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Remedies for hiccups
1. Place a tablespoon of sugar in mouth and suck slowly. In most
cases, it is a sure remedy.
2. Hold your breath as long as possible, and let it go out. The
lungs expand and push down on the diaphragm, stopping hiccups
immediately.
3. Mix 2 teaspoon common salt in a cup of plain yogurt and eat.
In most cases, it is a good remedy.
4. Boil ½ teaspoon of cardamom fresh powder in 2 cups of
water till about 1 cup remains. Sieve it and drink a glassful
of this warm water.
5. For recurring hiccups, suck small pieces of fresh ginger.
6. Plug your ears with your fingers and drink something with a
straw.
7. Lay on your back.
8. Put a paper bag over your mouth and nose and breathe several
times.
9. For some eating a spoonful peanut butter stops hiccups immediately.
It can work for children also.
Remedies for acne cure
1. Orange peel pounded well with water. Applied to affected acne
areas
2. Cucumber leaves or grated pieces. Apply to area for acne cure.
3. Rub the pimple( acne) with a fresh cut clove of garlic.
4. Drinking atleast 1 litre of water a day to impart a healthy
glow to the skin.
5. Clove based face mask or a paste of Fenugreek (Methi ) leaves
applied overnight on acne and washed off next morning
Remedies for dandruff cure
1. About 10-15 minutes before you wash your hair, rub a lot of
aloe vera gel into your scalp. Leave it on for 10 minutes and
shampoo your hair like you do regularly. If you do this everyday
the dandruff will stay away.
2. Use lime juice to wash hair.
3. Soak 2 tablespoons fenugreek seeds in water overnight. In the
morning grind into a fine paste. Apply all over scalp and leave
for ½ an hour. Wash with mild shampoo.
4. Mix the olive oil with the almond oil. Leave it on about 5
min.s after it starts to burn. Rinse well to clear dandruff.
5. Massage your hair with warm coconut oil and apply the juice
of 2 lemons, steam your hair and leave the oil on for about 2
hours. Shampoo with a mild shampoo. Repeat 2-3 times a week.
6. Boil a handful of neem leaves in 4 teacups of water. After
cooling and filtering, use for rinsing hair.
Remedies for constipation cure, treatment:
1. Bale fruit is the best laxative of all fruits. It cleans and
tones up the intestines & gives constipation relief.
2. Constipation in toddlers, infants and older children may be
relieved by giving bran cereal
3. Guava when eaten with seeds provides roughage to diet can give
relief from constipation
4. Add more fruits to the diet prunes pears, grapes, Orange juice
& Papaya.
5. Try one tablespoonful of corn syrup added to 8oz of water to
cure constipation
6. Another natural remedy for constipation is to add a little
extra sugar or some honey a glass of milk. Drink twice a day.
Remedies for colic pain:
1. Take a ½ gram of Asafetida (Hing Powder) & mix it
with little water make a paste of it and fill up your belly button,
lie down for 15-30 minutes and you will release some gas for few
times, after that you will be fine.
Remedies for acidity relief:
1. Take one piece of clove and suck on it slowly. This will give
you relief from acidity and also help in reducing the onslaught
of diseases arising out of acidity.
2. Eat a cup of vanilla ice cream or drink a glass of cold milk
to get heartburn and acidity relief within minutes
Remedies for heartburn relief:
1. Eat several almonds when heartburn symptoms persist.
2. Lemons- can prevent hearburn. Cut a lemon into thin strips
and dip in salt. Eat before meals to prevent heartburn.
3. Lemon rind can also be eaten to prevent heartburn.
Remedies for arthritis:
1. Herbal arthritis remedies have been helping ease arthritis
pain and inflammation for centuries.
2. 1tablespoon juice of fresh of bathua, drink every day on an
empty stomach for 2-3 months. Do not add anything to the juice
and do not eat anything for 2 hours before and after
3. Warm mustard oil, spread it over madar leaf and foment the
joint by spreading the leaf over the joint and keeping it there
for a few hours for arthritis relief
4. On an empty stomach take 3-4 walnuts (akhrot) or 1 fresh coconut
Remedies for age spots:
1. Apply vitamin E oil directly to age spots daily to reduce coloration
of age spots
Remedies for asthma:
1. Express the juice from garlic. Mix 10 - 15 drops in warm water
and take internally for asthma relief.
