- 22 Feb 2007, 15:30
#9004
I have no idea if these things work so dont hold me liable if it backfires :)
TULSI
>>
>>1. Tulsi extract mixed with pepper powder is
>>consumed to reduce
>>cough.
>>
>>2. Crush tulsi leaves with black pepper and kept in
>>the place of tooth ache
>>
>>3. Dry tulsi leaf powder can be used as tooth
>>powder, helps in preventing bad odor of mouth.
>>
>>4. Applying tulsi extract helps in curing skin
>>infections.
>>
>>5. Equal amount of tulsi extract, lemon juice and
>>onion extract. Applying this mixture before bath
>>helps in curing all types of skin diseases.
>>
>>6. Mix 5 to 10 leaves of tulsi in hot water.
>>Consuming this when there is asthma attack can be
>>controlled
>>
>>7. Mixture of tulsi juice, ginger juice and honey,
>>each one spoon is good for asthma suffering people.
>>
>>8. To a spoon of tulsi juice add juice of
>>bittergaurd. Consuming this daily night for 1 month
>>helps in controlling asthma and bronchitis.
>>
>>9. In pimples, blend crushed basil with mint
>>(pudina) juice & limejuice. Apply this on your pimples.
>>
>>10. Chew a few leaves of Tulsi plant to relieve bad
>>breath.
>>
>>
>>GINGER
>>
>>
>>1. Cut ginger into
>>small pieces, to this add
>>tamarind leaves and two cups of water and boil till
>>it comes down to one cup. To this add one-cup sugar
>>and boil in low flame. After it is cooled add little
>>lemon juice to it. This should be consumed once in
>>three hours to reduce cough.
>>
>>2. To ginger extract mix little honey. By consuming
>>this, cold can be controlled.
>>
>>3. Crush dry ginger and add equal amount of ghee and
>>jaggary. Consuming this mixture every day reduces
>>cold and cough.
>>
>>4. To ginger extract mix equal amount of lemon
>>extract, little rock salt and crystal salt.
>>Keep
>>this mixture in a closed bottle under the sun for a
>>week. Consuming the filtrate of this mixture after
>>meals helps in digestion.
>>
>>5. Take equal amount of ginger extract and sugar and
>>boil in half a cup amount of water. This is good for
>>digestion.
>>
>>6. To little ginger add two spoons of coriander
>>seeds and boil in two cups of water till it reduces
>>to 1 cup. To this add little jaggary. This mixture
>>is given to pregnant ladies to cure burning
>>sensation in chest and stomach.
>>
>>7. One spoon of ginger powder with little
>>sugar
>>helps in stomach pain.
>>
>>8. Take a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with
>>a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste.
>>This mixture acts as an excellent expectorant in the
>>treatment of asthma.
>>
>>9. Dilute a paste of ginger powder (half teaspoon)
>>with water & apply to the Forehead. A burning
>>sensation may persist. But it's not harmful.
>>
>>10. Apply warm ginger paste with turmeric to the
>>affected area twice a
>>day.
>>
>>
>>
>>GARLIC
>>
>>1. Dip garlic in honey and keep for 40 days. A spoon
>>every day helps in voice improvement and throat
>>infections. If it is consumed for one year it helps
>>in curing lucoderma.
>>
>>2. Garlic helps in increasing breast milk in
>>mothers.
>>
>>3. Crush garlic and mix it with coconut oil and heat
>>it. Pouring two to three drops in ears helps in ear
>>pain.
>>
>>4. Garlic crushed with salt is placed on the place
>>of scorpion bite. It is a
>>good antidote.
>>
>>5. Add a spoon of garlic juice to a glass of water.
>>Taking this every day twice for 3 months cures
>>asthma.
>>
>>6. Use 3 drops of garlic oil in your affected ear in
>>case of earache.
>>
>>7. It is perhaps the most effective remedy for blood
>>disorders.
>>
>>8. Garlic is the most important home remedy for
>>backache. Two or three cloves should be taken every
>>morning. Oil prepared from garlic and rubbed on the
>>back will give a good result in backache.
>>
>>9. Extract of fresh garlic
>>cloves kills or slows the
>>growth of more than a dozen common bacteria.
>>
>>10. If you feel like you're going to catch a cold or
>>the flu, chow down on a clove or two of garlic. If
>>you catch an infection in its very early stage, you
>>may not even get sick.
