A Wonderful Message

- A wonderful Message -

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.

• We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less.
• We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time.
• We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
• We dr!nk too much, sm0ke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
• We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
• We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
• We've added years to life not life to years.
  
  
• We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.
• We conquered outer space but not inner space.
• We've done larger things, but not better things.
• We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
• We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
  
  
• We write more, but learn less.
• We plan more, but accomplish less.
• We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
• We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
  
  
• These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
• These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
• These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
• It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.
• A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
  
  
• Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
• Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
• Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.
• Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it.
• A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
• Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Celebration Means

- Celebrations Means -

Celebration means......

• A winter evening.
• Four friends.
• One barsaat.
• Four glasses of chai.

Celebration means......

• Hundred bucks of petrol.
• A rusty old bike.
• And an open road.

Celebration means......

• Maggi noodles.
• A hostel room.
• 4.25 a.m.

Celebration means......

• 3 old friends.
• 3 separate cities.
• 3 coffee mugs.
• 1 internet messenger.

Celebration means......

• Rain on a hot tin roof.
• Pakoras deep-frying.
• Neighbours dropping in.
• A party.

Celebration means......

• You and mom.
• A summer night.
• A bottle of coconut oil.
• A head massage.
• Gossiping about absent family members.

You can spend Hundreds on birthdays, Thousands on festivals, Millions on weddings, but to celebrate all you have to do is spend your Time with your loved ones.
Keep in touch with your loved ones & Celebrate.

A Different Love Letter

A different Love Letter and a beautiful reply to it [i bet u like it]

A teenage college guy sent a love letter (in Q/A format) to his classmate.

My Dearest Tina,
Please answer the following questionnaire. For Options
(A) 10 marks,
(b) 5marks and
(c) 3 marks.

1. Whenever you enter the class room, your sight always falls on me because:
   (a) of love
   (b) you couldn't control seeing me
   (c) really... Am I doing it?
2. Whenever professor cracks joke, you laugh and turn and look at me because:
   (a) you always like to see me smiling
   (b) you are testing whether I like jokes
   (c) you are attracted by my smile
3. When you were singing in the class, I entered and immediately you stopped singing because:
   (a) you are so coy to sing before me
   (b) my presence influenced you
   (c) you feared that whether I'll like your song
4. When you were showing your childhood photo, when I asked for it, you hide it because:
   (a) you felt ashamed
   (b) you felt uneasy
   (c) you don't know
5. During trekking, myself and my friend gave you hand for lifting you and you took only my friend's because:
   (a) you enjoyed my disappointment
   (b) you won't feel leaving my hand after grabbing
   (c) you don't know
6. You were waiting yesterday for bus and didn't get into your bus.
   (a) you were waiting for me
   (b) you were dreaming about me and didn't notice the bus
   (c) that bus was crowded
7. You introduced me to your parents when they came to college because:
   (a) I am going to be your groom
   (b) you just want to know what your parents think about me
   (c) just you felt like introducing me to them
8. I told that I like girls wearing roses. Next day, you came with a rose on your head because:
   (a) to fulfill my wish
   (b) you like roses
   (c) by chance you got a rose
9. On that day, it was my birthday. You too came to temple early at 6 :00 A.M because:
   (a) you want to pray along with me
   (b) you want to meet me before any one could meet on my birthday
   (c) you want to wish me at temple because you are spiritual.

If you have scored more than 40, then you are loving me. Don't delay in expressing it.
If you have scored between 30 and 40 , love is budding in your heart and it's getting ready to bloom. If you have scored less than 30, you are in confusion whether to love me or not.
Eagerly awaiting your reply.
Love, Sameer

Here is the reply: Tina's reply letter was also in Q/A format.

Sameer,
Please answer the following Yes/No questionnaire.

1. If somebody sits in the first row, normally people entering the class, sees them.
   (a) Yes (b) No
2. If a girl laughs and looks anyone, is it love?
   (a) Yes (b) No
3. While singing, if somebody forgets lines of the songs, will he/she stop singing or not?
   (a) Yes (b) No
4. I was showing to my friends (who are all girls) my childhood photo. You poked your nose inside. Right ?
   (a) Yes (b) No
5. I avoided to hold your hand during trekking. Couldn't you understand yet?
   (a) Yes (b) No
6. Should I not wait for my best friend (Anjali ) at the bus stand?
   (a)Yes (b) No
7. Shouldn't I introduce you to my parents as a friend?
   (a) Yes (b) No
8. You have said you also like Lotus, cauliflower, banana's flower. Is it true ?
   (a) Yes (b) No
9. Oh was that your birthday. That's why I could see you in temple. I come daily to Temple. Do you know ?
   (a) Yes (b) No

If you have answered "Yes" to any of the question, then I am not loving you. If you have answered "No", then you don't know the meaning of Love. Hope everything is clear to you.

