Home Remedies

Home Remedies

 ACIDITY

• Chew 4-5 holy basil (tulsi) leaves to get rid of gas and nausea.
• Pumpkin juice ( 60 -120 gm) taken with sugar helps to get relief from acidity.
• Mix 2 teaspoonful of natural apple cider vinegar & 2 teaspoonful honey in a glass of water and take before meals to prevent acidity.

ACNE

• Applying Aloe Vera juice twice a day helps to get rid of acne.
• Mix 3 tablespoons of honey with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder and prepare a paste.Apply it on the pimples and wash your face after 1 hour with lukewarm water.Follow this for 2 weeks and pimples will start diminishing rapidly.
• Take some crushed garlic cloves and rub them on the face twice a day.

ASTHMA

• Honey is the best home remedy for asthma. Hold a jug of honey under the nose of an asthma patient and as soon as he starts inhaling the air that comes into contact with it,breathing becomes deeper and easier for him.
• Mix a teaspoon ginger juice into a bowl full of fenugreek decoction along with honey.Take this mixture twice a day.
• 10 cloves of garlic, boiled in 40 ml of milk should he taken once daily by the asthma patient.

ALCOHOLISM

• Regular intake of Apples helps to get rid of intoxication and reduces thirst for wines or any other type of liquor.
• Mix 3-4 dates in half a glass of water and take this drink 2 times daily for a whole month.
• Juice from the leaves of butter gourd is the best home remedy for alcohol intoxication.Take 3 teaspoons of the juice with a glass of butter milk every morning for a month.

COMMON COLD

• Mix half a teaspoon of honey with half a teaspoon of ginger juice and take 3 times a day.
• A very effective remedy for common cold and throat irritation is Turmeric. Mix half a teaspoon turmeric powder in 40 ml of warm milk, and take once or twice daily.
• Garlic soup should be taken once daily. For preparing this soup boil 3-4 cloves of chopped garlic in a cup of water.

COUGH

• Almonds are the best source of relief in case of dry coughs. Take 7 kernels(Shelled almonds) and soak them in water overnight and then remove the brown skin to prepare a fine paste. 20 grams each of butter & sugar is then added to the paste. Take this paste daily 2 times.
• Prepare a mixture of 3 tablespoon lemon juice, 1cup of honey and 1/4 cup of warm water .Take 2 tablespoon of this mixture daily.
• Mix half a teaspoon of turmeric powder with 40 ml of warm milk and take it two times daily.

DIABETES

• The most popular home remedy for diabetes is the bitter gourd(karela). Eat this vegetable frequently and have at least 1 tablespoon of bitter gourd juice daily to minimize the sugar level in blood and urine.
• Another effective remedy is the seed of Fenugreek(Methi). Fenugreek seeds should be taken in doses of 25 gm to 100 gm daily, to degrade reactive hyperglycaemia.
• Amla(Indian Gooseberry), the rich source of vitamin C is very helpful in controlling diabetes.A teaspoon of Amla juice mixed with a cup full of bitter gourd juice when taken daily for 1 month enables pancreas to secrete insulin.

HEADACHE

• Squeeze the juice of 3-4 lemon slices in a cup of tea.Drink this cup to cure headache rapidly.
• Flowers of henna acts as an excellent remedy for headaches due to hot sun. The flowers should be dipped in vinegar and applied to the forehead.
• Cinnamon cures the headaches caused by cold air. This spice should be grounded well to prepare a fine paste by mixing it with water. Apply it over the temples and forehead to get relief.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

• A tablespoon each of fresh Amla juice and honey mixed together should be taken every morning to maintain the blood pressure.
• Fresh juice of mainly carrot and spinach, taken separately or in mixed form,is very beneficial case of high blood pressure. When taken in combination, 400 ml of carrot juice and 300 ml of spinach juice should be mixed to make mixture of 700 ml and it should be taken daily. When taken separately, 1 glass should be 2 times a day.
• Potatoes, mainly in boiled form, are very effective for lowering the blood pressure.