2. Mix, onion juice ¼ cup, honey 1 tablespoon and black
pepper 1/8 tablespoon.
3. Mix licorice and ginger together. Take ½ tablespoon
in 1 cup of water for relief from asthma.
4. Drink a glass of 2/3 carrot juice, 1/3 spinach juice, 3 times
a day .
5. Add 30-40 leaves of Basil in a liter of water, strain the leaves
and drink the water throughout the day effective for asthma.
Remedies for insect bites:
1. Smoke produced as a result of burning of Neem leaves in a small
vessel, 1 hour prior to going to bed helps in driving away the
mosquitoes.
Remedies for baldness:
1. Boil 1 cup mustard oil with 4 tablespoon henna leaves. Filter
and bottle. Massage on the bald patches regularly.
2. Grind 1/2 lime seeds, and 1/2 black pepper, apply to bald patches
regularly. Helpful home remedy to cure baldness
3. Scrub the bald area with onions till it becomes red. Follow
up by applying honey over patch.
4. Rub on the scalp with 1 teaspoon oil in which raw mangoes have
been preserved for over one year. Repeat treatment frequently.
Remedies for bad breath:
1. Chew some cardamom seeds to sweeten your breath.
2. Parsley leaves are rich in chlorophyll, nature's own deodoriser
3. Chew some leaves regularly for fresh breath.
4. Add the juice of half a lemon to a glass of water & use
as a last rinse.
Remedies for burn treatment:
1. Flame burn treatment: To put out the fire, roll the victim
on the ground and wrap with rugs, blankets or a coat.
2. Chemical burn treatment: Wash thoroughly the burnt area under
running tap water for atleast 30 minutes till the burning subsides.
3. Electric burn first aid: Switch off the main electric switch.
4. Apply ice pack or cloth soaked in ice water and change them
constantly
Remedies for bronchitis:
1. Mix 1 teaspoon garlic oil, and 3 teaspoons honey. Take 3 times
a day.
Remedies for high blood pressure:
1. Home remedy for Low BP - Drink a glass of raw beetroot juice
2 times a day, for at least a week.
2. Home remedy for High BP -Mix 1/2 onion juice and 1/2 honey.
Take 2 tbls once a day for 1-2 weeks.
3. Eat 1 Papaya on an empty stomach daily for a month. Do not
eat anything after for about 2 hours.
Remedies for bleeding gums:
1. With a pinch of salt soaked in a glass of lukewarm water, you
now create a homemade saline solution. Use this to rinse in the
morning and in the evening. This will help increase circulation
in your gums and reduce the swelling.
2. No matter how well and how often you brush your teeth, you
can't reach the areas between your teeth and below the gums. Make
the habit of flossing. Floss comes in very handy. Keep one in
your bag or at your office. After meal, floss it!
Remedies for bladder infections:
1. One teaspoon of olive oil and one teaspoon of garlic juice
mixed in a glass of warm water. Drink three times a day, before
meals.
2. A teaspoon of pure garlic juice is effective in killing off
the bacteria responsible for many bladder infections. This treatment
can be repeated as often as needed.
Remedies for backache:
1. A dose of powdered Sonth, Meetha soda and Namak ( salt), if
consumed with hot milk or water, redresses backache.
Remedies for athletes foot:
1. Soak feet in very warm water with about one part white vinegar
to four parts water, for 20 - 30 minutes, 2 times a day, until
the fungus is no longer visible and irritating
Remedies for mouth ulcers:
1. Application of peppermint oil helps as it is an anesthetic
agent.
2. Mix coconut milk with honey and massage the gums 3 times a
day.
3. Take 1 tsp finely powdered Indian Gooseberry root bark, mix
with honey. Apply to affected areas frequently.
Remedies for indigestion:
1. Mix equal parts of baking soda and water in a glass. Drink
as soon as you feel indigestion coming.
Remedies for sinus headaches:
1. Dip a small towel in cold water, rinse, and apply to forehead.
Once the towel gets warm, flip it to the other side, or dip it
into cold water again.
