My mom, though a nurse by profession, but mostly tell us many home remedies. I want to treasure those home remedies of her. When she was here for a month, i told her to note down the home remedies in a paper in Tamil. Finally before she leave from here she gave me the paper. I am just translating the contents here for my readers. These are just home made remedies, consult a doctor for all your major ailments.
I will update this pagewith cookery tips too.
I will update this pagewith cookery tips too.
- For headache, grind few cloves (krambu) into a fine paste. Heat this and when it is mild warm apply this on your forehead.
- When taking steam for headache, add 2 pinches of coffee powder and take the steam. You will get immediate relief from headache.
- Eating dates and honey daily will lessen the iron deficiency.
- Pregnant ladies if they take mint juice vomitting will be arrested.
- For cough, powder palm sugar and whole pepper and mix with warm milk or water and drink. This will lessen the cough.
- Agatikeerai will reduce ulcer.
- Lactating mothers if they take cabbage, garlic, surraikai(bottle gourd), drumstick leaves.oats in their diet, it will increase the milk.
- Little Nutmeg(jaadikaai) and khuskhus grind and mixed with milk, if taken in night will give good sleep.
- During summer to reduce body heat and to reduce irritation while passing urine, apply sunnambu on the big toes or put a drop of castor oil in the center of the head and navel.
- If you have any summer boils, mix turmeric powder and sunnambu and apply on that. It will ripe and burst on its own,
- Young pomegranate is good for diarrhoea. Grind this and mix with buttermilk and drink.
- Dry cough will be redcued when betel leaves are chewed with cloves.
- For pregnancy pains, dry roast cumin seeds and add water to this and boil for 2 minutes. Add a tsp of butter to this and drink hot. If it is false pains it will stop.
- Manathakkali keerai is very good for mouth ulcers.
- Boil water and add Ginger, dhaniya seeds, pepper and jeera. Filer the water and add honey to this and drink. This will help in digestion.
- Methi seeds |vendayam is the best remedy for periods pain. Daily take 1/2 tsp of vendayam in empty stomach. Take with water, no need to soak.
