Series - Home Remedy #12 - For Baldness

Boil 1 cup mustard oil (sarso ka tel) with 4 tablespoon henna (mehendi) leaves. Filter and bottle. Massage on the bald patches regularly.

Grind the remains of tobacco smoked in a hookah and add to boiling mustard oil. Cool and store. Massage on the bald patches regularly.

Rub on the scalp 1 teaspoon oil in which raw mangoes have been preserved for over one year. Repeat this treatment regularly.

Grind 1 tablespoon liquorice root pieces (mulathi) in 1 cup milk with ¼ teaspoon saffron (kesar). Apply this paste on bald patches at bed time continuously.

Grind fenugreek seeds (methi dana), with water and apply on the head. Leave for at least 40 minutes before washing. Do it every morning for a month.

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Series - Home Remedy #11 - For Bad Odour

Use neem twigs as tooth paste.
Powder the dried mint (pudina) leaves. Use as toothpowder.

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Calcutta - 700002
India
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Series - Home Remedy #10 - For Bad Breath

Chew some fennel seeds (saunf) frequently.

Chew a piece of cinnamon (dalchini) put in a betel leaf (paan ka patta).

Boil some cinnamon (dalchini) in a cup of water. Store it in a clean bottle in your bathroom. Use it as a mouthwash frequently.

Parsley leaves are rich in chlorophyll, nature’s own deodorizer. Chew some leaves regularly and your breath will remain fresh. Alternatively, you can chew some cardamom seeds (illaichi) to sweeten your breath.

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80, Chowringhee Road
Calcutta - 700002
India

Series - Home Remedy #9 - For Backache

Rub some ginger paste on the affected area. Apply oil of eucalyptus on it.

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