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Simple Health Tricks For Better Life

'Health is Wealth' is a popular saying, and as much as it is popular, it is also true to the core. If you are healthy then you can achieve anything in the world and if you have everything but you not healthy then it's all in vain. Being healthy is under your control by doing simple things like exercise, eating healthy foods and avoiding smoking, drinking alcohol.

Apart from doing these things to get a healthy body, unfortunately you still face many health issues that are not under your control such as migraine, chronic body pain, tiredness etc.

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You resort to medicines to treat such conditions. However, medicines also come with their own side effects. How great will it be if you can treat your body ailments without medicines.

Imagine overcoming physical pain and normalising increased heart rate by simple tips without having any medicine. . There are many things or functions in your body that you can control by these simple health tricks.

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Have a look at some health tricks that will help you to treat many body ailments.

Slow Down Your Heart Rate

Slow Down Your Heart Rate

During anxiety, your heart beat increases. To make your heart rate back to normal, you need to stimulate the vagus nerve, which governs heart rate. This nerve can be controlled through breathing. This can be done by exhaling through a closed airway. Pinch your nose and try to breathe out while keeping the mouth closed. The pressure in the chest cavity will increase, and the vagus nerve will be stimulated.

Treat Acid Reflux

Treat Acid Reflux

If you suffer from hyper-acidity and acid reflux sleep on your left side. When you sleep on left side, your stomach lies lower and acid can't travel up to the esophagus. The acid needs to travel against gravity to come to the esophagus, which is a difficult job when you sleep on your left.. When you sleep on your right side, your stomach is higher, which can make the stomach acid enter the esophagus easier, thus causing acid reflux.

Clear Stuffed Nose Fast

Clear Stuffed Nose Fast

To clear a stuffed nose do this trick. First, thrust your tongue against the roof of the mouth. Then, press with one finger between your eyebrows. Alternate between the two movements. You will feel some relief already after 20 seconds. This is one of the simple health tricks to clear stuffed nose.

Needle Prick

Needle Prick

If you are afraid of the needle prick, you can cough, to diminish the pain. This increases the pressure in the chest and spinal canal, and thus stopping the transmission of pain signals to the brain. This is one of the best health tips or tricks to stop the pain caused by a prick.

Relieve Throat Tickling

Relieve Throat Tickling

It is annoying as you can't scratch inside the throat. You can try this trick to get relief from throat itching Scratch your ear instead, to get relief from itching. Stimulating the nerves in the ear causes a reflex in the throat that can cause contraction of throat muscles. This calms down the throat.

Headache And Migraine Relief

Headache And Migraine Relief

Instead of using pain killers, you can try acupressure methods to relieve pain. For frontal headache and migraine pains this technique gives result in five minutes. Use your thumb and index finger to press on the muscle located in the webbing between the thumb and index finger. Doing this will relieve headache naturally.

Long-Term Memory

Long-Term Memory

If you want to remember something, work on it just before going to sleep. During sleep, memory consolidation takes place. This will help to move information from short-term to long-term memory. If you have an important exam or presentation, review it just before bed time.

Swallow A Tablet Easily

Swallow A Tablet Easily

Most people are scared of swallowing a big tablet. There is also a trick to swallow it without much trouble. Take a sip of water, bring your head forward, and then swallow the tablet. It should be easier as the pill is floating in your mouth.

Story first published: Friday, May 22, 2015, 15:52 [IST]
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