acid called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) that helps raise HDL cholesterol. (DHA also protects brain and eye health, and helps with weight control.) To ensure you get ample DHA, Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and Michael F. Roizen, MD, also recommend a daily 900 mg algae-based omega-3 supplement.

Stop Smoking

Kick this habit to the curb and you'll crank up your HDL by a whopping 4 points. You'll also slash your risk of lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases. If you've struggled and failed to quit smoking, don't give up. Sometimes it takes a new approach to succeed. Ask your doctor for advice on how to quit.

Drink Alcohol in Moderation

A daily glass of red wine or other alcoholic beverage may help lower your risk for cardiovascular disease by up to 40%. That's because the ethanol in all forms of alcohol helps increase HDL cholesterol and prevent blood clots. The key is moderation: no more than one drink per day for the ladies; two for the gents.

Eat Less Sugar

Gobbling more than 90 grams of sugar a day can jack up bad-for-you triglycerides and take a bite out of your HDL level. Limit added sugars to less than 100 calories (about 2 tablespoons) a day. That includes obvious sources, such as a teaspoon of sugar in your morning coffee, as well as sugars in processed foods -- everything from condiments and salad dressings to cereal. Yet another reason to carefully read food labels!

Skip Bad-for-You Fat

Cut back on foods high in saturated fat and trans fat. These unhealthy fats raise LDL cholesterol, boost inflammation, and damage blood vessels. Trans fats also reduce HDL. Cut down on saturated fat by eating less meat and full-fat dairy. Aim for no more than 7% of your daily calories from saturated fat. Avoid trans fat by skipping processed food, such as cookies, crackers, margarine, or any product containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.

Healthy Food During Pregnancy as per Ayurveda

Nutritious food is very necessary for a pregnant woman. A pregnant woman requires 80 thousand extra calories in order to give birth to a healthy child because around 300 additional calories are spent everyday during pregnancy, which is equal to the amount of calories present in a glassful of low fat milk, a bread slice, and an apple.

Calcium rich food should be taken during pregnancy. Calcium prevents high blood pressure in a pregnant woman. A woman should drink two to three glasses of low fat milk during pregnancy. She should take it before, during pregnancy and after delivery.

Cook rice or barley in milk instead of water to get sufficient amount of calcium. Eat calcium rich things, as during pregnancy 1000 mg of calcium is required everyday.

The pregnant woman should avoid constipation and therefore she should drink more water, as it is also beneficial for the child growing inside the womb. Drink at least eight glasses of water during the day. Drink water before and after meals. Skimmed milk or fruit juice is also beneficial.

A pregnant woman also requires iron during these days. She should take protein rich food, dry beans, green peas etc. Iron is difficult to add in the food but it is very important. Eat iron rich food as much as possible. Cook vegetables in iron pans and take, iron tablets etc.

Avoid fish, and meat during pregnancy, as it could be harmful for the child. Reduce tea and coffee or completely avoid it as it reduces the weight of the child and leads to several other problems.

Different types of meat contain bacteria called hysteria, which could be dangerous for the health of the child growing inside the womb.

Fat is useful only when it is prepared from pasteurized milk. The child growing inside the womb depends on the food intake of its mother. Do not eat such foods which will have an adverse affect on the child’s health in order to reduce the intake of carbohydrates. The child will not get sufficient nutrition. Eat green leafy vegetables and a variety of things during pregnancy to get all types of minerals and vitamins.

Anaemia During Pregnancy:

The hemoglobin level reduces in the blood, and brings down the oxygen level in the body causing a lady to feel fatigued. In addition to this, she remains stressed, irritable, restless, emotional, angry, has dry skin, dry hair and loss of concentration. The main reason for anemia is the absence of sufficient nutritional elements in the food necessary for the formation of blood. Half a cup of rice has 0.5 mg of iron and one-cup of milk has 0.1 mg iron. Whereas a woman loses 28 mg iron everyday during menstruation.

Food During Pregnancy:

A woman should choose pregnancy only when she is having good health. She should try to improve her digestive system. Take hot lemon water with honey, raw vegetables, especially carrot, cucumber, gourd, spinach, white gourd juice, vegetable juice, fruits, raisins, dry dates, vegetable soup. This improves the digestion process.

