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*Chest congestion*
1. Add to one litre of boiling water, 1 teaspoon carom seeds
(ajwain)
powder along with 1 teaspoon turmeric (haldi) powder. Cool. Take
1
tablespoon of this mixture along with 1 teaspoon honey.
*Chest congestion causing Breathing problem *
1. Grind � teaspoon mustard seeds (sarson) to a smooth paste.
Mix with
honey and eat.
2. Mix equal quantities of mustard powder (sarson) and rice
flour. Add
some water and boil until it reaches a paste-like consistency.
Spread on a
handkerchief and foment the chest and neck when bearably hot.
*Chickenpox, early stage*
1. Include figs (anjeer) in your diet every day. Children
irritability
2. Rub a nutmeg (jaiphal) lightly against a smooth grinding
stone in
milk and feed children who cry out at night without any apparent
reasons.
*Chills*
1. Instead of your regular hot tea or coffee, have a glass of
hot
water mixed with honey and lemon. Put a teaspoon of honey, lemon
juice and a
little grated ginger in a glass and add hot water. Stir and
drink.
*Cholesterol**, high *
1. Finely dice an onion and mix it with 1 cup buttermilk along
with �
teaspoon black pepper (kali mirch) powder and drink.
2. Regularly intake garlic (lasan) cloves for a few days.
3. Regularly intake coriander (dhania) decoction made by boiling
2
teaspoon dry seed powder in 1 cup water. (Milk and sugar can be
added to
improve its taste. This could be a welcome substitute for tea or
coffee.)
*Cold *
1. A lemon a day keeps the cold away. For a bad cold, the
juice of two
lemons in � a litre (2� cups) of boiling water sweetened with
honey, taken
at bed time, is a very effective remedy.
2. Have ginger (adrak) tea.
3. Cut ginger (adrak) into 1" _ 1�" pieces and boil with a cup of
water. Give 8-10 boils. Strain, sweeten with � teaspoon sugar and
drink hot.
4. A tablespoon of carom seeds (ajwain) crushed and tied up in
a
muslin cloth can be used for inhalation to relieve
congestion/blocked nose.
5. A similar small bundle placed near the pillow of sleeping
children
relieves congestion.
6. A teaspoon of cumin seeds (jeera) is added to 1 glass of
boiling
water. Strain and simmer for a few minutes. Let it cool. Drink it
1-2 times
a day. If sore throat is also present, add a few small pieces of
dry ginger
(adrak) to the boiling water.
7. Six pepper corns (saboot kali mirch) finely ground and mixed
with a
glass of warm water, sweetened with 5-6 batasha (a variation of
sugar candy)
can be taken for a few nights.
8. In the case of the acute cold in the head, boil 1 tablespoon
full
pepper powder in a cup of milk along with a pinch of turmeric
(haldi) and
have once daily for at least 3 days. cold with phlegm (balgam)
and slight
cough.
9. Take 8-10 tulsi leaves and wash well. To 1 cup of water, add
these
tulsi leaves, 1-2 cloves of garlic (lasan), �" piece ginger,
crushed and 4-5
peppercorns (saboot kali mirch). Boil the water and keep
simmering on fire
till the quantity is reduced to � cup. Cool. Strain. Add 1
teaspoon honey.
Drink this every morning.
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