Piles
- White radish mixed with honey and a teaspoonful of ghee everyday acts
as a good cure.
- Harir fruit acts as a good laxative and is highly astringent.
It helps those suffering from chronic piles.
- A few drops of latex of the banyan,
fig or silk cotton tree mixed in milk and taken daily helps to cure bleeding piles.
Hiccups - Frighten the person who has hiccups
in order to stop them.
- Gulping down cold water helps relieve stomach irritation
and stops hiccups.
- Close the nostrils firmly and hold breadth as long as possible
in order to stop hiccups.
- Licking down a teaspoonful of dry sugar pressing
the sides of the neck with the thumbs.
Common Cold - A glass of dilute limejuice prepared
in warm water with a teaspoonful of honey acts as an ideal remedy for cold and
cough.
- For severe cold, running nose and sneezing, betel leaf juice with 1
teaspoonful of honey serves well if taken thrice a day.
- Garlic soup and pepper
rasam decrease severity of cold.
- For grown-ups suffering from cold and feverishness,
add six pepper seeds, finely powdered to a glass of warm water and 6 pieces of
batasha. Take this drink at night for a few days to see the effect.
- When little
infants have nose and eyes running, apply red tile paste over the child's forehead
and temples.
- Another common remedy for infants is to add ½ teaspoonful of
turmeric powder and a spoonful ajwain to a cup of boiling water. Put off the fire
and allow it to cool. Give an ounce of this decoction, sweetened with a little
honey thrice a day.
- Cut ladies' finger into pieces, put it in a pint of water
and boil to get a decoction. Inhale its steam in order to get relieved from throat
irritation and dry cough.
Irritant Cough, Cold and Flu - For a dry cough,
take a teaspoonful of honey once or twice a day for a few days.
- Fresh frothing
cow's milk as it comes out of the udder taken on empty stomach helps cure chronic
dry cough.
- About ½ teaspoonful of fresh, pure turmeric powder in an ounce
of warm milk is a useful prescription for cough and cold.
- White radish juice
sweetened with a teaspoonful of honey taken always keeps cold at bay.
Sore Throat - Tea gargles heal inflammation and prevents
recurrent sore throat and tonsillitis.
- To relieve irritation or pain in the
throat, gargle with warm water boiled with tulsi leaves.
- Palm candy bits or
sugar-candy pieces must be sucked when suffering from throat inflammation.
Fever - In fever states, light coffee and tea serve
as useful beverages to bring down fever.
- In order to reduce fever, boil equal
quantities of parwal leaves and fresh coriander leaves to get a decoction. One
-two ounces of mixture thrice a day.
- Liberal intake of rice starch in fever
acts as a diuretic increasing urination and also acts as a nourishing drink.
- A
decoction of the roots and leaves of the lotus and the petals if available makes
a home remedy for bringing down fever due to any cause.
Earache - For infants with a severe earache, peel
a couple of garlic cloves, put them in an iron ladle with a tablespoon of groundnut
oil and warm the oil over fire till the oil turns brown with charred garlic. Filter
and cool this oil and pour a few drops into the infant's ear.
- Garlic and neem
oils are popular remedies for curing infection and inflammation of the ear.
- If
there is nothing handy, collect a few drops of the baby's urine and instill a
drop or two in the baby's ear. Repeat after few hours.
- For chronic discharging
ears, collect limejuice and filter it free of any particles. Then leave it in
a coloured bottle exposed to the sun for few days. Few drops instilled in the
ear twice or thrice a day for a few weeks will bring complete cure.
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