After Conceiving Food Should be as Follows:

• Take lukewarm lemon water with honey or take a fruit or vegetable juice.
• Take four to five almonds and 20 to 25 gm raisins, three to four dry dates along with milk and half a cup of fruit (apple, papaya and pear etc.) at 9 a.m
• Take fruit juice or raw vegetable soup at noon.
• Take lunch at 1.30 p.m, which should include chapatti made with whole wheat flour, salad, vegetable, curd (yoghurt), etc. Take salad in good quantity.
• Take some fruit at 5 p.m or fruit juice or lukewarm lemon water with honey.
• Take vegetable soup at 7.30 p.m.
• Take lentils, vegetable, salad and one or two chapattis at 8 p.m or fruit and vegetable soup, and drink milk at bedtime. Take vegetable soup after a half hour of eating fruits.
• Take something in between if hungry, like fruits, juice, etc.
• Do not take tea or coffee, or take it only once daily.
• A woman should not take food in excess but it should be rich in vitamins and minerals, and nutritious.

Daily Routine During Pregnancy:

The woman should be careful during pregnancy, as there are chances of miscarriage. She should take regular massage for hands and legs since laborious work is not possible.

A pregnant woman should always be happy and avoid tough work. She should avoid fast walking, lifting weight, standing for long hours, climbing up the stairs, jumping, cycling, dancing, swimming, etc. she can do some light household work.

To Beget a Healthy Child:

• The pregnant woman should take two oranges during afternoon from first to eighth month.
• She should take half to one-gram linseed vanshlochan powder at bedtime for the first three to four months once she is tested positive for pregnancy. This helps in begetting a healthy child and also helps her remain strong. It also avoids chances of miscarriage. The lady should eat vanshlochan as much as possible with sugar candy and coconut. It overcomes weakness during pregnancy and keeps the child healthy and disease free.
• The pregnant woman should chew aniseed daily after meals during the pregnancy.
• She should drink 60 gm fresh grape juice twice daily to make the child healthy and strong. The child will be beautiful and the mother will remain free of faints, giddiness, dental pain, cramps, swelling, acidity and constipation. She should take one myrobalan marmalade everyday to beget a healthy child. It also maintains good health of the mother.

Yogic Cure:

Regular exercise is necessary after conceiving. It prevents miscarriage and also reduces labour pain.

Before pregnancy – Chakrasana, Paschimottasana, Yog Mudra, sputa Vajrasana, Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana, Hastpadotasana, Pavanmuktasana, Halasana, Sarvangasana, shalabhasana, Shavasana should be practiced to gain physical and mental health. Kapalbhati, Shitali, Nadi shodhan and Agnisar kriya should be practiced during this period.

After pregnancy – A pregnant woman can do exercise up to three to four months after conceiving, which include Paschimottasana, Ardhamatysendrasana, Vajrasana, Suptavajrasana, Hastpadotasana, Makarasana, Halasana for special benefit. Stop the practice of these asanas after three months and do light household work. 

Cure Mouth & Tongue Ulcer According to Ayurveda

In the case of normal mouth ulcers the internal membrane gets swollen and wounded and causes severe pain. If this problem aggravates further then boils and wounds spread through the entire mouth, saliva is secreted continuously, and a lot of sputum is produced. At times the patient also has a mild fever. Normally a mouth ulcer's symptoms resemble the symptoms of bleeding ulcers or the ones caused due to bile.

Types of Mouth Ulcers:

Painful Ulcers: In this case boils appear inside the mouth and cause a burning sensation. The rotten part separates. They seem to be normal boils in the beginning stage but slowly increase in size. This causes painful cough and symptoms of fever.

 

Tridosha Ulcers: The symptoms of vata, pitta and kapha are seen in these cases.

Ulcers with bad odour: The ulcers produce a very bad smell.

In yet another type: The ulcers pop up and break, the face is like pulp. One type of ulcer is considered to be due to tridosha. In this case a round and high tumor appears, which causes pain.

