Series - Home Remedy # 5 - For Animal Bite

Take 1/2 teaspoon ground black cumin seeds (shah jeera), twice daily.

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Series - Home Remedy # 4 - For Angina Pectoris

■Thoroughly mix 2 teaspoons almond oil with 1 teaspoon rose oil. Rub gently on the chest, morning and evening.
■Boil 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (methi daana) in 1.5 cups water. Strain and add 2 teaspoons honey. Take twice daily.

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Calcutta - 700002
India
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Series - Home Remedy # 3 - For Anaemia

Avoid drinking tea and coffee immediately after meals as the tannin present in these interferes in the absorption of iron from food.

Take freshly prepared apple juice an hour before meals or just before retiring for the night. For proper absorption of the juice, remember the stomach should be relatively empty when you have the juice and also do not take anything for about half an hour after the juice.

Juice of beetroot taken 1 – 2 times daily is an excellent remedy for anemia especially for children and teenagers. You may combine apple and beetroot for the juice.

Mix 1 tablespoon amla juice with ripe mashed banana and eat 2 – 3 times a day.
Have a ripe banana with 1 tablespoon honey, 1 – 2 times a day.

Soak 8 – 10 almonds (badaam) and 1 teaspoon rice overnight. Remove outer skin of almonds and grind to a fine paste. Boil with 1.5 cups of milk and a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi). Sweeten with sugar and drink for a few days, once a day.
Soak 10 – 12 currants (munakas) in water overnight. Remove seeds and eat them. Have for 2 – 4 weeks.

Have spinach juice of 125 gm spinach everyday, for 2 – 3 weeks.

Foods rich in iron are – honey, almonds, bananas, apricots (khurmani), raisins (kishmish), fenugreek (methi) leaves, fenugreek seeds (methi daana), lettuce or salad leaves, onion, spinach (paalak), grapes, tomatoes, carrots, gooseberry (amla), beetroots (chukander), apples, pomegranate (anaar). Have plenty of them if you are anaemic.

Indian Board of Alternative Medicine
80, Chowringhee Road
Calcutta - 700002
India

Home Remedy #2 - For Acne

Clean face with cotton wool dipped in rose water 2 - 3 times a day. Do not use soap.
Orange peel is very good in the treatment of acne. Grind the peel with some water to a paste and apply on affected parts. When oranges are not in season, you may use a powder of dried orange peels. For this, when oranges are in season, dry orange peels in shade. Powder finely in a grinder and sift it to make a very fine powder. Store in an air tight bottle for future use.

Mix 1 teaspoon lemon juice in 1 teaspoon finely ground cinnamon (dalchini) powder and apply on affected areas frequently. Sift the connamon powder to make it into a very fine powder.

Crush a few garlic (lasan) flakes and apply on the face, once or twice a day. Swallowing 1-2 flakes of raw garlic regularly helps further.

Grind some neem leaves with water to a fine paste. Apply on infected area.

Make a paste of 1/2 teaspoon each of sandalwood and turmeric (haldi) powder in a little water and apply.

Grind some back cumin seeds (shah jeera) with a little vinegar (sirka) to a smooth paste. Apply on infected parts.

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80, Chowringhee Road
Calcutta - 700002
India
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Home Remedy #1 - For Acidity

i.Take a tiny piece of jaggery (gur) every hour. Just keep it in the mouth and slowly suck it till acidity subsides.

ii.Drink coconut water 3 - 4 times a day.

iii.Have a plateful of watermelon (tarbooz) and / or cucumber (kheera) every hour.
Harad juice, 1 - 2 teaspoon daily after meals is very effective in controlling acidity. The juice can be mixed with an equal amount of amla juice for better results. To take out amla juice, grate an amla and squeeze the pulp through a clean muslin cloth to get juice.

iv.Chewing a piece of harad is an age old remedy.

Indian Board of Alternative Medicine
80, Chowringhee Road
Calcutta - 700002
India