Coriander - Dry coriander treats chronic dysentery and diarrhea, as well as being useful in acidity.
Celery - The celery seeds are valuable herbal remedy for indigestion. A teaspoon of the seeds soaked in a glass of buttermilk for 5 to 6 hours should be ground in the same buttermilk mixture and administered to relieve indigestion.
DIARRHEA
Fenugreek leaves are useful in diarrhea. One teaspoon of seeds which have been boiled and fried in butter should be taken with a cup of buttermilk twice daily. They are valuable in allaying biliousness. The seeds are also beneficial in the treatment of this disease
Buttermilk is one of the most effective home remedies in the treatment of diarrhea. Buttermilk is the residual milk left after the fat has been removed from curd by churning. It helps overcome harmful intestinal flora. The acid in the buttermilk also fights germs and bacteria. Buttermilk may be taken with a pinch of salt three or four times a day for controlling this disease.
Mint juice is also beneficial in the treatment of diarrhea. One teaspoon of fresh mint juice, mixed with a teaspoon each of lime juice and honey, can be given thrice daily with excellent results in the treatment of this disease.
The pomegranate has proved beneficial in the treatment of diarrhea on account of its astringent properties. If the patient develops weakness due to profuse and continuous purging, he should repeatedly be given about 50 ml of pomegranate juice to drink. This will control the diarrhea
Sesame seeds are helpful in the treatment of this condition. Two tablespoons of the seeds should be lightly roasted in a frying pan. They should then be ground into a fine powder and mixed with one tablespoon of cow’s ghee. The mass should be divided into three parts and each part should be taken with half a cup of boiled goat’s milk thrice daily for six days by the patients. It acts as an excellent medicine in this condition
Crush a handful of fresh curry leaves. Grind them to a paste. Add one-fourth of a cup of water. Strain and have this curry-leaf juice with a teaspoon of honey once or twice a day. Chewing a few curry leaves twice a day will also help
Ulser
Banana is one of the most effective home remedies for the treatment of a peptic ulcer. This fruit is said to contain an unidentified compound, perhaps jokingly called vitamin U (against ulcers). Banana neutralizes the over acidity of the gastric juices and reduces the irritation of the ulcer by coating the lining of the stomach. Patients who are in an advanced state of the disease should take a diet consisting only of two bananas with a glass of milk, three or four times a day.
Lime is valuable in peptic ulcers. The citric acid in this fruit, together with the mineral salts present in the juice, help indigestion. Tea made from fenugreek seeds is yet another useful remedy for peptic ulcers. The seeds, when moistened with water, are slightly mucilaginous. The tea helps in the healing of ulcers as the mild coating of mucilaginous material deposited by fenugreek, passes through the stomach and intestines, providing protective shell for the ulcers
Ten grams of the leaves of this drumstick tree should be ground into a paste, mixed with half a cup of yoghurt, and taken daily is a good medicine for ulser.
Goat’s milk is also highly beneficial in the treatment of this disease. It actually helps to heal peptic ulcers. For better results, a glass of goat’s milk should be taken in a raw state, three times daily.
The juices of raw vegetables, particularly carrot and cabbage, are beneficial in the treatment of peptic ulcers. Carrot juice may be taken either alone or in combination with spinach, or beet and cucumber. The formula proportions in case of the first combination are 300 ml of carrot juice and 200 ml of spinach juice; and in case of the second combination, 300 ml of carrot juice and 100 ml each of beet and cucumber juice to make 500 ml of juice.
Cabbage is regarded as another useful home remedy for a peptic ulcer: 250 gm should be boiled in 500 ml of water till it is reduced to half; this water should be allowed to cool, and taken twice daily. The juice extracted from raw cabbage is also a valuable medicine for a peptic ulcer. However, as this juice is very strong, it should be taken in combination with carrot juice, in quantities of 125 ml each.
PILES
A teaspoonful of black sesame seeds, ground to a paste and taken with half a glass of goat’s milk which a teaspoon of jaggery is added, will clear the bleeding and discomfort in two days. Have once a day for 2-3days.
A teaspoon of black sesame ground to a paste, with a little jaggery butter added, taken twice a cia week, heals piles. Sesame seeds have laxative action. The paste also has emollient properties, and so it soothes and heals the passage. The medicament in the paste tones up the blood vessels in the area.
