Home Remedies

Acne

Grated cucumber applied over the face, eyes and neck for fifteen minutes is very much beneficial for acne and blackheads.

Asthma

Take a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste. This mixture acts as a excellent expectorant in the treatment of asthma.

Backache

Garlic is the most important home remedy for backache. Two or three cloves should be taken , grained and mixed with sesame oil. This mixed rubbed on back will give excellent result for backache.

Bad Breath

Wash your mouth with lime juice mixed with water. This will prevent bad breath.

Bleeding external

Apply ice cube or sandalwood paste.

Bleeding internal

Drink a glass of warm milk with a 1/2 teaspoon of saffron & turmeric powder.

Boils

Betel leaves are a valuable remedy for boils. A leaf is gently warmed till it becomes soft. Apply this on effected area with a layer of castor oil.

Burns

Add coconut oil to the paste of fresh gel of aloe vera blended with a pinch of turmeric Powder and apply.

Cold

Boil teaspoonful of ginger powder or eucalyptus leaves in one quart of water & inhale the steam. Congested nose? Apply eucalyptus oil to the sides of your nose! Or inhale a pinch of calamus root powder in each nostril !

Constipation

Don't forget to take in a glass of hot milk with a teaspoon of clarified butter at bedtime. Or Drink a glass of boiled water with one teaspoon of flax seed.

Cough

Add a pinch of salt with two pinches of turmeric powder to one glass of warm water and gurgle. Or chew a clove with a piece of rock candy. Take basil decoction or basil juice with honey.

If your cough has been troubling you for long, try this : Take a half teaspoonful of ginger powder, a pinch of clove with a pinch of cinnamon powder and honey in a cup of boiled water and drink it as tea.

Ear ache

Use 3 drops of garlic oil in your affected ear. Make a mixture of a teaspoon full of onion juice with a half teaspoon of honey. And use 5 to 10 drops into affected ear.

Ears (ringing)

Use 3 drops of clove oil in your effected ear.

Exhaustion (heat)

Consume a glass of coconut water or grape juice. Or Churn out a juice of three dates with eight ounces of water and drink.

Eyes burning

Apply castor oil to the soles of the feet. Or put 3 drops of pure rose water into the affected eye. Apply aloe Vera gel on eye.

Gas

Consume a cup of water with a pinch of baking soda & lemon juice.

Gums (bleeding)

Massage the gums lightly with coconut oil. Squeeze a half lemon into a cup of water and drink.

Headache

Dilute a paste of ginger powder (half teaspoon) with water & apply to the Forehead. A burning sensation may persist. But it's not harmful.
Temporal headaches:
It's related to Kapha. Hence apply ginger paste to the forehead and Sinuses.
Occipital headaches:
It is because of the aggravated Pitta in the stomach. Make tea with cumin & coriander seeds in a cup of hot water & consume it. Also apply a sandalwood paste to the temples
Sinus headaches:
Indicate toxins in the colon. Take one teaspoon of flax seed at bedtime With a glass of warm milk. At the same time, apply ginger paste behind the ears.