>>
>>
>>HONEY
>>
>>1. To honey add ginger extract and consume to
>>control cold.
>>
>>2. Consuming two spoons of honey with water in empty
>>stomach in morning helps in reducing weight
>>
>>3. Honey with lemon juice helps in reducing
>>unwanted
>>fat in body
>>
>>4. Taking two spoons of honey after meals helps to
>>increase weight.
>>
>>5. A number of recent studies have shown that
>>externally applied honey can prevent a broad range
>>of bacterial infections and promote healing in burn
>>patients.
>>
>>6. A teaspoon of honey before bed, aids water
>>retention and calms fears in children.
>>
>>7. A dessert spoon of honey in a mug of hot milk
>>aids sleep and works wonders for kids
>>
>>8. Place a spoon of honey in a basin of hot
>>water
>>and inhale vapor after covering your head with a
>>towel over the basin. It is very effective.
>>
>>9. Mix honey with equal quantity of Olive oil and
>>cover head with a warm towel for half and hour then
>>shampoo off. Feeds hair and scalp. It is good for
>>hair conditioner.
>>
>>10. Honey rubbed on a baby's gums is a mild sedative
>>and anaesthetic.
>>
>>
>>ONION
>>
>>1. Mix Onion extract with honey. This gives warmth
>>to cold body.
>>
>>2. Consuming onion and jaggary every day helps
>>in
>>increasing weight.
>>
>>3. Onion juice with honey is useful for colds,
>>coughs, bronchitis and influenza.
>>
>>4. It contains iron, therefore, beneficial in
>>treating anaemia and effective in preventing edible
>>against heart attack.
>>
>>5. About 30 gms of onion and seven black peppers can
>>be finely pounded and given to the Cholera patients.
>>
>>6. Chop one raw onion and cover with salt and leave
>>overnight. Apply the juice 3-4 times a day on warts
>>or wounds. It will heal like anything.
>>
>>7. A
>>syrup of 1 teaspoonful raw onion juice with 1
>>teaspoonful of honey kept over 3 to 4 hours serves
>>as an excellent cough syrup.
>>
>>8. About 50 gm of Onion soaked in water and 10 gm
>>sugar should be eaten twice daily. This helps in
>>curing bleeding piles.
>>
>>9. One teaspoon of raw onion juice is good in
>>bronchitis.
>>
>>10. Raw onion is good to reduce the cholesterol.
>>
>>
>>FENUGREEK SEEDS (METHI SEEDS)
>>
>>Lecithin is an important nutrient for brain. This is
>>found more in fenugreek. This helps in
>>increasing
>>memory power.
>>
>>1. Diabetic patients should consume 25g to 50g
>>fenugreek seeds everyday. This helps in reducing
>>glucose in blood and urine.
>>
>>2. Effective in bad breath, body odor, anaemia and
>>stomach disorders.
>>
>>3. Tea made from fenugreek seeds in equal in value
>>to quinine in reducing fevers.
>>
>>4. Fenugreek seeds made into a paste could be
>>applied over the scalp. Leave it for an hour, then
>>wash and dry. This could cure dandruff.
>>
>>5. Application of the extract made by
>>the seeds
>>helps the growth of hair and prevents hair fall.
>>
>>6. Fenugreek seed powder is used as a poultice to
>>inflamed parts and is applied on the skin as a
>>cosmetic.
>>
>>7. A paste of Fenugreek leaves applied over the face
>>over night before going to bed could help in
>>preventing pimples and black heads.
>>
>>8. Apply fresh juice of leaves over the face every
>>night for 10-15 min and washed, this prevents
>>pimples, blackheads and wrinkles.
>>
>>9. Methi seeds boiled in water. Face is washed with
>>this water. It helps
>>to cure rashes of skin.
>>
>>10. Methi powder and seeds of Jamun in equal amount
>>is good in diabetes.
>>
>>
>>TURMERIC
>>
>>1. Sprinkle turmeric on burning charcoal and inhale
>>the smoke to get rid of cold.
>>
>>2. Add turmeric to hot milk and drink to reduce cold
>>and cough.
>>
>>3. Paste of turmeric and sandalwood helps in curing
>>skin infection and pimples.
>>
>>4. Applying turmeric paste prepared in milk on face
>>helps in curing pimples.
>>
>>5.
>>Mix turmeric powder with crushed mint leaves or
>>lemon leaves, using this as face pack every day
>>helps in curing pimples.