2. Lying down, in a dark room, maybe getting a 1/2 hour of sleep,
will always make you feel better.
3. A decoction of half a teaspoon mustard seeds powder and three
teaspoons water, if instilled in the nostrils, redresses migraine.
4. The juice of ripe grapes is an effective home remedy for a
migraine.
5. For a sinus headache, eat a jalapeno pepper as soon as possible.
Within minutes your sinuses will start to drain and the sinus
headache will subside.
6. A peppermint steam inhalation provides quick relief for sinus
headaches. Peppermint acts as a decongestant, and the combination
of warm steam and the essential oil is doubly effective for opening
up the sinuses.
7. Mix 1 teaspoon finely ground cinnamon (called dalchini in India)
in 1 teaspoon water and apply on the forehead. It is very effective
in headache due to exposure to cold air.
8. Make a paste from dry ginger with a little water or milk, apply
to the forehead for sinus relief.
9. Grind 10-15 Basil leaves with 4 cloves and 1 teaspoon dried
ginger into a paste and apply to forehead for sinus cure.
10. For a painful sinus headache, try a hot footbath along with
a cold compress on the forehead
Remedies for tired eyes:
1. Boil some tea in a little water and let it cool. Dip 2 gauzes
in this brew and place the gauzes on each eye for 15 minutes.
Make sure you keep dipping the cotton wads into the liquid, as
soon as gauzes dry up. Effective treatment for tired eyes
2. For tired eyes, wash them with cold water, several times a
day. This treatment reduces inflammation, moisturizers the skin
/tissues, relaxes the eyes & provides relief from eyestrain
& fatigue.
3. Lavender oil offers gentle relief for tired and strained eyes.
Add a drop of lender oil to 500 ml (2 ½ cups) of water
and shake the solution well. Dip two cotton wool pads in the liquid,
squeeze out the excess water and place one pad over each eye.
Remedies for eczema:
1. Add 1 tsp camphor to 1 teaspoon sandalwood paste and apply
on the affected eczema areas.
2. Rub a nutmeg against a smooth stone slab with a little water
and make a paste. Apply to affected eczema area.
Remedies for ear infection:
1. Extract 1 teaspoon juice from mango leaves. Slightly warm and
use as ear drops for ear infection.
2. Make garlic oil: chop 1-2 bulbs of fresh garlic. Place the
garlic in a double boiler, and cover with an inch of olive oil.
Cover the pot, and warm the oil gently over low heat for one hour.
3. Strain the oil through a piece of cheesecloth, and store it
in a covered glass jar in the refrigerator. To use the garlic
oil, place a small amount in a metal spoon and heat it gently
over a flame until warm.
4. Suction the oil up into an ear dropper, place a couple of drops
into each ear canal, and plug the canal with a soft cotton ball.
Repeat this every hour or as needed. Do not use garlic oil to
treat an external ear infection or if you suspect a punctured
eardrum.
Remedies for diaper rash:
1. Place the baby's buttocks near a tap and wash down with running
water after every bowel movement to give diaper rash relief.
2. Another common remedy is to dab the area dry rash area with
a soft cloth and apply vaseline ointment or any rash-free creams
or gel.
Remedies for cough:
1. Soak almonds overnight. Remove their skin. Make a paste of
these almonds with little butter and sugar. Very useful for a
dry cough.
2. Hot tea with lemon and raspberry jam, drink as much as possible
3. Drink hot milk with honey at bedtime for cough relief
4. Combine 3 tbs. lemon juice, 1 cup honey, and 1/4 cup warm water.
Take 1-2 tbs. as needed
Remedies for common cold:
1. For dry and stuffy nose, try normal saline or salt water nasal
drops made by adding 1/4 teaspoon of table salt to about 4 ml
lukewarm water. Make a fresh solution every few days keeping it
in refrigerator. Use a clean dropper to instill 1 to 2 drops in
each nostril about 3 to 4 times daily for common cold .
