tHome Remedies for Beauty Care

Below are some simple 'secrets' to achieve a naturally beautiful skin.

Mix equal quantities of cucumber juice, rose water and lime juice. Wash the face and apply it overnight. Rinse off in the morning. This clears the complexion and keeps it healthy.

Take 50 ml. of raw (not boiled) milk and mix a pinch of salt and two teaspoonful of lime juice in it. Use it as a cleansing lotion. It helps to clean the deep pores of skin.

Mix equal quantities of lime juice, glycerin and rose water. This lotion if applied to the face regularly at bed time is very useful in removing pimples, blackheads and other stains of the skin. It makes the skin soft, and can also be applied to other parts of the body (hands, feet etc.)

Take 50 ml. of tomato juice and mix with one teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply this mixture to the face. It helps to make the skin soft and glowing.

Take equal quantities of turmeric powder and wheat flour and make a paste with sesame oil. Apply it to the face to remove unwanted hair.

Apply orange juice to the face for smooth and soft skin.

Take 30 ml. of cabbage juice and mix one teaspoon of honey in it. This mixture, if applied regularly to the face, helps to keep the wrinkles away.

Make a paste of raw carrots and apply it to the face. Wash it after one hour. The skin will become glowing.

Regular application of mint juice to the face helps to remove stains.

Try out some of these simple natural remedies for smooth, clear and radiant complexion.

Acne and Pimples: Remedies

A paste made from one teaspoon each of sandalwood powder and turmeric mixed with milk, is very good. A paste of nutmeg and water is also beneficial.

Half a cup of Aloe Vera pulp can be taken internally (Do not take internally if pregnant) or applied externally to the skin. It should be taken for twice a day.

Before going to bed, wash the face thoroughly and then apply a paste of 1 tsp coriander juice mixed with a pinch of turmeric powder.

For pimples, apply a paste made from one teaspoon of cumin seeds. Remove after one hour.

A paste of fresh fenugreek leaves is to be applied and washed off with warm water before going to bed. This prevents pimples.

Pigmentation: Remedies

Grind five almonds and mix with 1 teaspoon of fresh milk cream and a few drops of lemon juice. Apply this paste to the face and neck. Leave on for about fifteen minutes.

Apply papaya juice, or mashed papaya, to the affected areas.

Grind equal amounts of sesame seeds and turmeric in a small quantity of water and apply to the face or discolored skin.

Make a paste from holy basil (Tulasi) leaves and water to use on the affected skin

Premature Aging: Remedies

Massage the face with ghee, almond oil or coconut oil before going to bed.

Use grated cucumber in a face pack.

Apply fresh aloe Vera gel to the skin.

HairCare-Dandruff: Remedies

Add 1 teaspoon of camphor to half a cup of coconut or Neem oil. Store it in glass container. Massage this oil into the scalp before bed. Wash with warm water after three to four hours or leave overnight.

Mix 1 teaspoon of castor, mustard and coconut oil each and massage into the scalp. Wash with warm water after three to four hours or leave overnight.

Mix one part of lemon juice with two parts of coconut oil. Massage into the roots of the hair regularly. Wash with warm water after three to four hours or leave overnight.

Hair Loss and Balding: Remedies

The first step is to locate the root cause in your diet or lifestyle that may be increasing the Pitta Dosha. Once you locate it, try to give up or at least reduce the diet, habit, or activity responsible for increasing Pitta.

Always use a natural shampoo or soap to clean the hair. As most soaps and shampoos have chemicals, they might be the cause of your problem. Usually the chemicals have a heating effect which increases Pitta locally. Amala (embilica officinalis), Shikakai (Acacia concinna) and Ritha (Sapindus mukorossi) are very commonly used in India for washing the hair.

Oiling and massaging of scalp is very beneficial for stopping the hair loss. Use coconut oil, sesame oil or mustard oil at least three times in a week. Certain medicated oils like 'Mahabhringraj oil', 'Amala oil', and 'Japakusum oil' are very useful. Put oil on the scalp, and massage gently in the roots of the hair.

The person should maintain a regular bowel movement everyday. In case of constipation, a mild natural laxative can be taken. Triphala, an Ayurvedic herbal powder, is also useful.

The diet should contain more green leafy vegetables, salads, milk, fruits and sprouts. Take more proteins, milk, buttermilk, yeast, wheat germ, soybean and vitamin A.

Regular physical exercise is very beneficial as it helps in balancing the aggravated doshas.

