Common Ailments

Common cold: Mix a tablespoonful of limejuice with half a cup of boiling water. Add enough honey to sweeten it. Drink it hot and take rest. The effect is almost immediate.

Sore throat: Mix honey and chunnam(lime) and smear it over the depression below the Adam’s apple on the throat.

Indigestion and pain in the stomach: Mash a raw piece of ginger and squeeze out the juice by adding some hot water. Add honey to the juice and drink it warm.

Any throat infection: Gargle with a teaspoon of salt solution in a glass of warm water.

Burns and scalds: Salt water is an unfailing aid for burns and scalds. At once apply salt water to prevent thin bubbles on the skin and other complications.

Rheumatism, arthritis, chest infections: Massage the whole body with neem oil.

Severe earache: It is relieved by dropping a few drops of warm neem oil.

Heart burn and gas trouble: Roast garlic in the fire without removing its outer skin and then peeled and eat. It gives instant relief.

Headache: Take a few cloves of garlic and rub them over a stone adding a few drops of water. Heat the paste in a spoon and smear it over the forehead with bearable warmth. It gives instant relief.

Influenza: A decoction made out of pepper and jaggery or honey is a check on influenza.

Dysentery: Strong tea without milk or sugar is a treatment for dysentery.

For insect bites and stings: Rub a half-cut of onion over the offending spot. It takes away the poison immediately.