Cough and Cold
(Irritation in the chest & throat, headache etc.)
1-2 gm powder of equal parts of black pepper (kali mirch) long pepper (pippali) and dry ginger (sonth) with honey, 2-3 times a day.
or
Paste of one segment of bulb of garlic (lasuna), boiled in water with 5-10 gm sugar, twice a day
or
1-2 gm powder of fried turmeric (haldi) with honey, thrice a day.
Vomiting
(White, yellow or green coloured frothy vomiting, drowsiness etc.).
Powder of fried seeds of 1-2 cardamom (ilaichi) with honey, thrice a day.
or
Lemon (nimbu) juice 5-10 ml. mixed with water and a pinch of salt, 2-3 times a day.
or
3 ml. lime juice mixed with sugar at one hour intervals.
Abdominal Pain
(pain around naval)
Powder of ajowa fruits (ajwain), 1 gm with lukewarm water, 2-3 times, at one hour intervals.
or
Paste of pinch of asafoetida (heeng) with lukewarm water to be applied on and around naval area.
Diarrhoea
(frequent watery stool)
Take pulp of bael (wood apple), 2-3 gm twice daily.
or
5-10 gm. powder/paste of rind of pomegranate (dadim) twice a day with honey.
or
Powder of nutmeg (jaiphal), 125 mg - 250 mg with lukewarm water, 2-3 times a day.
Constipation
Paste of Chebulic myrobalan (harad) with black salt, thrice daily.
or
Isabgol husk 3-5 gm., with milk at bed time.
or
Raisin (munakka) and Chebulic myrobalan, 2 gm. each, with milk at bedtime.
Cough
(Dry frequent cough, pain in chest, headache, hoarseness of voice etc.)
2-3 cloves (laung) fried in clarified butter (ghee) and chewed.
or
1/2 gm powder of Long Pepper (pippali) mixed with rock salt twice daily, with hot water.
or
Powder of equal parts of long pepper (pippali) and dry ginger (sonth) 5 gm with honey, twice daily.
or
5 gm. powder of equal parts of black pepper (kali mirch) dry ginger (sonth) and sugar mixed with butter/ghee, twice daily.
Toothache
Cotton soaked in clove (laung) oil, be placed near painful teeth.
or
Put black pepper/clove/ajowa fruits (ajwain) in mouth.
Earache
Instil warm juice of ginger (adrak) 2-4 drops in the ear, twice a day.
or
Instil warm juice of radish (mooli) 2-4 drops, twice a day.
Instil 2-4 drops of warm juice of garlic (lasuna) in the ear, twice a day.
Common Colds with Fever
(low temperature, feeling of warmth, pain in body and loss of perspiration)
Decoction of 2-3 gm powder of ginger (adrak), black pepper (kali mirch), long pepper (pippali), liquorice (mulethi) in equal quantity and 7 leaves of tulsi (Indian basil) 2-3 times a day.
or
Decoction of 30 gm coriander fruits (dhania) in 100 ml. of water and sugar, once a day in the morning.
or
1 gm powder of long pepper (pippali) with 5-10 gm. of honey, three times a day.
or
Boil 5 gm of dried ginger, in 1 litre of water, to be taken 2-3 times a day.
or
2 gm powder of dried ginger, mix with 3 gm jaggery, twice a day.
or
A pinch of asafoetida (heeng) in 1 table spoon of warm water, 2-3 times a day.
or
3 gm ajowa fruits (ajwain), 1 gm. of salt, with warm water, two times a day.
Low backache/Joint Pain (pain in joints and waist region)
Boil 5 gm dry ginger (sonth) in 50 ml of water and reduce to 20 ml. Mix with 5-10 ml of castor (arand) oil, thrice daily.
or
10-20 ml of castor (arand) oil with warm water/milk at bed time.
or
Fried fenugreek (methi) seeds (1 tablespoon) with milk, twice daily.
Weights and Measures
5 gm. = Teaspoon full (TSF)
5 ml. = Teaspoon full (TSF)
125 ml. = 1/2 Glass of water
Decoction: It is a process in which the ingredients are boiled in 4 times of water and reduced to 1/4, the same is taken like tea.
Disclaimer:-This is not a medical advise. If the problem is severe , consult a Physician. This article is only for the informative purpose
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