If a person has mild diarrhoea without any fever or vomiting or blood in the stools, and no signs of dehydration: Add extra water while cooking the rice and take out the extra water when it is boiling. Let it cool, add a pinch of salt and give to children with diarrhoea. Roast rice till… [ Continue Reading ]
Take bitter gourd juice half a glass in the morning on an empty stomach once a day for at least one year. Soak 2 teaspoons of fenugreek seeds overnight to be taken early in the morning on an empty stomach for at least 1 year. Dry and powder jamun seeds. Pour hot water on 2… [ Continue Reading ]
Wash the cut well with clean water. Wash a piece of fresh ginger and grind it. Apply on the cut, and bandage it with a clean cloth. Do not remove the bandage till the cut has completely healed and the ginger comes off on its own. Keep the bandage completely dry. If you can get… [ Continue Reading ]
Please do note however, that home cures are effective only in mild diseases. Always treat a serious illness with modern medicine. Cough and cold If a child has a cough and cold: Crush 10-15 ‘tulsi’ leaves. Give one teaspoon of this juice mixed with honey or jaggery three times a day to babies for 5… [ Continue Reading ]
Crush one or two cloves and put in the affected tooth. Let the juice remain in the mouth for some time. If clove oil is available, soak a small piece of cotton in clove oil and put it on the affected tooth. Chew one or two cashew leaves and let the juice remain in the… [ Continue Reading ]
Crush and take one teaspoon of the juice of yellow drumstick leaves after food once a day. Mix one teaspoon ginger juice, one teaspoon honey and one teaspoon powdered cumin seeds. Take this once a day. Curds, raw onion, garlic and turmeric powder to be used regularly in the food also helps in reducing high… [ Continue Reading ]
Vomiting in pregnancy Powder 3-4 cloves and soak in a glass of water for half an hour. Strain and drink this water as and when required. This is not harmful and has no side effects. One glass of lime juice with a pinch of cardamon powder (if available) given as and when required. This is… [ Continue Reading ]
Papaya seeds can help get rid of intestinal worms, although modern medicines often work better. Papaya seeds must be dried in the shade, powdered and kept in a bottle. Two teaspoons of powder is mixed with a glass of milk. Drink this at bedtime. Repeat for three consecutive days. Or, papaya ‘milk’ that comes out… [ Continue Reading ]
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