WELLNESS

New Delhi: You can drink it, you can put it on your face and you can even eat it. Aloe Vera is an ingredient that needs no introduction. It has become a rage in the beauty and health world because of its beneficial properties.

The green prickly plant that grows in dry regions is not just great for your skin; it’s also packed with nutrients and is rich in anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties. Ithas the ability to help treat everything from constipation to diabetes. 

Aloe Vera, sometimes described as a "wonder plant," is a short-stemmed shrub. Aloe is a genus that contains more than 500 species of flowering succulent plants. Many Aloes occur naturally in North Africa.

New Delhi: Are you constantly sneezing and coughing and you are compelled to think whether cold-like symptoms — the sneezing, congestion, and runny nose — have something to do with the recent weather change. If you get similar symptoms at the same time every year, then you're likely right: seasonal allergies are at work. 

Prevalence of allergic diseases including asthma, rhinitis, anaphylaxis, food, drug or insect allergy, is rising worldwide affecting about 10-25% of population being one of the top ten reasons for visit to primary care physicians. Though it often adversely affects the quality of life; in India allergic rhinitis is often regarded as trivial disease and patients fail to attribute the ill health to its symptoms.