home remedies

1. Grind 1 tablespoon poppy seeds (khuskhus) with 1 teaspoon water. Add 1 teaspoon lime juice. Apply on the affected areas.
2. Mix 1 teaspoon lime juice with sandalwood paste and apply all over.

1. For dry, cracked hands apply a mixture of grated potato soaked in olive oil. Leave this on for 10 minutes and then rinse off.

1. Mix equal quantities of almond oil and honey and apply on the face. Sneezing w Boil 2 tablespoon fennel seeds (saunf) in 1 cup water till it is reduced to half. Filter. Take 1 tablespoon every morning and evening for a few days.

1. Chop raw onions (pyaz) and put in a towel. Place this over the sprain to relieve pain and bring down the swelling. Alternatively, make a footbath of lavender oil and water and soak your ankle, but do not massage the area.
2. Grind lime leaves into a fine paste. Mix it with an equal quantity of butter. Apply on the affected areas.
3. Mix equal parts of almond oil & garlic oil and massage over the affected parts

1. Swallow with warm water, 1 teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain) and pinch of salt.
2. 1 teaspoon pure ghee mixed with a pinch of asafoetida (hing), swallow with warm water.
3. Mix 1 teaspoon mint (pudina) juice, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, juice of ¼" piece ginger (adrak) and a pinch of black salt (kala namak) and drink it.
4. Mix a little asafoetida (hing) with water to make a paste. Apply on and around the navel.
5. Drink 1-2 teaspoon brandy with a little warm water. Gives immediate relief from gas.
6. Mix carom seeds (ajwain) with lemon juice and dry in the sun. Bottle it and have a teaspoon whenever you feel that something is wrong with your stomach (very good for stomach - digestion, gas, indigestion etc.)
7. And then there is the age old method of using a hot water bottle and lying down on your stomach to get relief. stomach pain around navel
8. Grind 2 teaspoon each carom seeds (ajwain) and dried ginger (sonth) into a fine powder. Add a little black salt (kala namak). Take 1 teaspoon of this mixture with 1 teacup warm water frequently.

1. Take 1 teaspoon fenugreek seed (methi daana) powder along with milk or buttermilk (chhach) twice daily for a few days.

1. For children : ripe & sweet apples crushed to a pulp (can be steamed) can be given as 1-4 tablespoon several times a day.
2. Mashed ripe banana with a little salt, should be taken 2-3 time a day.
3. A teaspoon of date (khajoor) paste mixed with a little honey, given three times a day is very effective for regulating the bowels
4. 5-10 gms of amla seed powder mixed with buttermilk (chhach) should be taken for 1-2 days.
5. Crush 8-10 curry leaves (curry patta). Mix with a cup of thin buttermilk (chhach) and have 2-3 times a day.
6. Mix juice of 1 large pomegranate (anaar) and 1 glass of sugar cane juice (ganne ka ras). Have 4 times a day
7. A Fast with only buttermilk, curd, curd and rice or bananas proves very effective.
8. Avoid raw vegetables and fruits such as orange, mosambi, papaya, pineapple and spices.
9. Drink plenty of water to which a teaspoon of sugar and a pinch of salt has been added to guard against dehydration. 10. A strong cup of unsweetened black tea is very effective.

1. Mix ¼ teaspoon each powdered cumin (jeera) and black pepper in a glass of buttermilk (chhach). Drink two or three times a day for 2-3 days.

1. Mix 2 teaspoon tomato juice and 4 tablespoon buttermilk (chhach). Apply. Wash after ½ hour. w Mix olive oil with equal quantity of vinegar and apply an hour before your bath.

1. Mix dry sandalwood powder in rose water (gulab jal) (1:1) and apply over parts where sweating is excessive