USEFUL HOME REMEDIES FOR GENERAL AILMENTS
Along with herbs and plant medicines, these home remedies can cure several diseases.
TOOTHACHE
• A paste made of finely ground leaves of Basil should be warmed a little and applied to the aching tooth.
• Ginger ground into a paste with a pinch of salt also relieves toothache.
• Applying clove oil is also effective.
• Brush your teeth with dried, powdered leaves of Basil to strengthen gums and prevent pain and pyorrhoea.
• Brush your teeth after each meal to keep away dental problems.
• Avoid chewing tobacco, pan-masala and other similar items to avoid early decay.
• Wash and dry Margosa leaves; grind them to a fine powder. Sprinkle this powder over the toothpaste before brushing your teeth. You will never have complaints of tooth decay or any mouth disease.
BLEEDING GUMS
• Take lemon juice in a glass of water daily for 3-4 days. Also, gargle with salt.
• Sprinkle powdered Turmeric and henna over the oozing blood. This will stop the flow of blood immediately.
CONSTIPATION
• The best way to deal with constipation is to change food habits. Milk-boiled vegetables, fruits and their juices should be taken in large quantities, together with foods containing a lot of roughage and fibrous.
• ten gms of Senna leaves and five gms of aniseed should be boiled in a cup of water with sugar, then strained and drunk before retiring for the night.
• Half a litre of milk mixed with 50 gms of khand taken at night will give relief.
• Another remedy is eating 40 gms of Gulkand with milk daily.
• If these remedies fail to give relief, six gms of the rind of hair should be finely powdered and mixed with a little lukewarm water and salt be taken.
• Take them ka saag during the season to eliminate obstinate constipation.
FOR MALARIA
Basil 10 leaves
Bhang 5 leaves
Kali-mirch 10-15 pieces
Grind the above mixture into a paste and make pea-size pellets. Dry it in a shake. Two bullets three times a day.
FOR NAUSEA
• Neebu-plane at the time of nausea will be helpful.
• Soft cucumber should be eaten gradually to eliminate obstinate nausea.
FOR PURIFYING BLOOD
A plant commonly called Mundi, its aqueous extract (one cup) daily purifies the blood.
FOR ANGINA AND ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE
1. Pushkarmula, 2. Arjun, 3. Kut, 4. Proshnaparini, 5. Guggulu Above plants are equally powdered, and 10gms powder is left overnight in a cup of water and taken in the morning.
FEVER-HEADACHE-BODYACHE-MALARIA
Chiraita 5 leaves
Margosa leaves five leaves
Basil 10 leaves
Lemon Grass 5 leaves
Black pepper 10-15 pieces
Mix all, boil and strain; add sugar to taste. Take half cup 3 times a day.
DYSENTERY-TENUSMUS-DIARRHOEA
Grind the whole plant of Duddhi in water. Strained water extract (half cup) gives quick relief if taken 2-3 times daily.
FOR COLD
Basil 10 leaves
Honey 2 tsp
• Make a paste of leaves and mix with honey. Taken in the morning, it will keep our cold and cough away and help bring down blood pressure.
• Drink plenty of lime juice daily as lime’s ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) content helps heal wounds quickly and maintains your teeth. Also, the benefits keep hair, nails and complexion in good condition and guard against catching colds.
ECZEMA
• Apply garlic juice and lemon juice to the affected part. It will clear the fungus infection.
• Eczema-Fungus infection of nails, hands and feet will be cleared with henna (use continuously for a week). Avoid excess indulgence in water.
• The use of Basil leaves and lemon juice on the infected part will also cure eczema.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Garlic 5 cloves
Basil 5 leaves
Honey 4 tsp
Make a paste of the above ingredients and eat it once in the morning without taking anything.
• Eat two bananas daily to balance excess sodium in the body. Banana contains enough potassium to cut all effects of sodium (we use it as common salt).
STOMACH UPSETS
Basil 5 leaves
Ginger Few pieces
Black Pepper 10-15 pieces
Boil this material. Strain and drink 2-3 times (half a cup).
COUGH
• Dip pieces of one medium size onion in 10 ml of pure honey and leave it overnight. Remove the details and take one spoonful of juice three times a day.
CUTS/WOUNDS
• Sprinkle powdered henna
• Sprinkle powdered Turmeric.
ARTHRITIS/GOUT
• Boil mustard oil (10 ml) with one moderate pack of Garlic bulbs; apply on the affected parts 3-4 times daily.
• Massage with camphor oil 3-4 times daily on the affected parts.
• Apply warm mustard oil on the affected parts during bed rest and cover them with Dhatura leaves overnight. Keep doing it for 15 days. Repeat as per need.
• Massage with Turpentine oil/Eucalyptus oil 3-4 times daily on the affected part. Cover that portion with a wet towel and gradually pour hot water (not very hot) from the kettle on it. Great relief.
