Child Health Care Tips

Child Health Care Tips

  



 Body Care

 

 

• Instead of soap you can sometimes use a mixture of gram flour (besan) and milk to bathe the baby.
• To massage the baby you could use
  
  
  • A mixture of gram flour (basen) and cream with a pinch of turmeric. Apply the mixture on the baby's body and gently rub it off.
  • Take a small ball of wheat dough. Apply some massage oil on it. Massage the baby with this ball by rubbing it over the baby's body. The strokes should be against the hair growth. This is an excellent remedy for removing body hair from a newborn.

• A rich moisturizer can be made by melting 2 tbsp unsalted butter, 1 tbsp lanolin, 2 tsp glycerine and 3 tbsp olive or almond oil, over a double boiler. Beat well.
• Boil a handful of neem leaves and basil leaves and wash your hair regularly with it to get rid of lice.
• To get rid of Band-aid or ugly gray plaster marks apply some lukewarm coconut oil to the area and leave it for 15 minutes. Wash off with soap water.
• To remove paint or fast colour from your skin, apply curd on the effected part. After few minutes rub and wash it off.
 

Dandruff Control

• A mixture of 2 tbsp of curd and a few drops of honey is an excellent anti-dandruff agent when rubbed on the scalp.
• Lemon juice mixed with mustard oil is an excellent cure for dandruff.
• For lustrous and dandruff free hair, apply a paste of cooked channa dal and fenugreek leaves and rinse off.
• To get rid of dandruff, apply a mixture of 10 gm pepper powder, 1 tsp lime juice and ½ cup milk on the scalp.
• Leave it one overnight and wash off next morning.
• Onion juice, when massaged on the scalp acts as a wonderful anti-dandruff agent.

 





Chewing gum Menace

• To remove chewing gum from clothes -
  
  • Place the garment in a plastic bag and freeze it. You can then flick off the hardened gum easily.
  • Soak the garment in white vinegar and then wash off.
  • Rub the area with egg white before washing it off.
• To remove the chewing gum stuck to the floor ,clean it with a little kerosene.
• To remove chewing gum stuck to your hair, rub a little honey over the hair and the chewing gum will come off.

Clothes Care

 

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