Home Remedies
61. Fever of unknown origin
* Boil 1 tablespoon tulsi leaves with 1 teaspoon powdered cardamom (chhoti illaichi) in 2 teacups water. Take 1 cup of this decoction with milk and sugar to taste 2 or 3 times a day.
62. Feverishness
Mix 1 teacup fresh lemon juice in tender coconut water and drink.
63. Gas Problem
Some people are allergic or have intolerance for milk, milk products and wheat, wheat products but go through life without ever realizing this and keep suffering from acute gas trouble. Lactose intolerance (from milk) is being recognized in the west as also gluten intolerance (from wheat). Hence giving up these two things may greatly benefit you. Instead of wheat you can have rice or chapatis of maize, jawar or bajara. w Mix ¼ teaspoon dry ginger powder (sonth) with a pinch of asafoetida (hing).
64. Golden Rules for Gas Patients
1. Avoid heavy (fried), spicy food. Do not eat very large meals, instead eat small meals.
2. Try to eat a little, every 2 hours, so that the gap between the meals is not too big.
3. Do some exercise. Even a walk will do wonders.
2. Try to eat a little, every 2 hours, so that the gap between the meals is not too big.
3. Do some exercise. Even a walk will do wonders.
65. Gastroenteritis
A decoction of 15-20 tulsi leaves taken along with a pinch of rock salt (kala namak) helps in the cure.
66. Giddiness
Soak cumin seeds (jeera) in lime juice overnight. Keep this mixture under the sun till completely dry. Bottle it. Chew ½ teaspoon of this mixture and drink with a glass of warm water.
67. Giddiness due to blood pressure
Soak 1 teaspoon each of powdered amla, coriander seeds (saboot dhania) and sandalwood in a cup of water overnight. Strain and drink the next day. Continue for a few days.
68. Gouty Pains
1. Mix mustard oil and rectified alcohol (1 part oil to 40 parts alcohol) and use as a lotion.
2. Make a poultice of ground fenugreek seeds (methi dana); use on the affected part.
2. Make a poultice of ground fenugreek seeds (methi dana); use on the affected part.
69. Hair Dullness And Coarseness
Grind fresh fenugreek leaves (methi) to a paste and apply the leaf paste over the scalp before a bath.
70. Hair Falling
1. Take a handful of neem leaves and boil them in 4 cups water. After cooling and filtering, use the decoction for rinsing hair.
2. Mix equal quantities of dried curry leaves (curry patta), lime peel (nimbu ka chilka), Shikakai, fenugreek seeds (methi daana) & green gram (moong saboot) and grind them finely. Store and use as a substitute for soap or shampoo.
3. Apply fenugreek (methi) seeds, ground with some water and the paste on the head. Allow to soak at least for 40 minutes before washing. Use every morning for a month.
2. Mix equal quantities of dried curry leaves (curry patta), lime peel (nimbu ka chilka), Shikakai, fenugreek seeds (methi daana) & green gram (moong saboot) and grind them finely. Store and use as a substitute for soap or shampoo.
3. Apply fenugreek (methi) seeds, ground with some water and the paste on the head. Allow to soak at least for 40 minutes before washing. Use every morning for a month.