>>
>>6. For a Fair Complexion apply a blend of raw milk,
>>cucumber juice, and olive oil with a pinch of
>>turmeric powder on your skin.
>>
>>7. A pinch of turmeric powder mixed with a teaspoon
>>of coriander juice, is an effective home remedy for
>>pimples and blackheads.
>>
>>8. a pinch of turmeric powder, one teaspoon of milk
>>cream, mixed with half a teaspoon of vinegar, makes
>>an excellent poultice. It helps in ripening
>>the
>>blood boils and in their healing without allowing
>>them to become septic.
>>
>>9. Use clean turmeric to heal a small cut.
>>
>>10. Add a pinch of turmeric and 1/4 teaspoon crushed
>>black pepper to relieve body pain.
>>
>>
>>NEEM
>>
>>1. Neem leaves are boiled in water to bring it to
>>half amount. This is cooled and honey is added.
>>Consuming this twice a day cures diabetes at
>>preliminary stage.
>>
>>2. Neem oil applied on scalp helps to get rid of
>>lice and
>>dandruff.
>>
>>3. Neem water is good for skin infections.
>>
>>4. Raw Neem leaves are eaten to purify the blood. It
>>is said to be a good blood purifier.
>>
>>5. In pimples, mix neem powder, red sandalwood
>>powder and curd in equal proportions. Apply the
>>paste on the affected area.
>>
>>6. Heat coconut oil with 100 gms of neem powder and
>>apply to your hair once a week to get rid of
>>dandruff.
>>
>>7. Neem oil is good in itching and rashes of the
>>skin.
>>
>>8. Grind some neem leaves with
>>water to a fine paste
>>and apply on the wounds. It cures the wound very
>>soon.
>>
>>9. Young branch of Neem is used as tooth brush, it
>>removes foul taste of mouth and removes bacteria.
>>
>>10. Decoction of the leaves is useful for fever.
>>
>>
>>Acknowledgements: We wish to thank everyone who
>>provided us these valuable information. Special
>>thanks are due to Mrs Jyotsna S Daptardar, Home
>>Remedies Promoter, Mumbai (A very good friend of Dr
>>Acharya), for giving us tips on home remedies.
TULSI
>>
>>1. Tulsi extract mixed with pepper powder is
>>consumed to reduce
>>cough.
>>
>>2. Crush tulsi leaves with black pepper and kept in
>>the place of tooth ache
>>
>>3. Dry tulsi leaf powder can be used as tooth
>>powder, helps in preventing bad odor of mouth.
>>
>>4. Applying tulsi extract helps in curing skin
>>infections.
>>
>>5. Equal amount of tulsi extract, lemon juice and
>>onion extract. Applying this mixture before bath
>>helps in curing all types of skin diseases.
>>
>>6. Mix 5 to 10 leaves of tulsi in hot water.
>>Consuming this when there is asthma attack can be
>>controlled
>>
>>7. Mixture of tulsi juice, ginger juice and honey,
>>each one spoon is good for asthma suffering people.
>>
>>8. To a spoon of tulsi juice add juice of
>>bittergaurd. Consuming this daily night for 1 month
>>helps in controlling asthma and bronchitis.
>>
>>9. In pimples, blend crushed basil with mint
>>(pudina) juice & limejuice. Apply this on your pimples.
>>
>>10. Chew a few leaves of Tulsi plant to relieve bad
>>breath.
>>
>>
>>GINGER
>>
>>
>>1. Cut ginger into
>>small pieces, to this add
>>tamarind leaves and two cups of water and boil till
>>it comes down to one cup. To this add one-cup sugar
>>and boil in low flame. After it is cooled add little
>>lemon juice to it. This should be consumed once in
>>three hours to reduce cough.
>>
>>2. To ginger extract mix little honey. By consuming
>>this, cold can be controlled.
>>
>>3. Crush dry ginger and add equal amount of ghee and
>>jaggary. Consuming this mixture every day reduces
>>cold and cough.
>>
>>4. To ginger extract mix equal amount of lemon
>>extract, little rock salt and crystal salt.
>>Keep
>>this mixture in a closed bottle under the sun for a
>>week. Consuming the filtrate of this mixture after
>>meals helps in digestion.
>>
>>5. Take equal amount of ginger extract and sugar and
>>boil in half a cup amount of water. This is good for
>>digestion.
