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DIY ginger oil mask for hair growth | cure for dandruff & thinning hair

Whether searching ancient Ayurveda remedies from India, Chinese herbal remedies or folk medicine from Europe and America, you’ll find ginger plays a prominent role. If your mother every gave you ginger-ale for stomach problems, you probably already know about the benefits for nausea.

However, it’s used for so many ailments, such as easing the effects of the common cold and aiding in relieving the pain of arthritis. One of the primary pain relieving components is gingerol. Today, science backs up the benefits and add to them even more uses, such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

Health & Body Benefits of Ginger

Not only is ginger good for your health, it’s a fabulous beauty aid too.
Ginger contains many phytochemicals and nutrients that can help you look your best.
It has anti-aging properties due to the antioxidants. It improves circulation when applied topically, repairs damaged hair follicles and contains keratin proteins that helps hair grow and softens hair.
It comes in a number of different colors, but all of the have the same benefits. Ginger can be yellow, redo or white on the inside, but the light brown skin of this root is always similar.

Because of the ability of ginger to stimulate circulation and the keratin proteins, a hair mask made of ginger can bring life back to your hair and make it look fabulous.

It works both on the hair shaft and the scalp to create stunning, strong, soft follicles, so you’ll get benefits immediately and even more benefits the longer you use it. This recipe takes only minutes to make and apply and won’t cost you a fortune.
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If you have a scalp or dandruff problem, you should try this hair mask as it really cleanses your scalp thus, helps with the new hair growth.

INGREDIENTS

3-4 knobs of fresh ginger
olive oil or coconut oil

INSTRUCTIONS

Peel the skin of the ginger
Grate the ginger (the easiest to get the juice of the ginger)
Using a strainer or a cheesecloth, squeeze the grated ginger and separate the juice from the pulp (this is optional – you can dilute the mixture with water because the ginger may sting your scalp or you have a sensitive scalp)
Add olive oil or coconut oil – just eyeball the amount but use more oil than the ginger juice
Mix the mixture and apply it by section into your scalp by using cotton pads or cotton balls.
Make sure your scalp is fully coated.
You can do this routine once or twice a week to see improvements.
Do a 3 minute scalp massage and wrap your hair with a plastic bag
Let it sit for 20-30 minutes and wash it off with shampoo and conditioner.

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The Mind Body Gap

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Touch is the Key

Touch is our mother tongue, the original and only language of the body. As mammals we rely on skin contact and warmth to awaken our digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems. Kittens not licked or caressed at birth, die. Gentle touch stimulates the hormone thymopoeitin, which nurtures the budding immune system into readiness, and helps us be safe in the world as separate beings. In his groundbreaking book, Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin, Ashley Montagu says: “The communications we transmit through touch constitute the most powerful means of establishing human relationships, the foundation of experience.”

The intimate connection between the “mind” and the “body” too often goes unrecognized by psychotherapists and bodyworkers. When the mind is seen as some disembodied entity with its own independent imbalances, and the body as merely physical, the essential wholeness of a person gets ignored, and fractionalized treatment can be ineffective, and even make things worse.

The latest findings of psychoneuroimmunology help to bridge the mind/body gap. The discovery of the vast inner neuropeptide network, that contains and relays our emotions, inner images, and even beliefs, lays the common ground for doctors, bodyworkers, and psychotherapists to collaborate and formulate a new holistic approach and language to healing. Deep feelings held in the body outside of conscious awareness are the lock. Touch is the key.

Touch is emotional. Although bodyworkers primarily focus on the treatment of the soft tissue of the body, they are in fact treating the whole person, and often encounter an expression of emotion and/or memories triggered by touch. The science of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) investigates the mind/body link and offers a model that bridges the connection. Holistic treatment calls for the bodyworker to be familiar with the concepts of PNI to help understand the emotional component of his or her work in order to better facilitate positive changes that last over time.

Source:
http://hippocratesinst.org/the-inner-dimension-of-bodywork?platform=hootsuite

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Microbeads Toxic Substance Under CEPA

Statement by Environmental Defence’s Maggie MacDonald on federal government’s decision on microbeads
Jun 29, 2016

Taken From: http://environmentaldefence.ca/2016/06/29/statement-environmental-defences-maggie-macdonald-federal-governments-decision-microbeads/

Toronto, Ontario
We applaud the federal government’s decision to add microbeads to the Schedule 1 list of toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), enabling the government to regulate the substance. The government can now move on regulations to ban microbeads under CEPA.

Microbeads are toxic and unnecessary additions to personal care products like toothpaste and body wash. They may contain toxic substances such as phthalates and bisphenol-A (BPA) that become absorbed on their surface, and can be consumed by fish and birds. Furthermore, every day they continue to be used, the Great Lakes become more polluted with microplastic. Researchers from the State University of New York estimate that Lake Ontario contains 1.1 million plastic particles per square kilometer of lake bottom.

Microbeads can easily be eliminated from personal care products and replaced with natural ingredients like almond and apricot shells. Several large companies, including Johnson & Johnson and Loblaw have already taken the lead and announced that they will be ending the use of these microplastics, effectively eliminating economic arguments for delaying a ban on these substances.

Also, other jurisdictions have already moved to ban microbeads. On December 28, 2015, U.S. President Obama signed a bill requiring that American manufacturers end the use of microbeads in products by July 1, 2017. The bill will also end the sale of products containing microbeads in the U.S. by July 1, 2018. Today’s announcement will enable the Canadian government to better align our regulation of microbeads with the U.S., in terms of the definition of the size of microbeads, and how quickly they can be removed from the market.

This announcement also comes at a time when CEPA is being reviewed by the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. We are calling for improvements to risk management under the act to make sure toxic substances are removed from products in a timely manner.

While risk assessments have been completed for many toxic chemicals on schedule 1, development and implementation of risk management strategies for many substances assessed as “CEPA-toxic” has yet to be completed or is inadequate. For example, triclosan was declared toxic to the environment under the CMP in 2012, yet no ban or restrictions have been announced to date. We hope that this swift action on microbeads is a sign of things to come when it comes to the federal government’s attention to toxic chemicals.

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For further information contact:

Jen Mayville, Environmental Defence, jmayville@environmentaldefence.ca; 416-323-9521 ext. 228, 905-330-0172 (cell)

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Eucalyptus Health benefits

Hang Eucalyptus in your shower, the steam will release beneficial oils.

Eucalyptus benefits:
-antiseptic,
-anti stress,
-mental clarity,
-mood enhancer,
-anti inflammatory
-respiratory health
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