Home remedies for few ailments
Home remedies for few ailments
By Mrs M M Gandhi
The following home remedies I follow when I fall sick.
Head ache
Grind 5 Tul si leaves with a small piece of sukku and 3cardamom ; apply on the forehead.
Throat pain
Dry grind sukku+thippili+pepper ; store the powder in a jar ;whenever needed just mix 1tsp.of this mixture with 1 tbsp.of honey and drink.
Indigestion
Boil few curry leaves , a piece of ginger and 1 teaspoon of cumin in 1 glass of water for 5 mts and then consume.
Gas trouble
Mix1tsp.of dried neem flower (vepampoo) with 1glass of hot water and drink.
Stomach pain
Fry 1tsp.of fenugreek in ghee and powder this mix ; with this a glass of butter milk is added and then drink.
Skin care
Powder orange peels and mix with little gram flour and use as body scrub.
Dandruff treatment
Heat 1 cup of coconut oil ; mix 3 pieces of garlic pods and 3 small onions and then apply the mixture in hair. Wait for half an hour and wash.
Dental hygiene
Dry mint leaves and grind into powder. Mix it with salt and brush your teeth; you will Feel fresh and clean.
Constipation
Mix 1tsp.of kadukai powder with 1 glass of warm water and consume before going to bed.
Nose block
Boil sukku in little water for some time then add 1 glass milk, a pinch of turmeric powder and a tsp of palm sugar. Mix well and drink.