Dog Bite

In the past, why was injection administered in the stomach for dog bite?

ANSWER I

• This is the only disease where the vaccine is given after the exposure (post-exposure). Nervous tissue vaccine (NTV), is one of the vaccines administered for dog bite.
• This vaccine is prepared from a fixed virus grown in the brain of adult sheep or other animal. The final vaccine is a 5 per cent emulsion of infected sheep's brain containing the inactivated virus.
• These viruses do not cause the disease but still retain the antigenecity, i.e., capability of producing the antibodies when injected.
• After the bite, about 2-5 ml of the vaccine is administered depending upon the bite severity. More vaccine is administered for a longer duration for severe bites. Bites in the neck, head, face, palm, fingers and multiple wounds are categorized as class three bites.
• They require injection for 10 days daily with two booster doses. For such volume of vaccine and duration, the ideal injection site is the anterior abdominal wall. This is preferred as there is a wide area and injection can be given at different points to avoid pain, swelling and discomfort.
• Moreover the injections are to be given subcutaneously (below the skin) in the fatty layer. It is a misconception that it is given in the stomach. The needle does enter the abdominal cavity or, for that matter, any of the abdominal organs.
• On the abdominal wall skin is held in a fold and elevated. A 1.5 cm needle is used to inject the vaccine in the subcutaneous tissue. After the fold is elevated and such a needle is used there is no possibility of going beyond the subcutaneous layer of the anterior abdominal wall.
• This anterior abdominal wall is divided into ten quadrants and injections are given in different quadrants each time. This again results in less pain and swelling.

ANSWER II

• The vaccine is given in the stomach region because of the presence of large subcutaneous layer there. Earlier version of this injection needs slower absorption and prolonged activity. Only injection given to a subcutaneous layer can achieve this.
• Buttocks and arm region contain larger area of muscle and less of subcutaneous layer.
• Hence they are not suitable sites. One more reason is that the stomach region can also accommodate large doses and avoid any complication.
• In children despite the subcutaneous layer not being thick and stomach not being large pose no problem as the quantity of injection given is less.
• The improved version is a cell cultured vaccine and acts the same way as any other vaccine. In other words it does not require a subcutaneous layer. Hence, it can be given in the buttocks or arm region

Drink Coconut Water

Why Drink Coconut Water?

CocoWater is naturally:

• Low in Carbs
• 99% Fat Free
• Low in sugars

Coconut Water contains organic compounds possessing healthy growth promoting properties that have been known to help -

• Keep the body cool and at the proper temperature.
• Orally re-hydrate your body, it is an all natural isotonic beverage.
• Carry nutrients and oxygen to cells.
• Naturally replenish your body's fluids after exercising.
• Raise your metabolism.
• Promote weight loss.
• Boost your immune system.
• Detoxify and fight viruses.
• Cleanse your digestive tract.
• Control diabetes.
• Aid your body in fighting viruses that cause the flu, herpes, and AIDS.
• Balance your PH and reduce risk of cancer.
• Treat kidney and urethral stones.
• Boost poor circulation.

Coconut Water -
The English name coconut, first mentioned in English print in 1555, comes from Spanish and Portugese word coco, which means "monkey face." Spanish and Portugese explorers found a resemblance to a monkey's face in the three round indented markings or "eyes" found at the base of the coconut. On the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean, whole coconuts were used as currency for the purchace of goods until the early part of the twentieth century.

Coconuts are the fruit of the coconut palm, botanically known as cocos nucifera, with nucifera meaning "nut-bearing." The fruit-bearing palms are native to Malaysia, Polynesia and southern Asia, and are now also prolific in South America, India , the Pacific Islands , Hawaii and Florida. The light, fibrous husk allowed it to easily drift on the oceans to other areas to propagate. In Sanskrit, the coconut palm is known as kalpa vriksha, meaning "tree which gives all that is necessary for living," since nearly all parts of the tree can be used in some m anner or another. The coconut itself has many food uses, including milk, meat, sugar and oil as well as functioning as its own dish and cup. The husk was also burned for fuel by natives, but today a seed fibre called coir is taken from the husk and used to make brushes, mats, fishnets, and rope. A very potent fermented toddy or drink is also made from the coconut palm's sap. Coconut oil, a saturated fat made from dried coconut meat, is used for commercial frying and in candies and margarines, as well as in non-edible products such as soaps and cosmetics.