The juice of bitter gourd leaves is very beneficial. Two or three teaspoons of the fresh juice of the leaves with a glass of buttermilk should be drunk once a day.
Eat regular well-spaced meals. Eat only when you are hungry, and eat a little less than what you feel like having.
Dried mango-seed powder: One fourth of a teaspoon of the powder, with the same amount of honey, should be taken twice a day. Mango seeds can be collected in season, dried and powdered, and the powder stored. It has many uses What is available in the market is unripe mango-peel powder, which man housewives buy as a spice to use in cooking. This is not the same as mango-seed powder.
INDIGESTION
Take a tablespoon of holy basil juice, a teaspoon of dried ginger powder, and twice the amount of jaggery. Mix the three ingredients well and take half a teaspoon twice a day with warm water. This helps digestion and regulates the appetite.
Make a decoction of half a teaspoon each of cloves and black pepper seeds, a tablespoon of cummin seeds, one-fourth of a teaspoon of turmeric, and half a teaspoon of rock salt, coarsely pounded, in a litre of water. Boil it down to half a litre, filter and keep aside to cool. Take two tablespoons of this mixture 3-4 times a day. It can be kept in a refrigerator for 2-3 days, but do not have it cold-have it at room temperature
Home Remedies for Acidity
Squeeze the juice of a whole orange and mix it with roasted
cumin seeds. Add some rock salt as per your taste. This will give you an immediate relief from acidity
2 teaspoonful of powder of amla (
Indian gooseberry) taken twice a day is also helpful in treating acidityMix a teaspoon of fresh
ginger juice with a cup of
fenugreek decoction and honey to taste and take this remedy once in the morning and once in the evening. It acts as an excellent expectorant in cases of asthma. The decoction of fenugreek can be made by mixing one tablespoon of fenugreek seeds in a cupful of water
The asthmatic patient can also inhale steam twice a day from boiling water mixed with
ajwain. It will dilate the bronchial passages
Take a teaspoon of the bitter melon root paste and mix it with an equal amount of honey or juice of the
holy basil, it acts as an excellent expectorant, and is a natural remedy for asthma. It should be taken once every night for a month.
Boil 10 garlic cloves in 30 ml of milk and take it once daily. It is an excellent medicine for the early stages of asthma
Mix some lemon juice with
ginger and consume it once a day. It is an effective home remedy for asthma.
Grind some turmeric (use old turmeric for better results). Mix one teaspoonful of this powder with one tablespoonful of honey (again, the honey must be as old as possible). This is to be taken orally. This recipe is believed to work even when all other methods fail
Diabetes
Avoid eating starchy foodstuffs as they are not easily digestible.
- Take less amount of oil in your food.
- Avoid coffee, sugar, refined flour and alcohol.
- Do not take heavy meals. Eat small meals as the foods are easily digestible and are good for the health of diabetics.
- Take low fat diet and eat vegetables like spinach, cucumber.
- Eat fruits and milk products like cheese.
- Onion, sprouts, beans, garlic and tomatoes lower the sugar level in the blood. - Live a stress free life. Stress will worsen the conditions.
- Restrict intake of mutton and excess salt in your meal. This will help in controlling your body weight and diabetes.
- It is advised to eat bitter herbs like bitter gourd and fenugreek. They are excellent bitter herbs for diabetic patients.
- There is no restriction on fish and soy for a diabetic patient.
- Do not eat junk food and oily food as this will control your level of cholesterol, lowers your blood pressure level, and diabetes.
Mango leaves are very useful in controlling diabetes. Take some mango leaves and soak them in water. Keep it overnight then in an empty stomach take this solution. You can also take them in powder form. Dry the leaves of mango tree and make its powder in a grinder. Mix one tablespoon of the dry powder of mango leaves in a glass of water and drink it everyday
Curry leaves also controls diabetes. Chew 8-10 curry leaves in an empty stomach. This will be very effective in bringing the sugar level in urine and blood to normal. It is also beneficial to hereditary diabetic patients.
Take mango and Indian plum (Jamun) juice in equal amount. Drink this mixture three times a day. It is useful in lowering sugar level.
Bitter gourd is very useful herb in treating diabetes. The bitter gourd seeds help in reducing the sugar in the blood.
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