if you mash a banana and apply it to a burn on your body, it will have a cooling effect and blisters too won't be formed.

Come winter and everybody is faced with the problem of dry, taut and acratchy skin. It's a natural phenomenon. Some of the causes of dry and parched skin are : hereditary, not enough supply of lubrication by glands, deficiency of Vitamin A and B, exposure to harsh winter cold or sun, extreme in temperatures, over use of chemical cosmetics, excessive bathing, poor diet and nutritional supplements, skin problems, mal functioning of thyroid gland, diabetic condition etc.

Some remedies :-
- To treat extremely dry skin, take a tablespoon of honey, mix it into a mashed banana. Apply it on the skin, leave on for 10 minutes and wash off.

- Take 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of honey, half a teaspoon of olive oil and a few drops of rose water and mix all the ingredients thoroughly and use as a mask.

- Take 1 cup of milk and add 1 tablespoon of Badam (almond) oil and add the mixture to a small tub of warm water to prepare a milk bath. Milk bath nourishes your skin from dryness.

Eat a plantain (soft yellow banana) or a thick slice of papaya fruit before going to bed at night. This will ease up the bowel movement in the mornings.