Besides the above, mouth ulcers appearing in the throat are considered to be different. In that case there are small protrudings of the flesh in the throat. A few are deep, full of pus with severe needle like pain. Some lead to pain in the throat and swelling and cause sore a throat. Sometimes the patient has a mild fever. Therefore the patient experiences symptoms of swelling, sprouts, ripe tongue or dryness of the tongue. The tongue problems are also mouth related problems. The symptoms are different for these six types of ulcers. If it is due to vata then the tongue cracks and becomes rough. If it is due to pitta, the tongue becomes yellow, there is a burning sensation and reddish spike like formation. If the ulcers are the result of kapha, the, tongue has thorn-like things appearing. In another type, the kapha and blood generated ulcers, kapha and blood problems lead to a bent and painful tongue and saliva is secreted along with itching and burning sensation. A hole is formed in the cheeks and a boil comes out and, spreading quickly. These decay and produce a bad smell. The patient has a fever, cough, a burning sensation in the lungs and dysentery. This disease is common among children in the age group of 3 to 6 years.

In yet another type of mouth ulcer the symptoms are similar to the one caused due to kapha. The tongue has a white coating and mucous like thing. First whitish boils appear on the tongue, which increase in size and reach the base, tongue and throat, Then they join together. Sometimes the child patient has a mild fever, loose motions and vomiting, but saliva is not secreted. According to the specialists this is common among children when they drink polluted milk. The children who drink outside milk also suffer from this disease because the milk bottle is generally not cleaned properly; bacteria gets accumulated and reaches the child's mouth through this contamination.

Normally, mouth ulcers are caused due to constipation, if a child is prevented from getting this problem then it protects him from mouth ulcers. In case the disease is caused, ayurvedic medicines for curing the digestive system should be given. General types of problems can be cured with external remedies. Therefore it would be better to divide them into two parts depending on the type of medicine used.

Cure Mouth Ulcer's with External and Internal Medicines:

The mouth ulcers, which cannot be cured with external medicines, should be treated with internal medicines. Both the types of treatment are useful depending on the severity of the problem.

Home Remedies:

Grind the paipal tree bark and leaves, add honey and apply the lep on the painful area.
Grind the moolhati, harad, daruhaldi and chameli leaves and mix with honey. Apply this lep on the painful area.

In case of mouth ulcer caused due to vata, rub finely ground rock salt.
Make kwath with chameli, giloy, raisins, patha, daruhaldi, harad, baheda and avala leaves. Let it cool, then add honey and drink it.

Add honey in Triphala decoction and rinse the mouth with this solution.
Put rock salt in hot water and rinse the mouth.

Boil acacia gum in triple the quantity of water, sieve it and store it in a bottle. Apply this on the ulcers.

Apply banana juice on the child's mouth early in the morning. This gives relief.

It is also beneficial to make the patient sit under a goat and let the milk streak fall directly in the mouth. This should be done early in the morning.

Cotton soaked in glycerin is also very beneficial in this case.

Grind roasted suhaga nicely and add honey, apply this on the ulcers.

Take two parts of moolhati, pathani lodh, usva and black sesame seeds, one part roasted Suhaga, boil it one part water and make sugar syrup with sugar candy. Apply this thrice or four times daily to cure mouth ulcers.

Mix peppermint oil with glycerin and apply on the ulcers for quick relief.

Take equal quantities of praval pishti washed in rose water and Swarna makshik, wash it nicely and keep it aside. Give 25 mg to 125 mg depending on the age of the child and give it with pomegranate juice twice daily.

Make decoction with triphala, patha, raisins and chameli leaves and give it to the child in reasonable quantity.

Take equal quantities of satvan bark, poppy seeds, sespedula leaves, nagarmotha, amaltas and red sandal. Make a kwath and give it to the patient. This is beneficial in case of mouth ulcers.

Make the decoction with daruhaldi, chameli flowers, raisins, thymol seeds and triphala, add honey and give it to the patient suffering with mouth ulcers.

Make a kwath made with sespedula, dry ginger, triphala, indrayan roots, banphasha, kutaki, turmeric and Giloy. Add honey and give to the patient.

Sucking neem gum is also beneficial in this case.

Apply glycerin and let the saliva come out.

Suck the green leaves of arhar for quick relief in mouth ulcers.

Applying milk of Gular tree is also beneficial in this case.

Make a decoction with mogra leaves and rinse the mouth to cure mouth ulcers.

