Home Remedies - 2

• Asthma

1. Mix 1 teaspoon honey with ½ teaspoon cinnamon
   (dalchini) powder and have at night before going to bed.
2. Boil carom seeds (ajwain) in water and inhale the steam.
3. Boil 8-10 flakes of garlic (lasan) in ½ cup of milk.
   Have this every night. Gives excellent results in early
   stages of asthma.
4. Add a handful of drumstick leaves (sahijan) to 1 cup
   water. Boil. Simmer on loflame for 3-4 minutes. Cool
   and strain. Add salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste.
   Have every day, once or twice a day.
5. wAn expectorant and a very effective remedy for asthma
   is prepared by boiling 6 cloves (laung) in 3 tablespoons
   of water. Take 1 teaspoon of this decoction with a little
   honey, thrice daily.
6. Mix ¼ teaspoon asafetida (hing), 2 teaspoon honey,
   ½ teaspoon juice from betel leaf (paan ka patta),
   ½ teaspoon white onion juice. Have it 2-3 times a
   day. To take out juice from betel leaf, Clove flowers
   crush to a paste and squeeze through a clean muslin
   cloth. For onion juice, grate the onion and squeeze
   through a clean muslin cloth.
7. Mix equal amounts of fresh ginger (adrak) juice, honey
   & pomegranate (anaar) juice. Take 1 tablespoon, 1-2
   times a day.
8. Figs (anjeer) are known to give relief by draining the
   phlegm (balgam). Take 3-4 dry figs, wash them well
   with warm water. Soak overnight in a cup of water.
   Eat them first thing in the morning and also drink
   the water. Do this for at least 2 months.

• Backache

1. Rub some ginger paste on the affected area. Apply
   oil of eucalyptus on it.

• Bad Odour

1. Use neem twigs as tooth paste.
2. Powder the dried mint (pudina) leaves.
   Use as toothpowder.

• Baldness

1. Boil 1 cup mustard oil (sarson ka tel) with 4 tablespoon
   henna (mehendi) leaves. Filter and bottle. Massage on
   the bald patches regularly.
2. Grind the remains of tobacco smoked in a hookah and
   add to boiling mustard oil. Cool and store. Massage on
   the bald patches regularly.
3. Rub on the scalp 1 teaspoon oil in which raw mangoes
   have been preserved for over one year. Repeat this treatment
   frequently.
4. Grind 1 tablespoon liquorice root pieces (mulathi) in 1 cup
   milk with ¼ teaspoon saffron (kesar). Apply this paste on
   bald patches at bedtime continuously.
5. Grind fenugreek seeds (methi dana), with water and apply
   on the head. Leave for at least 40 minutes before washing.
   Do it every morning for a month. Bed sores w Apply honey
   on the length and breadth of a banana leaf and lie on it for
   a few hours. Ensure its contact with the affected parts.

• Bed wetting in children

1. Give 2 walnut halves (akhrot giri) and 1 teaspoon of
   kishmish to the child before sleeping for 10-12 days.
   Belching (dakaar)
2. Grind 2 teaspoon each carom seeds (ajwain) and
   dried ginger (adrak) into a fine powder. Add a little
   black salt (kala namak). Take 1 teaspoon of this
   mixture with 1 cup warm water frequently.

• Blackheads

1. Mix 1 teaspoon lime juice in 1 teaspoon finely
   ground cinnamon (dalchini) powder and apply
   on affected areas frequently.
2. Mix 1 teaspoon each turmeric (haldi) powder
   and juice of fresh coriander (dhania) leaves
   and apply daily as a face pack before going
   to sleep.

• Bladder Stones

1. Boil 2 figs (anjeer) in 1 cup of water.
   Drink daily for a month.

• Blood Deficiency

1. Take 2 teaspoon of amla juice and mix it with two
   teaspoonfuls each of honey and lime. Add 1 teacup
   water and drink on an empty stomach every morning.
   Whenever fresh fruits are not available, dried amla can
   be used. Soak 1 tablespoon the previous night in a cup
   of water. (Note: The treatment should continue for at
   least 120 days to achieve expected results.)
2. Mix 1 tablespoon juice of amla with a ripe mashed
   banana and eat twice or three times a day.
3. Soak 2 or 3 dried figs (anjeer) in 1 teacup water. Eat
   them along with milk next morning for a month. Blood
   pressure _ low
4. Have juice of 10-15 basil (tulsi) leaves mixed with 1
   teaspoon honey. Crush the leaves to a paste and
   squeeze out the juice through a muslin cloth. blood
   pressure - high
5. See "HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE" on page 60 Blood
   sugar w Take 2-3 garlic (lasan) cloves for a few days
   regularly. Body and Muscles development
6. Soak 2 almonds, 5 pista kernels and 1 teaspoon poppy
   seeds (khuskhus) in 1 cup cow's milk for an hour. Grind.
   Add some more warm milk. Take daily for 3 months. Body
   dry itch
7. Grind 1 tablespoon poppy seeds (khuskhus) with 1 teaspoon
   water. Add 1 teaspoon lime juice. Apply on the affected areas.