
Cough and Cold
- Boil the leaf of Malabar nut, squeeze its juice and add egg white. It subsides cough.
- Eat the powder of dried ginger and cumin with sugar for relief from cough.
- Have the mixture of mustard paste and honey for good relief from cough.
- For a good relief from cough, mix equal quantities of basil juice, honey and ajwain juice and drink on an empty stomach.
- Have a mixture of lemon juice and honey when you are suffering from cold.
- For nagging cough and chest congestion, boil 3 cups of water with 2 fresh betel leaves and 4 crushed peppercorns, till the water is reduced to half. Strain and drink every morning and night with a teaspoon of honey.
- For fever and cough of children, give some honey mixed with water.
- Drink basil water every day, it helps in keeping throat infection and cough at bay.
Toothache
- For tooth ache, keep a clove on the affected area.
- For relief from toothache, take two basil leaves, a grain of salt and a pinch of pepper powder and press against the affected tooth.
Menstrual Trouble
- Have a mixture of Gingelly oil and egg, for 3 days, for menstrual disorders.
- You will get a great relief from menstrual pain, if you have a gooseberry daily.
Others
- Chew some cumin and sugar for relief from stomach pain.
- To avoid diseases like hepatitis and Typhoid, eat 5 basil leaves every day.
- For urinary infection, drink a glassful of water with a pinch of cardamom powder.
- If you have bad breath, drink at least five glasses of water in the morning.
- Stop nose bleeds by putting a few drops of pomegranate juice into your nostrils.
- For minor rashes on the skin, add few basil leaves in your bathing water before you bathe.
- The juice of carrot and tomato, mixed with a little honey is good tonic for children.
- A teaspoon of the powdered pomegranate skin taken with water early in the morning will not only purify the blood but also will serve as a good de- worming agent
- Chewing raw guava leaves is an excellent quick fix for diarrhoea
- If you are suffering from acidity, drink a glass of water with a piece of jaggery dissolved in it, after meals.