A special Ayurvedic preparation made from Bhringraj (Eclipta elba), Amala (Emblica officinalis), Praval pisti (Ayurvedically prepared corals), Lauha Bhasma (Ayurvedically prepared iron) and black sesame seeds are very useful, and even stops the graying of hair.

Rub your scalp vigorously after washing the hair. It increases the blood circulation, and activates the sebaceous glands.

A mixture of lettuce and spinach juice is good to drink to induce hair growth. The juice of alfalfa mixed with that of carrot, and lettuce juice is also good to take.

Daily application of coconut oil mixed with lime juice on the hair is also beneficial. Applying juice of green coriander leaves on the head is also good.

Washing the hair with a paste of cooked Urad dal (black beans) and fenugreek (methi) 2-3 times a week, is also good.

A paste of licorice made by grinding it in milk can be applied in the bald patches. It induces hair growth. A paste of seeds of lemon and black pepper may also be applied on the bald patches.

Premature graying of hair : Remedies

Apply a paste made from 2 tsp. henna powder, 1 tsp curd, 1 tsp fenugreek seed powder, 1 tbsp coffee, 2 tbsp mint juice and 2 tbsp basil juice. Apply this paste to the hair for two hours. For a darker color, leave this paste in for 3 to 4 hours. Wash hair with any natural shampoo.

Grate some fresh ginger. Mix with honey and place it in a jar. Eat 1 tea spoon everyday.

Itchy scalp : Remedies

Add 1 teaspoon of camphor to half a cup of coconut oil and store it in glass container. Massage this oil into the scalp before bed.

Grind some jasmine roots with lime juice. Wash the hair and scalp with it.

Nail Care : Remedies

Sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, dairy products, nuts, dried fruit and dark green leafy vegetables encourage healthy nail growth.

To make the hands soft and nourish the nails, apply a cream of almond oil and honey and leave it on overnight.

Foot Care : Remedies

Massaging the feet each night with oil is relaxing and keeps them soft and supple. In winter warm oil can be used with sesame or mustard oil. In summer coconut oil provides a cooling effect.

Corns : Remedies

The sap from a marigold stem, milky juice from green figs or papaya juice is all good remedies. Apply to the affected area frequently.

A slice of lemon can be placed on the corn and bandaged in place overnight.

Cracks on heels : Remedies

Take about three tablespoons of bees wax and mix teaspoonful sesame oil in it. Warm it a little and apply on the affected areas.

Use warm sesame oil or ghee on the affected areas.

Apply a mixture of 1 teaspoon of mango tree sap and 1 tablespoon water to the cracked skin.

Eye Care : Remedies

To prevent eye form damage its care is very necessary. It is best to avoid poor light when reading or using computers or watching television for long hours.

Very intense light or using very hot or very cold water on the face and head is also not healthy for the eyes.

Applying few drops of almond, coconut or sesame oil around the eyes prevents dark circles.

Dry or dull eyes : Remedies

Use a few drops of honey, ghee or sesame oil in the eyes.

Boil 1/2 teaspoon of fennel seeds in 1 cup of water until it reduces to half. Cool and strain and use as eye drops.

Wash the feet in warm water and massage with oil.

Tense or blood shot eyes : Remedies

Put 3 drops of rose water in the eyes.

Soak a cotton pad in rose water, milk or aloe vera juice and apply to closed eyes for 10-20 minutes while lying down comfortably.

Place a slice of cucumber on each eye for some time.

Boil 2 or 3 figs and 1 tablespoon of raisins in 1 cup of milk. Drink each morning.

Weak eyesight : Remedies

Grind about half a cup each of almonds, raw sugar and anis seeds. Divide into 40 doses and take one each day with a cup of warm milk.

Meditate daily while concentrating on the flame of a candle.

Rinse the eyes with water daily. Give rest to the eyes if working for long periods in between the work.

Mix some cardamom seeds with 1 tablespoon of honey. Eat daily.

Mouth Care : Remedies

Consuming aloe Vera gel, or ginger and lemon juice, also helps improve digestion.

Rinsing the mouth with a decoction of mint, or chewing parsley or basil leaves can improve breath.

Teeth : Remedies

After eating it is necessary to rinse and gargle to remove food particles that may be stuck between teeth.

Eating hard, crunchy fruits and vegetables (Apples, carrots) is good for the teeth.

For discolored teeth use salt mixed with lime or lemon juice to brush the teeth.