FOR BODY RESISTANCE TO DISEASE
If taken regularly, a mixture of Triphla and herb goya (1:1) makes the person immune to illness.
TO STOP OOZING BLOOD
Sprinkle turmeric powder, flowing of blood will be stopped.
SCANTY HOARSE VOICE
Sprinkle common salt on the small pieces of ginger. Take the details gradually, one by one.
SCANTY EYEBROW
Put a little warm castor oil on scanty eyebrows. This will enhance their growth.
HAIR GROWTH
• Extract the juice of the aloe-vera plant and rub it into your scalp. This ensures the healthy development of hair.
• For glowing hair, grind a few whole green grams, lemon peels, a handful of curry leaves and a few rights to a paste and apply to the hair before washing off.
An excellent hair tonic is a mixture of almond, olive, and castor oil in equal proportions.
INSECT BITE
To cure an insect bite, apply any balm on it. It will relieve you of the itchy sensation.
KIDNEYS
Dry Basil seeds and grind them with an equal quantity of sugar. One spoonful of this powder, taken every morning, is suitable for kidneys.
SORE THROAT
Drink tea with a pinch of pepper to relieve a bad throat.
SKIN
Banana is a natural skin whitener. Mash a ripe banana and apply it on the face and neck, and your tan colour will fade.
HICCUPS
Roast some peppercorns and breathe deeply. Your hiccups will stop at once.
DYSENTERY
A tsp of fenugreek seeds in a glass of lukewarm water will bring relief immediately.
LIVER
To maintain your liver in good condition, eat a refrigerated pineapple slice dipped in honey twice a day.
INSECTS
• Place Margosa leaves in your books to prevent insects from attacking them.
• Burn Margosa leaves in the courtyard or garden to keep mosquitoes away.
NOSE
Stop nose-bleeds by putting a few drops of pomegranate juice into your nostrils.
LIPS
Massage your lips with coriander leaf juice for soft and rosy results.
EYES
• Place cotton wool swabs dipped in cold milk on closed eyes to soothe the eye and remove dark circles.
• Triphala soaked in water overnight, then boiled and filtered. The filtrate is to be applied to the eyes along with rose water.
COUGH
If suffering from a nagging cough or chest congestion, boil three cups of water with two fresh betel leaves and four crushed peppercorns until the water is reduced to half. Strain and drink it every morning and night with a teaspoon of honey added to it.
MEDICINAL VALUE OF BASIL LEAVES
• To immediately relieve a toothache, take two basil leaves, a grain of salt and a pinch of pepper powder and press them against the affected tooth.
• Mix equal quantities of basil juice, honey, and carum seed juice and drink on an empty stomach if you cough.
TEA
Tea is a beautiful drink. Brew your tea slowly; the anti-oxidants take 3-4 minutes to enter the water. Anti-oxidants delay ageing.
MOTION SICKNESS
Chewing a couple of cloves while travelling will relieve motion sickness.
HIGH B.P.
If you are suffering from high blood pressure, try this remedy. Boil two cups water with 10-15 basil leaves, a few peppercorns and a little sugar. Strain and drink it thrice a day.
TOOTHACHE
Take one tsp of ginger juice, a little edible camphor, honey, and a pinch of salt. Heat the mixture for a second and apply it to the aching tooth. You will get immediate relief.
SORE THROAT
Powder peppercorns and basil leaves and dry them in the shade. Use this powder to make black tea.
HAIR LOSS
Don’t throw away lemon rinds, orange peels and pomegranate skin. Just dry them in the sun and grind them to a fine powder. Mix this powder in coconut oil and apply it to your hair to prevent hair loss and for glossy hair.
ACIDITY AND INDIGESTION
Dry roast one tsp of cumin and carum seeds in a pan. Add one cup of water and boil till it is reduced to half its quantity. Strain and add sugar to taste. Drink one teaspoon for relief from acidity and indigestion.
NAUSEA AND STOMACH AILMENTS
After each meal, eat a slice of fresh ginger to protect yourself from stomach ailments. For immediate relief from nausea, chew salted dry ginger sticks.
STOMACH UPSETS
For quick relief from an upset stomach, chew a spoonful of carum seeds) with little black salt.
COUGH, NAUSEA AND VOMITING
Take half a cup of onion juice mixed with two tsp of honey to relieve cough, nausea and vomiting.
TOXICITY
To check if mushrooms are poisonous, boil them in water along with a few garlic flakes. If the water turns black, they are toxic.
ENURESIS (PASSING URINE AT NIGHT)
Chewing one tsp of black sesame seeds before bed is a sure-shot treatment for such a problem.
MALNUTRITION
Banana is a complete food. It has all the ingredients necessary for the body’s nutrition, growth and strength. So, it is especially recommended for children and older adults. But it causes slight constipation, so it should be taken with black pepper and salt.
HABITUAL ABORTION
Grind fresh flowers of Pomegranate (2g) to a fine paste. Add a little water and filter it. Add sugar to taste in the filtrate and use it in the morning and evening (taking two gms. flower each time) for three days.