Make a decoction with green menhdi leaves and rinse the mouth twice or thrice for special relief in mouth ulcers.

Soak raisins in water for some time then chew and eat.

Add salt in raw bitter gourd and keep it under the Sun. Extract the juice and add it in water. Rinse the mouth with this water for quick relief in mouth ulcers.

Diseases of the Tongue According to Ayurveda:

According to ayurveda the diseases of the tongue have been included in the mouth. There are six types of tongue diseases according to Ayurveda.

1. Vataj
2. Pittaj
3. Kaphaj
4. Alas
5. Adhijeebh
6. Upjeebh

Main Symptoms:

In the vataj type, the tongue cracks, which does not give any type of taste. The tongue becomes rough like the vegetable leaf.

In the second type the tongue becomes yellow in color with burning sensation. Reddish colored spikes appear on the tongue.

In the third type the tongue becomes heavy and fleshy spikes appear on it.

In the fourth type the disease is caused due to the doshas of kapha and blood. There is severe swelling under the tongue and when the disease increases then pus is formed in the base of the tongue and blocked. That means the tongue does not move nor rotates. When the patient tries to rotate it severe pain is experienced.

In another type of tongue problem caused due to blood and kapha there is swelling on the upper side of the tongue, it rips and becomes somewhat incurable.

In the sixth type of mouth ulcer the tongue bends and gets swollen due the dosha of kapha and blood. A lot of saliva is formed in the mouth with itching and burning sensation. The patient does not have the taste of anything.

If we look at the causes along with the symptoms we can know that this disease is caused due to wrong eating habits. Worms are created in the stomach, which aggravate the disease. The cause for mouth ulcers and diseases of the tongue are similar. According to western scientists, this disease is caused due to hookworm. If this worm is removed with the help of some medicine then the disease of the tongue can be cured easily.

In case of chronic disorder of the bowels the children tend to get diseases of the tongue. If the bowel disorder is cured, the tongue disease gets cured on its own. In the case of Erithima migrans disease the tongue bends. There are reddish spots formed on the upper layer of the tongue, which keep on changing places. These types of spots are also seen in a few types of fever. The spikes in the tongue have a darkish tan and appear to be black in color. Those who use Hukka normally have black tongue but they do not have any disease and hence do not require any medication. In the disease called microglacia the tongue becomes thick and is a hereditary problem. It also does not require any treatment. Such children should be given thyroid tablets so that the thickness of the tongue reduces to some extent. In some children the tongue protrudes out and they have the habit to rotate it, this also makes their tongue thick.

Tongue related problems also arise due to fever caused due to tridoshas. The tongue becomes rough and contains spikes but its cure depends on the basic diseases. If the fever is not cured then the tongue related disease also doe not get cured. In some cases the chin becomes small and the tongue becomes thick.

In this case the tongue can move towards the respiratory pipe and block its path. At this stage surgery proves to be helpful. Children who have a long tongue, find difficulty while drinking milk. They should be faced upside down and made to drink milk this way. The child is able to drink milk easily like this.

Remedies for Tongue Diseases:

In case of disease caused due to vata dosha, shilvana lep proves to be beneficial.

In case of pitta-generated disease where spikes appear on the tongue, rub them with rough things like cabbage leaves, etc., and then remove the blood, rinse the mouth with lemon water.

In the case of disease generated due to kapha, apply pilyadigana churna with honey after removing the blood.

When thorns appear on the tongue, grind rapeseeds and rock salt and apply it on the tongue, also drink the juice of sespedula leaves, neem bark, brinjal and Yavakshar.

Mix mankind bhasma, rock salt and rapeseed oil and rub on the tongue.

Add thuhar milk with some acidic things like lemon, etc., and rub it on the tongue.

In case of thickness of the tongue, do lekhan procedure and pratisarana with acidic substance, and then do shirovechan, gandoop dharan and nasya etc.

Mix dry ginger, black pepper, pippali, yavakshar, harad and chitrak root powder and rub it on the tongue or rub the oil extracted from these things to cure this disease.

Rub the Biroja, ral, guggul, and devdaru and moolhati churna on the tongue if the disease is generated due to vata dosha.

Rub sweet substances if it is due to pitta dosha. Remove the polluted blood and do gandoop with sweet substances.