Although it takes up to a year for coconuts to mature, the trees bloom up to thirteen times a year, so fruit is constantly forming yielding a continuous harvest year-round. An average harvest from one tree runs about 60 coconuts, with some trees yielding three times that amount. The coconut's name is a bit of a misnomer, since it is botanically classified as a drupe and not a nut. It is the largest seed known.

If you've ever opened a fresh coconut, you will have seen the thin, opaque almost clear coconut juice or water which has a slight almond flavor. Contrary to popular belief, this is not the coconut milk. However, the water is consumed as a drink fresh from the coconut by many, and it can also be used in recipes.

Here are some more information about Coconut Water -
"It's a natural isotonic beverage, with the same level of electrolytic balance as we have in our blood. It's the fluid of life, so to speak." In fact, during the Pacific War of 1941-45, both sides in the conflict regularly used coconut water - siphoned directly from the nut - to give emergency plasma transfusions to wounded soldiers.

Most coconut water is still consumed fresh in tropical coastal areas - once exposed to air, the liquid rapidly loses most of its organoleptic and nutritional characteristics, and begins to ferment.

• Coconut Water is More Nutritious than whole milk - Less fat and NO cholesterol.
• Coconut Water is More Healthy than Orange Juice - Much lower calories.
• Coconut Water is Better than processed baby milk - It contains lauric acid, which is present in human mother's milk.
• Coconut water is naturally sterile - Water permeates though the filtering husk.
• Coconut water is a universal donor - Its identical to human blood plasma.
• Coconut Water is a Natural Isotonic Beverage - The same level we have in our blood.
• Coconut water has saved lives in 3rd world countries thru Coconut IV.

"Coconut water is the very stuff of Nature, biologically Pure, full of Natural Sugars, Salts, and Vitamins to ward off fatigue and is the next wave of energy drinks BUT natural", according to Mortin Satin, Chielf of the United Nation's Food & Agriculture Organization.
Coconut water contains more potassium (at about 294 mg) than most sports drinks (117 mg) and most energy drinks.

• Coconut water has less sodium (25mg) where sports drinks have around 41mg and energy drinks have about 200 mg.
• Coconut water has 5mg of Natural Sugars where sports and energy drinks range from 10-25mg of Altered Sugars.
• Coconut water is very high in Chloride at 118mg, compared to sports drinks at about 39mg.
  Data is based on a 100ml drink