NAUSEA/BILE
Tamarind juice cools liver/bile and checks nausea and vomiting, especially in summer. 5gms ripe tamarind fruit dipped in water for ½ hour; after that, it is masticated in water and seeds are thrown out. The remaining water containing imli is taken in the afternoon with sugar.
DROPSY-LIVER INFLAMMATION
Ground leaves of Kasondi (1g) and black pepper (7) together in water and filtered. Filtrate is to be taken morning and evening for one week (each same time quantity)
FOR ALL KINDS OF FEVER
Giloy (Guruch) one gram is powdered and dipped in water. Water is strained and divided into two doses. Mix each amount with a spoonful of sugar and take it morning and evening. Better if carum (250 mg.) is also added to Gilo.
FACE CREAM
Besan ½ Cup
Turmeric Powder 1 tsp
Mustard Oil ½ to ½ Cup
Apply all these materials to a semi-solid paste on the face. It will bring a marvellous glow to the skin. It can be used on hands and legs also.
CATARACT
Tobacco leaves 1 gram
Castor oil 4 grams
Mix this material to an excellent paste and keep it in a small bottle. Apply it to the eyes daily.
COUGH
White Pepper 1 gram
Misri 250 mg
Grind these items to an excellent powder. Now mix it with one tsp Malai and take it bit by bit instead of licking it gradually.
FEVER
Mix an equal number of Basil, Margosa and Lemon grass leaves plus 7-10 black pepper. Boil it like making tea. Strain the water and drink ¾ times a day.
GAS-GIDDINESS
Coriander powder 1 gram
Khand 250 mg
Mix both the materials in the said ratio and keep them in a container; use a tsp after each meal with water.
PILES
While going to the toilet, put a medium piece of Alum in water. Use this water after the bathroom. Repeat till relief.
DIARRHOEA-INDIGESTION-GAS
Fennel and Coriander are to be mixed in equal proportion and powdered, adding a small amount of Misri or Khandis. 2 tsp will be taken morning and evening. This will stop diarrhoeaindigestion-gas formation and is helpful to the eyes.
EYESIGHT
One small piece of Turmeric is kept in the lemon, and when it dries, it is taken out and put in the second fresh lemon; when it dries, it is further supported in the third and fourth lemons. Now, Turmeric is ground with 1-2 drops of water and applied on the eyes with the help of a glass slide for 7-10 days or as needed.
CHOLERA
Mix powdered red pepper with honey and prepare fine small pellets (equal to ½ pea size). Use two shots when the patient feels extreme weakness. It will bring dramatic relief in 2-3 days.
DOG-BITE
Add mustard oil on that part in the dog bite, and then pack it with red pepper powder. It will check the disease from spreading even if the dog is rabid.
ABORTION
Tender leaves of Babool 2 gms
Water 2 Cups
Boil it so that water becomes a cup. Strain, and add Misri to taste. Use this 2 – 3 days once a day to check for abortion.
DANDRUFF
Add a few drops of eucalyptus oil to the henna mixture before applying it to the hair if you want dark copper colour. This also helps to get rid of dandruff and leaves hair shiny.
TOOTHACHE
Press a little turmeric powder into the tooth for instant relief from severe toothache.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
To control high blood pressure, mix equal quantities of onion juice and honey and take one tsp daily in the morning.
DIARRHOEA
• A strong cup of unsweetened black tea is effective in stopping diarrhoea.
• Another quick remedy is to peel the apple and shred it. Keep the shredded pieces on a plate for approx. Twenty minutes until they turn brown, and then eat them.
CONSTIPATION
Eat a few liquorice sticks. One of its many properties is that it is a natural laxative.
CATARRH
To get rid of congestion, mix a tsp of vinegar in a glass of warm water and sip frequently.
COUGHS
First, cut an onion or several flakes of garlic into thin slices. Cover the pieces with honey and leaves for two to three hours. Drink a spoonful of the resulting juice throughout the day.
SMELLY FEET
Soak your feet in strong tea for 20 minutes daily until the smell disappears. To prepare the footbath, brew two tea bags in 500 ml water for 15 minutes and pour the tea into a basin containing two litres of cool water.
WHITE SPOT ON SKIN
Eat Bathuey ka sag daily during the season asm of bread or vegetable and use its juice over spots at least 2-3 times daily. Eat Anjir regularly for a month.
(Note: If it is senseless, it could be leprosy, then do not use this prescription)
FOR VIGOUR
Onion juice 2 tsp
Honey 2 tsp
Ginger juice 1 tsp
To be taken twice, morning and evening, for 10-15 days.
FOR VIGOUR AND STRENGTH
Onion juice 2 tsp
Honey 2 tsp
Desi-ghee 2 tsp
Egg yolk 1 tsp
Mix the above materials and warm them on a flame. Add Misri and take it once in the morning for 15 days.