JAUNDICE

• Best home remedy for jaundice is the radish leaves. The leaves should be mashed and then their juice should be extracted through a cloth. Half a litre of this juice should he taken daily for 10-12 days.
• Mix 1 glass of fresh sugarcane juice with the juice of half a lime, and take 2 times a day to recover quickly from jaundice
• A glass full of tomato juice, along with a pinch of salt and black pepper, should be taken early in the morning to cure jaundice.

LOW BLOOD PRESSURE

• Drink a cup of beetroot juice twice daily in case of low blood pressure.A satisfactory improvement can be seen in a week or two.
• Salt is very helpful to cure low blood pressure.The patient should eat salty foods and half a teaspoon of salt in water daily until his blood pressure reaches to normal level.
• Hot Epsom salt bath is one of the simplest home remedy for maintaing the blood pressure.It is prepared by dissolving 1-2 kg of Epsom Salt in an ordinary bath of hot water. One should remain immersed in the bath for 10 to 20 minute.Take this bath just before going to bed.

MALARIA

• Grapefruit is considered to be very helpful remedy in curing malaria and should be eaten daily. A substance that resembles quinine can be extracted from the grapefruit by boiling a quarter of a it and straining its pulp.
• Cinnamon is another valuable remedy.One teaspoon powdered cinnamon should be boiled in a glass of water with a little bit of honey and pepper powder.It should be taken regularly for 10-15 days.
• Alum(Fhitkari) also helps to cure malaria.Roast it over a hot plate and then prepare its powder.Half a teaspoon should be taken in the interval of 2 hours.

MEASLES

• Oranges play a vital role as a home remedy for measles.Lack of saliva coats in the patient�s tongue often destroys his desire for food and water. The orange juice helps in overcoming these drwabacks.
• Turmeric is another beneficial ingredient in treatment of measles. Roots of turmeric must be kept in the hot sun to get dried then it should be grounded to make it in powdered form. Take half a teaspoon of this powder along with a few drops of honey and bitter gourd juice.
• Lemon juice also play an effective thirst-quenching role in measles. About 20 to 35 ml of lemon juice,with water, should be taken.

MIGRAINE

• Grapes(specially riped) are an effective home remedy. Crush ripe grapes and drink(don�t add any water in it)
• Juice of carrot when combined with cucumber,spinach and beetroot juices makes a good remedy for treatment of migrane.Mix spinach and carrot juice in the ratio of 2:3 respectively.Alternately mix beetroot juice and carrot juice in the ratio of 1:3 respectively.
• Lemon crusts can also help in providing relief from migraine. Crush lemon crust to prepare a paste,then apply it on forehead.

NASAL CONGESTION

• Put leaves of eaucalyptus on steaming water. Place your nose just under that hot steam. The leaves and steam will be very helpful in your nasal congestion.
• A very old and effective home remedy for nasal congestion is hot chicken soup.
• Saline sprays can also be used to get rid of nasal congestion.We can make saline sprays at home by combining water,salts and baking soda.Boil these three together and store the liquid in a safe container.

OBESITY

• Lime juice+honey water is very accurate home remedy in the case of obesity.Mix a teaspoon of honey with juice created by half a lime along with water and take this mixture in regular intervals.
• Trifala,has been proved as an excellent remedy for reducing weight and obesity.
• Take 1 or 2 riped tomatoes instead of breakfast.This should be followed regularly for a couple of months.

PILES

• The most effective remedy for piles is the White radish.Grated radish around 100mg should be mixed with a teaspoon honey and taken regularly. Juice of radish(60-90ml) also behaves a healthy treatment when taken twice daily.Paste prepared by white radish and milk should be applied over the pile masses in case of swelling to reduce pain.
• Ginger is another useful remedy in this disease.One teaspoon of fresh lime juice+half a teaspoon of ginger juice+ fresh mint juice alongwith a tablespoon of honey creates an effective remedy for piles.
• Eat 4 figs(Anjir) two times a day. Keep 3-4 figs in water overnight and eat them next morning (dont drink water prior eating these figs). Repeat this for a period of 3-4 weeks.

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