Grandmother's natural remedies - Paati / Kai Vaidhyam

Hello Dear Ladies,

In this thread we are going to see simple and easy remedies for small small health problems. The ingredients in Paati Vaidhyam are also very known to us like pepper, fenugreek, fennel seeds etc., and also always we will have these items in our home. So that we can use them at any time. Other than cooking we are going to use those grocery items, to rectify our day to day illness like cough or cold or headache with out going to a doctor. These type of medicines or harmless and we can handle the easily with out any side effects. So Here we are going to see many posts relating to this. Please go through and get good benefit of this thread.

All the best!

Acne-Grated cucumber applied over the face ,eyes and neck for fifteen minutes are very much beneficial for acne and blackheads.

Asthma-Take a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste. This mixture acts as an excellent treatment of asthma.
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if you don’t like this you can take a cup of hot coffee.

Backache- Garlic is the most important home remedy for backache. Oil prepared form garlic and rubbed on the back will give a good result in backache.
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if you can you can hear the dusk of wheat in a kadai and put it in a cloth and ask somebody to give you ‘othadam’ by that. That is ask them to tie the cloth; keep it on the back where you have more pain in equal intervals. This will give you a good relief.
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otherwise use a hot water bag and lay down on the bed and keep the bag on your back.

Bad Breath-Wash your mouth with lime juice mixed with water. This will prevent bad breath.

Bleeding external-Apply ice cube.

Boils-Betel leaves are a valuable remedy for boils. Just show a leaf on flame and apply a coate of castor oil on that. Just place the leaf on the affected area.

Burns-Add coconut oil to the paste of fresh gel of ‘aloe vera’ (In Tamil we used to say ‘Kattrazhi’) blended with a pinch of turmeric Powder and apply.

Cold-Boil teaspoonful of ginger powder or eucalyptus leaves in one quart of water & inhale the steam.

Congested nose- Inhale eucalyptus oil or Vicks!

Constipation-Don't forget to take in a glass of hot milk with a teaspoon of clarified butter at bedtime.
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Drink a glass of boiled water with one teaspoon of flax seed.
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The best to take one apple or any fruit in the night, before going to bed.

Cough-Add a pinch of salt with two pinches of turmeric powder to one glass of warm water and gurgle.
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chew a clove with a piece of Sugar Candy/‘misry’ (KalKandu)
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Keep a piece of ‘Chita rathai’ in your mouth.

If your cough has been troubling you for long, try this: Take a half teaspoonful of ginger powder, a pinch of clove with a pinch of cinnamon powder and honey in a cup of boiled water and drink it as tea.
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you can take 1 cup of hot milk with a pinch of turmeric powder and add a spoon of crushed cumin and black pepper fried in ghee.

Ear ache- Use 3 drops of garlic oil in your affected ear.
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Just hear ‘seasame’ oil and while it is warm use 3 drops.

Exhaustion (heat)- Consume a glass of coconut water or grape juice.
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Take a tabsp full of fenugreek seeds and soak them over night. Eat them as it is in the morning.
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have a oil bath or you can use Hibiscus /‘Chemparuthy leaves’ to take hair bath.
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you can use ‘Vadi kanji’ instead of Hibiscus leaves. It will make you head very cool and shine your hair.

Overeating -Rroast 2 sp fennel seeds in ghee and pour 2 to3 cups of water. Allow it to reduce by ½. Filter it and add Palm candy or Palm Jaggery and drink.
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Take a cup of warm water and pour one sp ghee on it. Just drink it.
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use ‘dabur amla oil’ for hair in summer season, so that your body will not affect by heat.
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just eat fennel seeds, fried in ghee with sugar, whenever it is possible.
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drink un boiled ‘cow milk’
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The best one is make banana milk shake and drink. This is the best one to reduce our body heat.

Eyes burning-Apply castor oil to the soles of the feet.
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put 3 drops of pure rose water into the affected eye.
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keep one piece of cucumber on each eye and lay down for a while.

Gas- Bake ‘vasambu’ on the flame and cover it with a big vessel. Remove and powder it. It looks like ‘black powder/kari powder’ . Have ½ spoon of it with sugar and drink with warm water. ‘Gas problem pooya poochu’ But be careful while baking the vasambu on the flame. It must become red hot after that only you can remove it from the flame. If is ‘raw’ you cannot powder it and also it will give Sevier stomach pain.

Gums (bleeding)-Massage the gums lightly with coconut oil.
Squeeze a half lemon into a cup of water and drink.

Headache -Dilute a paste of ginger powder (half teaspoon) with water & apply to the Forehead. You may feel burning sensation but it's not harmful.

Lack of Sleep -Gently massage the soles of the feet with sesame oil. Rub oil into the scalp.
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Drink a cup of piping hot cow milk with rock candy or honey.
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Keep your feet in a tub filled with warm water and salt. It will give you freshness. Even you can try this when your legs are paining.

Swelling-Drink barley water

Toothache-Apply 3 drops of clove oil to the affected teeth.

Hi Krishnaamma,

A useful thread! Very good.

Regards,

Abha.

A very useful thread with Great tips Krishnaamma.

Is Misry -- Any hard sugar candy without chocolate? Thanks.

Rekha

Hi Abha,
Thank you very much.

Hi Rekha,

Yes it is a 'hard candy' . In Tamil we call it as 'kalkandu' in Hindi 'Misry'.

Hi Krishnamma

I have a boy who is 3 months old. I gave him Sutta Vasambu podi in milk. I think it went beyond a pinch of powder. What will happen?? Is it poisonous or has severe side effects?? I am afraid... Can you reply and ease my anxiety???

Preeti

A very useful thread Krishnamma, i've been searching for one such thread...

I am a expecting mom and would like to know what are the Kashayams that are given to Pregnant ladies in the third trimester to ease labour and discomforts during delivery. Would be great and thankful if you can give the methods for preparing them. My patti had been telling about Jeera kashayam and fenugreek (Vendaya) kashayam, But i heard there are other varieties of kashayams that ease labour..

Sri