Love Quotes Collection

• Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle.
• To live without loving is to not really live.
• As you continue to send out love, the energy returns to you in a regenerating spiral. As love accumulates, it keeps your system in balance and harmony. Love is the tool, and more love is the end product.
• Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
• Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you: I had no control over.
• No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
• Harmonizing heart and brain through love is what can establish a complete intelligence, a complete self, where a child can look at life and realize there are no dead ends, there are always possibilities. The greatest gift a parent can give a child during all the ups and downs of life is love.
• The quarrels of lovers are like summer storms. Everything is more beautiful when they have passed.
• Love is like a mustard seed; planted by God and watered by men.
• Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.
• Love is born of faith, Lives on hope, And dies of charity.
• Love is when you're in their arms and everything just fits.
• I don't want to live-- I want to love first, And live incidentally.
• There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
• Love is something eternal, The aspect may change, But not the essence.
• Love is like a thread, slender and frail, but when woven together with another creates a sail which carries the ship of the heart to its sea of endless love, together.
• You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world.
• Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
• You are the brightest part of my day and the warmest part of my night.
• Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.
• I love you simply because it's you..
• When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
• Love is the best medicine, and there is more than enough to go around once you open your heart.
• Love cannot only be found in the good times, but also when are able to stay strong after a storm.
• Our true identity is to love without fear and insecurity. Our higher potential finds us when we set our course in that direction. The power of love and compassion transforms insecurity.
• Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more
  than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner.
• Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall.
• Love is not automatic. It takes conscious practice and awareness, just like playing the piano or golf. However, you have ample opportunities to practice. Everyone you meet can be your practice session.
• We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together.
• Love isn't just for the smart of talented, but for all the amimals God created.
• Lucky is the man who is the first love of a woman, but luckier is the woman who is the last love of a man.
• True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
• Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.
• Love is fire. But whether it's gonna warm your heart or burn your house down you can never tell.
• It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and an day to love someone..
  but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
• There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
• Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.
• In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
• It breaks your heart to see the one you love is happy with someone else, but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.
• If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with.
• Love is like the sun coming out of the clouds and warming your soul.
• Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
• If love is the answer, can you please repeat the question ?
• Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
• To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
• Faith makes all things possible. Love makes them easy.
• Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much perfoms much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
• Love is smiling on the inside and out. Love is a moment that lasts forever.
• To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
• I believe that to truly Love, is the ultimate expression of the will to live. A heart that truly loves is forever young.
• Love isn't blind; it just only sees what matters.
• In all that we do let us do it for love.
• Love makes life so confusing, but without love would you really want to live?
• You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
• Love that is true never grows old.
• Love is friendship set on fire.
• Do you love me because I am beautiful or am I beautiful because I am loved?
• Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
• Love reminds you that nothing else matters.
• Where there is great love there are always miracles.
• Love me now, love me never, but if you love me, love me forever.
• To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
• A Friend's Love says: " If you ever need anything, I'll be there." True Love says: " You'll never need anything; I'll be there."
• Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
• Three things of life that are most valuable - Love, self-confidence & friends.
• Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
• Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
• Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.
• Love is like heaven, but it can hurt like hell.
• Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
• Love is more than a feeling; it's a state of mind.
• He taught me how to love, but not how to stop.
• Love is like a blazing flame, golden and full of warmth.
• In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.
• Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.
• Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notions of time; effaces all memory of beginning, all fear of an end.
• The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you
• We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
• A bell is not a bell until someone rings it, a song is not a song until someone sings it.
• Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
• Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pass the approval test with her parents.
• What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.
• Love wasn't put in the heart to stay, for love isn't love 'til you give it away.
• Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.
• Love is like a piece of art work, even the smallest bit can be so beautiful.
• No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
• Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
• Love is sweet, delicate, dreamy an eternity of gorgeous moments.
• Where there is love, there is God also.
• Romance is the fuel that keeps love burning hot.
• The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
• Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
• Love, The key that unlocks the bars of impossibility.
• Love cures people -- both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
• No matter what, no matter where, it's always home, if love is there.
• Real love is feeling like being a part of that person's life almost isn't enough. It's more like a feeling that you would live in the same skin with them if you could and share every thought, heart beat, and emotion as one.
• One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
• Love is when you look into someone's eyes and see their heart.
• When they asked me what I loved most about life, I smiled and said you.
• Love is something you can't describe like the look of a rose, the smell of the rain, or the feeling of forever.

Dark Eye Circles - Tips

Under Eye Dark Circles - Treatment Tips

Causes-
Dark unsightly circles around the eyes can leave you looking ill, haggard and depressed. While there can be many causes for dark eye circles, the upshot is that you end up looking older than you probably are. Look for ways to camouflage the dark under eye circles. Find out simple home remedies to reduce the dark under eye circles and add sparkle to your eyes.

Dark Eye Circle -
The skin below our eyes is thin and is not as well endowed with oil glands as the rest of the body. Consequently as we age, the skin gets dry and wrinkled. As a result, the veins in the lower eye area appear more prominent. This results in dark circles under the eyes. There are many factors that lead to dark circles.

Heredity – Dark under eye circles are often an inherited trait. Those who are prone to allergies or itchy skin condition are susceptible to dark circles since inflammation and rubbing of eyes can thicken and darken the skin around them. Some food allergies can also cause the area under the eyes to appear darker. Excess folds of skin under the eyes will also make dark circles more pronounced.

Lack of Sleep – Lack of sleep and fatigue can cause the skin to grow wan and pale. This makes blood vessels under the eyes to appear more visible and dark. The paleness that occurs with fatigue, a cold or sinus infection or during menstruation or pregnancy may accentuate the circles under the eyes. Partying all night and smoking can play havoc with your skin and result in dark eye circles.

Bone Structure – Deep set eyes may have a tendency to develop dark shadows under them. In fair-skinned persons, dark eyes become more obvious.

Sun Exposure – Increased exposure to the sun can draw pigmentation the skin’s surface and create dark circles.

Medication – Drugs that cause blood vessels to dilate may result in darkening circles around the eyes.

Nutrition – Dark circle around the eyes can be the result of poor nutrition.

Hormonal Changes – Since the skin undergoes changes during pregnancy and menstruation, you may notice darkening of the circles under the eyes.

Combat Dark Eye Circles -
Combat dark circles under your eyes with simple tips:

1. Drink nearly 10 glasses of water everyday.
2. Ensure that you get good rest and adequate sleep.
3. Eat vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin A.
4. Consume a nutritionally balanced diet.