Pippali churna is beneficial in case of tongue disease caused due to kapha dosha. Mix honey in this powder and drink it, mix rapeseed and rock salt in hot water and rinse the mouth with this water.

Grind the makhanas and sprinkle the powder on the tongue.

Mix bhimseni camphor and sugar candy and sprinkle on the tongue or mix boric acid in glycerin and apply it on the tongue. If boric acid is not available, grind suhaga and apply it on the tongue with honey.

Qualities, Benefits and Natural Remedies of Linseed (Alasi/अलसी )

Linseed is grown along with the winter crops in large quantities throughout India. In the state of Himachal Pradesh the plants are grown at a height of 6,000 feet. Due to the difference in planting location throughout the country there is a difference in the size, color and shape of the seeds. The linseeds are found in different colors like white, yellow, red and black. There are a lot of varieties of seeds as well. The linseed grown in hot climatic areas are considered to be the best for medicinal use.

Family name: Linaceae.
Latin name: linum usitatissimum linn
Sanskrit: Alasi, neem pushpi, Kshuma, Pichhala, Atasi
Hindi: Alasi, tisi
Gujarati: Alasi
Marathi: Javasu
Bengali: Marshina
Telugu: Bittu, alasi, atasi
Arabian: Kattan
French: Jagira, tukhme kattan
Marwadi: Alasi
External Form of Linseed:

The one-year-old linseed plant is 2 to 4 feet high, straight and tender. The leaves have stripes, the edges are like spikes and the front part of the leaves are pointed and the leaf consists of three parts. The fruits are sky blue in color, round with five parts, each part consists of shining flat thick brown colored seeds, normally two seeds in one part. The plant bears flowers and fruits during the winter. The fruits become dried in the summer.

Chemical Composition of Linseed:

Permanent oil is found in the seeds. The oil mainly consists of linolic and lirolenic acids and its glycerides and dense fatty acids. The seeds also contain a poisonous glucocide. Due to which the animals consuming the seeds die. The seed also contain protein, musyleze, some wax like substances, phosphates and sugar. The ash contains sodium potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorous, etc.
 

Qualities of Linseed:

The seeds are sweet, with mild smell, oily, hot, pungent, heavy, purgative, strengthening, increasing the sexual desire, if taken in little quantity the seeds produce urine, reduce the swelling and in large quantity they reduce vata and cure leprosy, seminal problems, kapha, pitta and eyesight problems.

Linseed Oil:

It is sweet, greasy, cures vata, with mild smell, somewhat pungent in taste, strengthening, heavy, hot, produces faeces, oily, receptive, cures kapha, cough, etc.

Linseed Leaf:

It cures cough, kapha, vata, the fresh green linseed leaves vegetable and curry is especially beneficial for the patients of vata dosha.

The flowers are capable of curing blood and pitta related diseases.

Treatment of Headache with Linseed:

Grind the seeds in cold water and apply the lep on the painful area, forehead. This is also useful in case of wounds on the head.

Treatment of Insomnia with Linseed:

Mix equal quantities of linseed and castor oil, beat it well in a bronze plate and apply in the eye in order to get sound sleep.

Treatment of Reddishness in the Eyes with Linseed:

Grind the seeds and apply the viscous pulp around the eye to reduce the reddishness in the eyes.

Treatment of Ear pain with Linseed:

Boil the linseed in onion juice and pour it in the ears to reduce swelling in the ears.

Treatment of Cough and Respiratory Problem with Linseed:

Take 5 gm of linseed and soak it in 50 gm of water. Drink this water after 12 hours. Drink the old water prepared in this manner, for example, the linseed water soaked in the night should be taken the next morning. This water is very beneficial for patients suffering with respiratory problems, however diet and regimen have to be followed strictly.

Grind 5 gm of linseed, sieve it and boil in water. Add 20 gm sugar candy and in winters use honey instead of sugar candy. Drink this water in the morning to cure cough and respiratory problems.
Grind 3 gm of linseed coarsely and soak it in 250 gm of boiling water. Cover it with a lid for one hour. Sieve it and take it with a little bit of unrefined sugar. It is beneficial in cases of dry cough and respiratory problem. It is also helpful for easy urination.

