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A MOISTURE KICK
... is not restricted to just your hands and feet. It’s essential to moisturise
the whole body during winter. BT tells you how
ry and lifeless skin and
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unmanageable hair are two
of the most common winter
predicaments. The solution to
these problems lies in just one
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word — moisturiser. Here’s all you For your hair:
need to know about moisturing
your body to beat those winter The winter chills don’t affect just
chills. your skin, your hair is just as sus-
ceptible to its damaging effects. Hair
WINTER CARE: Don’t forget to moisturise your body and your hair during the cold season
gets dry, brittle, dull and
unmanageable during this sea-
son and the only solution is to
moisturise the hair. How? By
using an intense leave-in condi-
tioner. If you dont use a leave-
in conditioner, ensure that you
leave the conditioner on your
hair for as long as possible to
allow it to seep deep into the
hair shaft and do its job. And
while those with thin or oily
hair must take care to rinse
Homeopathy treats food allergies safely
ood allergy, or hypersen-
F sitivity, is not just aller-
gy. It differs from food
sensitivity, or what is called
food intolerance. When an
individual presents with aller-
gic rashes after exposure to a
certain substance, it is called
true allergy. The seat of true
B E A C H R EB O R T allergy is the immune system
ØANPAT IFULE RA T NAt — in actual terms, its
response to “beat” the aller-
gen, or allergy-causing sub-
stance, and keep it at bay. One
classical example of true
hypersensitivity is peanut
allergy. In like manner, some
children may show more than
an element of true allergy to
milk or eggs. The result is
often an itchy rash, swelling
and breathing problems, plus
other symptoms. This can, at
times, be dangerous; also,
occasionally serious.
Homeopathy views food sen-
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their hair thoroughly so that turise your skin as often as pos-
leftover residue doesn’t weight sible. Also, remember it’s most
the hair down, those with thick effective if you apply your mois-
or dry hair may benefit by not turiser immediately after a bath
entirely rinsing the conditioner as the skin is still damp and
from their hair. will absorb the moisture much
faster and more effectively.
For scaly skin: For the feet:
One of the biggest drawbacks of Cracked and rough soles are a
winter is that the skin dries up common winter predicament
and if not looked after, can even which can actually be easily
turn scaly. To beat this problem, avoided. All you need to do is
it’s essential that you mois- lovingly treat your feet to a
sitivities and allergies erance, such as gas,
as external expres- HEAL WITH acidity and tummy
sions of internal mal- HOMEOPATHY aches, which are
function in the affect- worse after eating,
ed individual’s Nux Vomica is often
immune system. The useful. When there
immune system keeps are symptoms of
all our systems in top sour burps and bloat-
gear — functioning at ed tummy, Carbo
their best possible lev- Vegetabilis is a ment, as did another review of
els. When there is handy remedy.
latent stress on the Dr Mukesh Batra While treating
immune system, trig- symptoms of food
gered by an external, or inter- allergy, homeopathy also takes
nal, offender, it leads to aller- into consideration not just the
gy. Allergy, be it food or dust, outer presentation of the
is not a malady, or infection — problem. It looks at the indi-
it is the outward manifesta- vidual’s mental, emotional or
tion of a deeper, functional physical attributes, including
fault in the body. his or her personality, tem-
Homeopathy treats the perament, likes and dislikes,
entire person having the food medical and family history.
allergy, or intolerance, not just Once this is done, your homeo-
the problem. For example, pathic doctor pieces together
when an individual presents the allergy puzzle, while
with symptoms of food intol- analysing the overall symp-
Feeding
your baby?
BT tells you how to avoid food allergies
hile it is great news
W when your baby
starts eating solid
food, you also need to be extra
careful about what goes into
their delicate tummies. Ask
your paedriatrician which
foods to start your baby on.
Food allergies are a common
complaint during this time.
Remember to start your baby
on new foods slowly.
Avoid giving your baby
three new foods in the course
of a day or two — you won’t
know which of the foods was
the culprit in case your baby
has an allergic reaction.
Every time you give your
baby a new food, wait for a
BITE: Be
careful about
what you
feed your
baby
couple of days before giving
them something new. Experts
say that there are more than
160 allergenic foods, but the
most common culprits are
milk, eggs, peanuts, walnuts,
almonds, fish, soy and wheat.
Allergic reactions to foods
can appear within a few min-
utes to a couple of hours.
Look out for hives, rashes,
swelling of the face or
tongue, vomiting, diarrhea,
coughing, wheezing, difficul-
ty in breathing or loss of con-
sciousness. If you see your
baby can’t breathe, is devel-
oping fast swelling on the
TUESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2010
pedicure. No, we aren’t
talking about expensive
salon treatements, do it in
the comfort of your own
home. Just soak your feet
in a tub of warm water for
a while. Use a good foot
scrubber to gently scrub
away dried skin and
smooth out the rough
edges. Wash you feet, pat
them dry and apply a gen-
erous portion of moisturis-
er. This can be done once a
week. For the rest of the
week, don’t forget to mois-
turise your feet after a bath
and you can even cover
them with a pair of socks
while going to bed.
For a dull complexion:
Tired of your lackluster
skin tone? Don’t worry.
Here’s what you can do to
freshen it up. Start off with
a good moisturising facial
mask treatment followed
by a rich moisturiser.
Revitalising night creams
are a good option to pam-
per your face with just
before your sleep time.
Remember, while you are
getting your beauty sleep,
your skin works overtime
to repair and rejuvinate
itself. An undereye cream
is a must to ease out those
nagging fine lines and
wrinkles. Also, while doing
your makeup, opt for taint-
ed moisturisers, skin
brightners and a rich,
warm toned blush. It will
work wonders to bring
back life into your skin.
tom picture and matching it
with the most appropriate
homeopathic remedy.
A well-designed study pub-
lished in the respected conven-
tional medical journal, The
Lancet, showed significant
improvement in allergy symp-
toms with homeopathic treat-
homeopathic clinical trials
published in another conven-
tional publication of repute,
The British Medical Journal.
For inquiries you can:
Call: 022-66789899;
Toll-free: 1800-209-6767;
SMS: DB to 9757070707; or Log on
to: www.drbatras.com.
Write to drbatra@drbatras.com for
health queries.
Suggested remedies are indicative.
To be taken under competent med-
ical supervision only. For more arti-
cles by Dr. Mukesh Batra, check the
Press section on www.drbatras.com
face, vomitting violently,
rush to the hospital. In case of
mild symptoms, like hives or
rashes, speak to your doctor
who will conduct allergy
tests. Once allergies are iden-
tified, your doctor will tell
you exactly how to manage
them. However, experts also
say that sometimes a baby
may have a mild allergy to a
new food, which may go away
in time. Many experts also
recommend waiting till your
baby is at least 10 months
before giving them foods like
peanuts, eggs and fish. They
say that even if there’s no
risk of an allergy, an older
baby will be able to deal with
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it better in case there is one.
Remember to avoid giving
whole cow's milk if your
child still hasn’t turned one
year old. The proteins found
in whole milk are known to
upset the stomach. however,
go ahead with curd and soft
cheeses since proteins in
these dairy products are bro-
ken down and less likely to
cause problems. Wait till
your child is at least two (to
be on the safe side) to intro-
duce honey, which can cause
a serious disease called
infant botulism.
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