Wonders of Water

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Wonders of Water
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The drop continues to grow as more water collects
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These icicles add interest to our view as we look
across the frozen, snow-covered lake
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Ice
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Ice Crystals
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Fog
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WONDERS OF WATER IN HUMANBEING

• The human body is two-thirds water.
• Water is essential nutrient that is involved in
  every function of the body.
• 50,000 billion! That is the number of cells which
  contain two thirds of the water in our bodies!
• Just like the air, water is essential to life.

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WATER CONTENT IN VITAL ORGANS
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• Water consumption
• Drinking water (1.5 liters per day)
• Water in food (0.9 liters per day)
• Water produced during the metabolism of food (0.6
  liters per day)
• Water disposal
• Respiration (0.5 liters per day)
• Sweating and transpiration 0.9 liters per day
  and more in hot weather.
• Urine (1.5 liters per day)
• Feces (0.1 liters per day)

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Hydrotherapy
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Hydrotherapy

• Hydrotherapy is a universally acknowledged way of
  achieving optimum health of the mind and the
  body.
• This helps to restore vitality, freshness and
  energy.
• The cleansing and detoxifying properties of water
  improve skin and muscle tone, circulation and
  relaxation, over all health and of course a
  peaceful slumber at night.

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• It is advisable to drink one big mug of water in
  the morning, half an hour in an empty stomach to
  flush out the morbid and toxic matter from the
  system.
• Persons suffering from acidity, digestive
  disorders could add lime, ginger and honey to it.

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• As you go to the washbasin, dont forget to wash
  your eyes with the help of a plastic eyewash cup
  filling it with tap water or cold water.
• Roll your eyeballs in the cup in all directions
  for a few seconds, alternating from one eyeball
  to the other.
• Relieves the strain off tired eyes.

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• Every time after your meals, make it a point to
  rinse your mouth with water, rolling the water in
  all directions, forcefully.
• This will help dislodge the minutes particles
  sticking between teeth and in cavities,

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• If you have a perpetual blocked nose, do water
  sniffing.
• Take some tap water in your palms and try to
  sniff some water inside the nostrils.
• Exhale forcefully. Regular water sniffing clears
  blocked nose.

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• Insert your index and middle finger, preferably
  dipped in salt or its solution, way below the
  throat.
• You will cough out and dislodge all the
  accumulated phlegm (bronchial mucous) thus
  clearing the throat.

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• Drink magnetized water daily.
• It rejuvenates the cells of our body.
• Water can be magnetized within 12 hours by
  placing one bottle or glass on the North Pole
  (red) and the other on the South Pole (blue).
• Mix from both the bottles and drink.

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• When in shower, take the full force of the shower
  on your closed eyelids and the entire face,
  feeling the tiny pinprick like pressure all over.
  
• Gently tap, slap and pat all over to increase
  circulation and increased blood supply this acts
  as a face tonic.
• Treatment is best, if alternated between warm and
  cold shower.

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• Cool off your head with a cold shower.
• Always wash hair with plenty of tap water except
  when the temperature outside is cold and chilly.
• While washing, gently tap and massage the scalp
  all over.

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• While bathing, massage your tummy in anti-clock
  wise directions.
• But avoid it if you are suffering from stomach
  ache or during pregnancy .
• Limbs should be massaged in upward movement, i.e.
  from the wrist to the shoulder and ankle to
  thighs.

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• Pamper yourself to a sauna or a steam bath, at
  least once a month or once in a few months.
• Keeps skin alive, fresh and tingling.

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• Sponge your body all over with the help of a
  towel dipped in cold water and then dry the skin
  with another dry towel.
• Repeat a number of times. Useful in bringing down
  fevers.
• Alternate hot and cold sponging is efficacious on
  sprains and headaches.

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• In case of rheumatism, an Epsom salt bath gives
  relief.
• Add one kilo of Epsom salt to 50 litres of water.
  
• Remain in the tub for 15 minutes till you start
  sweating. Helps in removing uric acid from the
  blood.

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• A cup of vinegar added to normal bath water
  serves as a tonic and helps in increasing the
  resistance to infectious dandruff problems.
• Wash hair also with this water.

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• Hot/cold hip bath taken in a big plastic tub
  (used for washing clothes) with legs dangling
  outside the tub and water reaching up to the
  navel is very effective in abdominal pains,
  digestive, urinary and menstrual disorders as
  well as in cramps, swelling, constipation and
  piles.
• Rub the stomach with a cold wet napkin for
  duration of 10-20 minutes.

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• Step up and down in a bathtub filled with cold
  water for 5 minutes.
• The reaction is a warm and pleasant sensation to
  the feet, serves as a good exercise to the feet,
  while taking care of smelly, sticky toes.
• It is also a good remedy for insomnia.

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• Dislodge all hidden dirt from your nails by
  running a nail file underneath while in bath.
• Massage each nail separately under water for a
  few seconds.

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• Heart patients are advised to take epsom salt
  baths twice a week.
• Applying hot towels over the heart region
  relieves the constriction round the chest by
  dilating clogged arteries.

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• A hot footbath according to Nature Cure, relieves
  aches and pains.
• Immerse your legs in hot water right up to the
  knees.
• Cover your body with a woolen shawl or two.
• Place a napkin wrung out in cold water over the
  head.
• Go on sipping a glass of water during the entire
  duration of 10 minutes.
• At the end of 10 minutes you will be sweating
  profusely, thus removing the poisonous matter
  through the pores.
• Best done before retiring to bed.

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• Cold ice bag over the face serves as a
• skin tonic and freshener.

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• Steam inhalations with tulsi (basil) leaves added
  acts as a decongestant and is very effective in
  all types of respiratory problems.

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• Enema- which is the best way to keep your
• internal-system clean.

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• This article is based on information provided by
• My Doctor, Medifast publication.
• It has been edited by the Apollo Health Street
  Content Team and validated by in-house doctors of
  Apollo.