Grind 25 gm of linseed and soak it in cold water overnight. Sieve it in the morning and heat the water for sometime, add lemon juice and give it to the patient suffering with tuberculosis.
Roast the linseeds and take it with honey to cure cough.

Clean the linseeds and roast them i a pan. When the seeds start emitting smell then grind and add equal amount of sugar candy. Take 5 gm of this powder with hot water twice daily in case of cold for relief. It also cures cough.

Treatment of Vata Related Diseases with Linseed:

Roast around 50 gm linseed in a pan and make powder, add 50 gm of sugar candy, 10 gm of chilly powder, beat it nicely with honey and prepare pills of around 3 to 6 gm. Give the small pills to children and the big ones to the elders in the morning to get rid of kapha and vata related problems. Do not drink water till one hour after medication.

Treatment of Liver Enlargement with Linseed:

Take 2.5 gm of roasted linseed with honey to cure liver enlargement.

Treatment of Evacuation with Linseed:
 

Extract the linseed oil without heating it. Take 4 to 8 gm of this oil for easy bowel movement. It removes the hard stools. This oil is very beneficial in case of weak intestines and constipation and piles caused thereby.

Gonorrhea and urinary disorder: take 50 gm of linseed, 3 gm of mulethi, grind it coarsely and heat it in 375 gm of water in an earthen pot. Boil till it reduces to 50 gm in quantity, sieve it, and add 2 gm of fiber. Take 20 gm at an interval of two hours for getting rid off burning sensation in the urine. It can be taken in larger quantities for 10 to 15 days.

Pour 4 to 6 drops of this oil in the opening of the urethra to remove pus from gonorrhea.
Take equal quantities of linseed and mulethi and grind it. Put 40 to 50 gm of this powder in an earthen pot and pour 1 liter of hot boiling water, cover it for one hour. Sieve it and add 20 to 30 gm of fiber and store it in a bottle. Take 25 to 30 gm of this medicine at an interval of three hours to cure burning sensation in the urine, painful discharge of urine, obstructed urination, bleeding urine, pus, and other such problems.

Take 10 gm of linseed and 6 gm of mulethi, grind it nicely and add 250 gm of water and boil it till it reduces to one-fourth the quantity. Take 25 gm of this kwath at an interval of three hours with 10 gm of sugar candy to reduce the burning sensation and give clear urine.

Treatment of Poultice with Linseed:

Linseed poultice is the best among all other poultices. Take 4 parts of grounded linseed, and pour it in 10 parts of boiling water and stir continuously. This poultice should not be very thick. While applying it rub some oil in the lower part and then tie it. This reduces swelling and pain.

Treatment of Joint Pain with Linseed:

Grind the linseeds with Isabgol and apply on the painful area for relief.

Treatment of Pain in the Hip with Linseed:

Heat the linseed oil and add Shunthi powder, massage the back and hip area for relieving the pain.

Treatment of Arthritis with Linseed:

The poultice of linseed oil is very beneficial in case of swelling in arthritis.

Treatment for Strengthening the Sperm with Linseed:

Take linseed along with black pepper and honey to increase the sexual potency and cure the seminal problems.

Treatment of Insect Bite with Linseed:

If the insect bite does not heal then grind the linseeds and apply the lep on the affected area.

Treatment of Boils with Linseed:

Grind linseeds in water and add barley flour, add sour curds and apply the lep on the boil to heal it quickly. If there is burning sensation and pain in the boil caused due to vata dosha then roast the linseed and sesame seeds and boil it in cow milk. Let it cool and grind it in the same milk for quick benefits.

Treatment of Burns with Linseed:

Take pure linseed oil and lime water (lime should sediment in the bottom), mix both the things and beat it well. This will become like a white ointment and is known as carron oil. Apply this on the burnt area to relive the pain. Apply this lep once or twice for immediate relief.

Treatment of Glands and Tumors with Linseed:

Mix linseed powder in milk and water, add little bit of turmeric powder and boil it nicely. Place the hot poultice (bearable) on the glands or raw boils, keep a beetle leaf on the poultice and tie it tightly. Repeat this seven times, this heals the boil and relieves the pain and burning sensation. This removes the pus. However the poultice has to be tied on the boil for several days continuously.