>>
>>6. To little ginger add two spoons of coriander
>>seeds and boil in two cups of water till it reduces
>>to 1 cup. To this add little jaggary. This mixture
>>is given to pregnant ladies to cure burning
>>sensation in chest and stomach.
>>
>>7. One spoon of ginger powder with little
>>sugar
>>helps in stomach pain.
>>
>>8. Take a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with
>>a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste.
>>This mixture acts as an excellent expectorant in the
>>treatment of asthma.
>>
>>9. Dilute a paste of ginger powder (half teaspoon)
>>with water & apply to the Forehead. A burning
>>sensation may persist. But it's not harmful.
>>
>>10. Apply warm ginger paste with turmeric to the
>>affected area twice a
>>day.
>>
>>
>>
>>GARLIC
>>
>>1. Dip garlic in honey and keep for 40 days. A spoon
>>every day helps in voice improvement and throat
>>infections. If it is consumed for one year it helps
>>in curing lucoderma.
>>
>>2. Garlic helps in increasing breast milk in
>>mothers.
>>
>>3. Crush garlic and mix it with coconut oil and heat
>>it. Pouring two to three drops in ears helps in ear
>>pain.
>>
>>4. Garlic crushed with salt is placed on the place
>>of scorpion bite. It is a
>>good antidote.
>>
>>5. Add a spoon of garlic juice to a glass of water.
>>Taking this every day twice for 3 months cures
>>asthma.
>>
>>6. Use 3 drops of garlic oil in your affected ear in
>>case of earache.
>>
>>7. It is perhaps the most effective remedy for blood
>>disorders.
>>
>>8. Garlic is the most important home remedy for
>>backache. Two or three cloves should be taken every
>>morning. Oil prepared from garlic and rubbed on the
>>back will give a good result in backache.
>>
>>9. Extract of fresh garlic
>>cloves kills or slows the
>>growth of more than a dozen common bacteria.
>>
>>10. If you feel like you're going to catch a cold or
>>the flu, chow down on a clove or two of garlic. If
>>you catch an infection in its very early stage, you
>>may not even get sick.
>>
>>
>>HONEY
>>
>>1. To honey add ginger extract and consume to
>>control cold.
>>
>>2. Consuming two spoons of honey with water in empty
>>stomach in morning helps in reducing weight
>>
>>3. Honey with lemon juice helps in reducing
>>unwanted
>>fat in body
>>
>>4. Taking two spoons of honey after meals helps to
>>increase weight.
>>
>>5. A number of recent studies have shown that
>>externally applied honey can prevent a broad range
>>of bacterial infections and promote healing in burn
>>patients.
>>
>>6. A teaspoon of honey before bed, aids water
>>retention and calms fears in children.
>>
>>7. A dessert spoon of honey in a mug of hot milk
>>aids sleep and works wonders for kids
>>
>>8. Place a spoon of honey in a basin of hot
>>water
>>and inhale vapor after covering your head with a
>>towel over the basin. It is very effective.
>>
>>9. Mix honey with equal quantity of Olive oil and
>>cover head with a warm towel for half and hour then
>>shampoo off. Feeds hair and scalp. It is good for
>>hair conditioner.
>>
>>10. Honey rubbed on a baby's gums is a mild sedative
>>and anaesthetic.
>>
>>
>>ONION
>>
>>1. Mix Onion extract with honey. This gives warmth
>>to cold body.
>>
>>2. Consuming onion and jaggary every day helps
>>in
>>increasing weight.
>>
>>3. Onion juice with honey is useful for colds,
>>coughs, bronchitis and influenza.
>>
>>4. It contains iron, therefore, beneficial in
>>treating anaemia and effective in preventing edible
>>against heart attack.
>>
>>5. About 30 gms of onion and seven black peppers can
>>be finely pounded and given to the Cholera patients.
>>
>>6. Chop one raw onion and cover with salt and leave
>>overnight. Apply the juice 3-4 times a day on warts
>>or wounds. It will heal like anything.
>>
>>7. A
>>syrup of 1 teaspoonful raw onion juice with 1
>>teaspoonful of honey kept over 3 to 4 hours serves
>>as an excellent cough syrup.
>>
>>8. About 50 gm of Onion soaked in water and 10 gm
>>sugar should be eaten twice daily. This helps in
>>curing bleeding piles.
