Home Remedies - 1

Acidity Take a tiny piece of jaggery (gur) every hour. Just keep it in the mouth and slowly suck it till acidity subsides. Drink coconut water 3-4 times a day. Have a plateful of watermelon (tarbooz) and/or cucumber (kheera) every hour. Harad juice, 1-2 teaspoon daily after meals is very effective in controlling acidity. The juice can be mixed with an equal amount of amla juice for better results. To take out amla juice , grate an amla and squeeze the pulp through a clean muslin cloth to get juice. Chewing a piece of harad is an age old remedy.

• Acne

1. Clean face with cotton wool dipped in rose water
   2-3 times a day. Do not use soap.
2. Orange peel is very good in the treatment of acne.
   Grind the peel with some water to a paste and apply
   on affected parts. when oranges are not in season,
   you may use a powder of dried orange peels. For this,
   when oranges are in season, dry orange peels in shade.
   Powder finely in a grinder and sift it to make it a very fine
   powder. Store in an air tight bottle for future use.
3. Mix 1 teaspoon lemon juice in 1 teaspoon finely ground
   cinnamon (dalchini) powder and apply on affected areas
   frequently. Sift the cinnamon (dalchini) powder to make
   it into a very fine powder.
4. Crush a fegarlic (lasan) flakes and apply on the face, once
   or twice a day. Swallowing 1-2 flakes of ragarlic regularly
   helps further.
5. Grind some neem leaves with water to a fine paste. Apply
   on infected area.
6. Make a paste of ½ teaspoon each of sandalwood and turmeric
   (haldi) powder in a little water and apply.
7. Grind some black cumin seeds (shah jeera) with a little
   vinegar (sirka) to a smooth paste. Apply on affected parts.
   cumin seeds

• Anaemia

1. Avoid drinking tea and coffee immediately after meals
   as the tannin present in these interferes in the absorption
   of iron from the food.
2. Take freshly prepared apple juice an hour before meals
   or just before retiring for the night. For proper absorption
   of the juice, remember the stomach should be relatively
   empty when you have the juice and also do not take
   anything for about half an hour after the juice.
3. Juice of beetroot taken 1-2 times daily is an excellent
   remedy for anaemia especially for children and teenagers.
   You may combine apple and beetroot for the juice.
4. Mix 1 tablespoon amla juice with a ripe mashed banana
   and eat 2-3 times a day.
5. Have a ripe banana with 1 tablespoon honey, 1-2 times
   a day.
6. Soak 8-10 almonds (badam) and 1 teaspoon rice overnight.
   Remove outer skin of almonds and grind to a fine paste.
   Boil with 1½ cups of milk and a pinch of turmeric
   powder (haldi). Sweeten with sugar and drink for a fedays,
   once a day. Soak 10-12 currants (munakas) in water overnight.
   Remove seeds and eat them. Have for 2-4 weeks.
7. Have spinach juice of 125 gm spinach everyday, for 2-3 weeks.
8. Foods rich in iron are - honey, almonds, bananas, apricots
   (khurmani), raisins (kishmish), fenugreek (methi) leaves,
   fenugreek seeds (methi daana), lettuce or salad leaves,
   onion, spinach (paalak), grapes, tomatoes, carrots, gooseberry
   (amla), beetroots (chokunder), apples, pomegranate (anaar).
   Have plenty of them if you are anaemic.

• Angina Pectoris

1. Thoroughly mix 2 teaspoons almond oil with
   1 teaspoon rose oil. Rub gently on the chest,
   morning and evening.
2. Boil 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (methi dana)
   in 1½ cups water. Strain and add 2 teaspoon
   honey. Take twice daily.

• Animal bite

1. Take ½ teaspoon ground black cumin seeds
   (shah jeera), twice daily. Ankle - swelling & pain
2. Mix equal quantities of castor oil and lime juice.
   Massage the affected area with this mixture. Also
   drink 1 cup warm water mixed with lime juice and honey

• Appetite loss (Anorexia)

1. Mix and powder equal quantities of carom seeds (ajwain),
   fennel seeds (saunf), dried ginger powder (sonth), salt and
   black cumin seeds (shah jeera).Mix a teaspoon of this
   } powder and a teaspoon of hot ghee to cooked rice and
   eat frequently.
2. Take 2 teaspoon of amla juice and mix it with 2 teaspoon
   honey and 2 teaspoon lime juice. Add 1 cup water and
   drink on an empty stomach every morning. To take out
   juice from fresh amla, remove seeds from fresh amla
   and grind the pulp into a fine paste. Tie it in a muslin
   cloth and squeeze out the juice. whenever fresh fruits
   are not available, dried amla can be used. Soak 1
   tablespoon of dried amla at night in a cup of water.
   Strain it the next morning. Add 1/8 teaspoon black
   pepper powder (kali Mirch) and 2 teaspoon lime juice.
   Dilute it if necessary with water and drink every morning
   regularly on an empty stomach.
3. Take ½ teaspoon black pepper powder (kali mirch) and
   1 tablespoon jaggery powder (shakkar) mixed together.
   Kali mirch
4. Cut 1" piece ginger (adrak) into small pieces. Add 1½
   cups of water. Boil. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add milk
   and sugar to taste, and take it frequently like tea.