Tips 1: Grate 2' piece of cucumber. Squeeze through a muslin cloth and extract the juice. Dip cotton pads in this and place on eyelids. Relax for 15 minutes.
Tips 2: Take 1 tspn Tomato pulp,1 pinch of Turmeric powder ½ tspn of limejuice and 1 tspn of gram flour. Make a paste and apply gently. Remove gently with moist cotton pads after ½ an hour.
Tips 3: Soak 2 Almonds overnight. Peel and grind to a smooth paste. Add a few drops of limejuice to this Apply for 20-25 minutes. This should be followed daily and gradually after 2 weeks, every 3rd day and finally when the difference is visible, to once aeek. A paste of Almonds can be stored in a clean bottle in the 'fridge.
Tips 4: Apply a paste made by crushing a handful of Mint leaves.

• Dip wads of cotton in a chilled mixture of cucumber and potato juice. Keep this on your eyelids for 15 to 20 minutes and gently wash it off. Apply a little baby oil.
• For long eyelashes, apply a thin coat of castor oil every night. It strengthens lashes and cools your eyes.
• Massage a few drops of coconut oil around the eyes to get rid off dark circles.
• To reduce puffiness of your eyes, grate a potato; tie in a cloth and place the cloth over your eyes for about 15 minutes.
• Add a small pinch of salt in water and wash for bright and sparkling eyes.
• Mix tomato juice and lemon juice in equal quantity and apply around the eyes. After 30 minutes wash it off with cold and hot water alternatively.
• Make a paste of sandal wood and nutmeg. Apply the paste around the eyes before sleeping and wash it off in the morning.
• Crush a cucumber and take the juice. Add a little rose water and apply around the eyes and wash it after 30 minutes.
• Place cotton wool swabs dipped in cold milk on closed eyes for removing dark circles.

Treatments & Remedies -

1. Dark Circles can be removed by applying peeled and grated potato overnight at least three times a week.
2. Make cotton pads and dip them in cucumber juice. Place on your eyes for 15 minutes. The effect is cooling and relaxes your eyes.
3. Massaging eyes with almond oil is of great help. Massage at bed time daily, and in two weeks you will see the difference.
4. Dark circles can be removed by doing pranayam daily for at least five minutes.
5. Pressing the mount below index finger of the palm is good for eyesight and removing dark circles.
6. When stressed, keep your eyes covered with cucumber slices for some time.
7. Dip cotton balls in rose water and keep for 5-10 minutes. Drink as much water as you can drink.
8. Dip cotton balls in chilled water and keep for 5-10 minutes on the eyes.
9. Take a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and avoid reading late at night, lying down.
10. Every morning, after washing your face, gently apply mixture of equal parts of tomato and lime juice; wash after half an hour.
11. Alternate hot and cold compresses under your eyes for 10 minutes. Then apply a teaspoon of almond oil mixed with half teaspoon of lime juice on the dark surface every night before going to bed.
12. For cooling effect to eyes paste of the herb nutmeg (Jaiphala) made with milk may be applied all around the eyes and over the eyelids.

Home Remedies - Probably the most popular home remedy for dark eye circles is to apply slices of raw potato or cucumber over the eyelids for about 15 minutes. Grated raw potato wrapped in cheesecloth can also be used. Potatoes contain catecholase, an enzyme that is used as a skin lightener in many cosmetics. You can apply freshly grated cucumber or the resultant juice over the eyes to lighten the area. Almonds are considered excellent skin food and it is believed that a paste of almonds applied over the eyes for about 10 minutes can go a long way in reducing dark under eye bags. Alternatively you can apply rich almond oil under the eyes. Vitamin E or olive oil is also regularly used in treating dark circles around the eyes. Another popular home remedy for dark eye circles is to place cool, used tea bags on the tired eyes. Applying crushed mint leaves around the eyes can also reduce dark circles.

Creams - Topical creams that have Vitamin K derivatives are prescribed for reducing dark eye circles. Antioxidant products containing Vitamins C and E are known to stimulate fibroblast activity in the dermal layer and help firm up the skin. This can greatly reduce baggy eyes that are dark and sagging. Over-the-counter products containing kinetin or AHA are available for regular use to reduce severe under eye circles. Chemical peels may be effective in reducing chronic dark eye circles.

Makeup - Using an under eye concealer is the best way to hide the unsightly dark circles. Do not choose a shade that is much lighter than your skin tone else it will accentuate the baggy dark circles. Dab concealer gently under the eyes and blend it with the foundation. The inner corner of your eye is usually the darkest part, so ensure that it is well concealed. Rev up your tired looking eyes with gold-based concealers. Avoid mascara and eyeliner to the lower lashes for fear of drawing attention to the dark under eye circles.