>>
>>9. One teaspoon of raw onion juice is good in
>>bronchitis.
>>
>>10. Raw onion is good to reduce the cholesterol.
>>
>>
>>FENUGREEK SEEDS (METHI SEEDS)
>>
>>Lecithin is an important nutrient for brain. This is
>>found more in fenugreek. This helps in
>>increasing
>>memory power.
>>
>>1. Diabetic patients should consume 25g to 50g
>>fenugreek seeds everyday. This helps in reducing
>>glucose in blood and urine.
>>
>>2. Effective in bad breath, body odor, anaemia and
>>stomach disorders.
>>
>>3. Tea made from fenugreek seeds in equal in value
>>to quinine in reducing fevers.
>>
>>4. Fenugreek seeds made into a paste could be
>>applied over the scalp. Leave it for an hour, then
>>wash and dry. This could cure dandruff.
>>
>>5. Application of the extract made by
>>the seeds
>>helps the growth of hair and prevents hair fall.
>>
>>6. Fenugreek seed powder is used as a poultice to
>>inflamed parts and is applied on the skin as a
>>cosmetic.
>>
>>7. A paste of Fenugreek leaves applied over the face
>>over night before going to bed could help in
>>preventing pimples and black heads.
>>
>>8. Apply fresh juice of leaves over the face every
>>night for 10-15 min and washed, this prevents
>>pimples, blackheads and wrinkles.
>>
>>9. Methi seeds boiled in water. Face is washed with
>>this water. It helps
>>to cure rashes of skin.
>>
>>10. Methi powder and seeds of Jamun in equal amount
>>is good in diabetes.
>>
>>
>>TURMERIC
>>
>>1. Sprinkle turmeric on burning charcoal and inhale
>>the smoke to get rid of cold.
>>
>>2. Add turmeric to hot milk and drink to reduce cold
>>and cough.
>>
>>3. Paste of turmeric and sandalwood helps in curing
>>skin infection and pimples.
>>
>>4. Applying turmeric paste prepared in milk on face
>>helps in curing pimples.
>>
>>5.
>>Mix turmeric powder with crushed mint leaves or
>>lemon leaves, using this as face pack every day
>>helps in curing pimples.
>>
>>6. For a Fair Complexion apply a blend of raw milk,
>>cucumber juice, and olive oil with a pinch of
>>turmeric powder on your skin.
>>
>>7. A pinch of turmeric powder mixed with a teaspoon
>>of coriander juice, is an effective home remedy for
>>pimples and blackheads.
>>
>>8. a pinch of turmeric powder, one teaspoon of milk
>>cream, mixed with half a teaspoon of vinegar, makes
>>an excellent poultice. It helps in ripening
>>the
>>blood boils and in their healing without allowing
>>them to become septic.
>>
>>9. Use clean turmeric to heal a small cut.
>>
>>10. Add a pinch of turmeric and 1/4 teaspoon crushed
>>black pepper to relieve body pain.
>>
>>
>>NEEM
>>
>>1. Neem leaves are boiled in water to bring it to
>>half amount. This is cooled and honey is added.
>>Consuming this twice a day cures diabetes at
>>preliminary stage.
>>
>>2. Neem oil applied on scalp helps to get rid of
>>lice and
>>dandruff.
>>
>>3. Neem water is good for skin infections.
>>
>>4. Raw Neem leaves are eaten to purify the blood. It
>>is said to be a good blood purifier.
>>
>>5. In pimples, mix neem powder, red sandalwood
>>powder and curd in equal proportions. Apply the
>>paste on the affected area.
>>
>>6. Heat coconut oil with 100 gms of neem powder and
>>apply to your hair once a week to get rid of
>>dandruff.
>>
>>7. Neem oil is good in itching and rashes of the
>>skin.
>>
>>8. Grind some neem leaves with
>>water to a fine paste
>>and apply on the wounds. It cures the wound very
>>soon.
>>
>>9. Young branch of Neem is used as tooth brush, it
>>removes foul taste of mouth and removes bacteria.
>>
>>10. Decoction of the leaves is useful for fever.
>>
>>
>>Acknowledgements: We wish to thank everyone who
>>provided us these valuable information. Special
>>thanks are due to Mrs Jyotsna S Daptardar, Home
>>Remedies Promoter, Mumbai (A very good friend of Dr
>>Acharya), for giving us tips on home remedies.
- By Riyaz