2. Do not use medicated nasal drops without physician's consent
as excessive use will cause chemical rhinitis with rebound block
3. Garlic juice made by adding few drops of garlic oil to a teaspoonful
of onion juice and diluting it in a cup of water is helpful for
common cold
4. Ginger tea or a teaspoonful of ginger juice taken with equal
quantity of honey brings relief from common cold
Remedies for lower cholesterol:
1. Onion juice reduces cholesterol and works as a tonic for nervous
system. It cleans blood, helps digestive system, cures insomnia
and regulates the heart action & helps in lowering cholesterol.
2. Sunflower seeds contain a substantial amount of linoelic acid
which is helpful in reducing cholesterol deposits on the walls
of the arteries. Substituting oil of sunflower seeds for some
of the solid fats like butter & cream will, therefore lead
to a great improvement in health & lower cholesterol.
Remedies for reducing wrinkles:
1. Apply coconut oil on the portions of skin and face where wrinkles
set in and gently massage every night at bedtime.
2. Banana is wonderful as an anti-wrinkle treatment. Mash 1/4
banana until very creamy. Spread all over face and leave for 15-20
minutes before rinsing off with warm water followed by a dash
of cold. Gently pat dry.
Remedies for wart removal:
1. Apply vitamin E oil to the surrounding skin, then crush a clove
of raw garlic, place it on the wart, and cover it with an adhesive
bandage. The raw garlic causes a blister to form, and the wart
generally falls off within a week. Apply vitamin E oil to the
area to help it heal.
2. Chop one raw onion in a dish, cover with salt and leave overnight.
Apply the resulting juice to the warts twice a day, until warts
disappear.
3. Cut fresh pineapple into thin slices. Apply to warts several
times a day until they are gone.
4. Apply the milky juice exuding from the stems of figs and leaves
Remedies for vertigo:
1. Mix 7 to 8 almonds with 7 to 8 kernels of pumpkin seeds, 1
teaspoon poppy seeds and 3 tablespoon wheat. Soak in water overnight.
Next morning, remove the outer skin of the almonds and grind everything
together into a fine paste. Heat separately 2 teaspoon ghee and
fry ½ teaspoon cloves. Add the paste to it along with some
milk and boil the whole mixture.
Sweeten with sugar and drink every day for a few days for vertigo
relief.
Remedies for varicose veins:
1. Apply apple cider vinegar, just as it comes from the bottle
to the varicose veins night and morning. Shrinking of the veins
should be noticed by the end of the month.
Remedies for chicken pox:
1. Apply Sandalwood oil ( not the paste ) from the first day of
appearance of rash till the fall of scabs.
2. Apply Vitamin E oil over the skin. Will help the healing process..
3. A bath of oatmeal is a natural remedy to relieve the itch due
to chicken pox
4. Honey smeared over the skin will also help in healing the disease
5. Lukewarm water baths with neem leaves will help relieve the
itching.
home remedies for sunburn
6. Mix 2 teaspoon tomato juice and 4 tablespoon buttermilk and
apply on the face. Leave for 1/2 hour, and wash off.
7. Mix olive oil with equal quantity of vinegar and apply an hour
before your bath for sunburn relief
8. Make a paste of Barley, turmeric and yogurt in equal proportions.
Apply it over the area of sunburns for sunburn relief.
9. A thin paste of sandalwood applied to the sunburn area is beneficial
Remedies for skin allergies:
1. Grind 1 tbls of poppy seeds with 1 teaspoon water. Add 1 teaspoon
lime juice. Apply to affected area for relief from skin allergies.
2. Mix 1 teaspoon lime juice with sandalwood paste. Apply to affected
skin allergy area
home remedies : treatment for piles :
3. Wash 2-3 dried figs very well & soak in a glass of cold
water overnight. Have it first thing in the morning. Similarly
have figs in the evening that have been soaked in the morning.
Have them for 2-3 weeks for good results. It is effective treatment
for ordinary piles as well as bleeding piles.
4. Mix 1 teaspoon fresh mint leaves juice with 1 teaspoon lemon
juice & 1 tablespoon honey. Take 3 times a day for relief
from piles.
5. Boil a mashed ripe banana in 1 teacup milk & take 2-3 times
a day.
6. Apply a crushed onion, which has been skinned and roasted,
to dry and bleeding piles.