To ease toothache, apply a couple of drops of cinnamon or clove oil to the base of the aching tooth

Gums : Remedies

Citrus fruits (oranges, grapefruit, Amla, lemon and lime), guavas or pomegranates should be included in the diet to ensure healthy gums as these fruits contain large quantities of vitamin C. Massaging the gums daily with a mixture of salt, black pepper and sesame oil is also beneficial.

Tongue : Remedies

The internal conditions of the digestive system is reflected by the tongue. According to Ayurveda the condition of coating on the tongue determines physical disorders that may be present while a mucus like coating on the tongue demonstrates the presence of Ama (a toxic byproduct of poor digestion or improper eating habits).

H E A L T H R E M E D I E SBooks of reference- Hadyat ul Shia by Ayatullah Mishkini, Tib e Raza, Tibb-e-Masoomeen, Islamic Meditives Cure Ailments index

In Tadbiyat-e-Hikmat it is narrated that Maula Ali (A.S) says like soap cleans clothes but it also wears off the clothes, so too many medications temporarily cleanses the body from diseases but it makes it boosedah.

We are obliged to all those who helped us in the making of this booklet. May Allah Bless them health and prosperity. Please excuse us in case of any error.

Imam Ali [a.s] said: "Never, never will prosperity be reached by remaining idle and lazy."

· FOR CURE FROM DISEASE/ILLNESS:

Ayatullah Nasrullah Burujardi says the patient should pray himself (if the mareez is unable to pray himself then some one should pray on his behalf) – 17,000 times salwat. 1000 salwat hadiya to each of the14 masoomeen, 1000 salwat as hadiya to Bibi Zainab, 1000 salwat as hadiya to Hazrat Abbas and 1000 salwat as hadiya to Umul baneen. (very effective if prayed in one sitting)

· FOR FULFILLMENT OF HAJJAT AND REMOVING OF WORRIES.

Pray 1000 times in one sitting Allahumma Laan Muawiya ibn Abi Saffyan. (Laan (part of tabbarrah), is very effective because it makes you realize why the laan is being sent on the person, and awakens youto stay away from evil deeds. Praying laan fulfills desires quickly,also pray salwat before and after the tasbihs, also do istigfar)

GENERAL TIPS FOR GOOD HEALTH· The Prophet (S.A.W.W) Says- 77 diseases are cured by honey.· Do not stand and drink water at night, incurable disease will be contracted (6th Imam a.s)· Drinking Rain water is beneficial for health· 21 raisins (kishmish) on an empty stomach for good memory and good health.· Do not sleep on an empty stomach.· Eat only when you are hungry.· Use the washroom before sleeping.· Do not sleep in a straight position immediately after a meal, as it hinders digestion and causes gastric problems.

· Do not bathe immediately after a meal, as it hinders digestion.· Best not to eat anything except fruits between breakfast and dinner.· Do not eat fruits immediately after a meal, wait for a hr before eating fruits.· Eat the fruits at the beginning of their season.· Don't drink tea immediately after a meal as tea has acid in it and food has protein in it therefore digestion is hindered.· Do not smoke a cigarette immediately after a meal it is equivalent to smoking 10 cigarettes at other times and is the main cause of cancer.· Never urinate in the sea or swimming pools,one contracts incurable disease.· After a hot water bath put a mug of cold water on your feet· Best time to sleep, which is most beneficial, is 2½ hrs after sunset.· Start and end your food with a pinch of salt to ward off 70 kinds of diseases. End your meal also with a pinch of salt.· Waking up 2½ hrs before sunrise is very beneficial for health.· Namaz-e-shab is best for good health.· Try to do all work facing qibla and in a state of wuzu- Tilwat-e-Quran, cooking, studying etc.· Alims say that honey serves a dual purpose i.e. in the winter it has a warm effect and in summer it has a cooling effect.· Cutting nails on Friday cures many diseases.

FOR DIABETES

· Elaichi to be chewed thoroughly with the skin, after meals for at least 40 days to see results.

· Dairy products, egg yolk, soya beans,garlic, vegetables and fish. Feet should always be clean. Keep your feet dry of moisture and sweat and keep them warm by wearing cotton socks not nylon socks. This plays a very important role for good blood circulation for sugar patient.

· Drink garlic juice

· Methi seeds (better used in the winter) one teaspoon nihar mouth or in powdered form. And one teaspoon 1 hr before meals.

FOR ARTHRITIS· One teaspoon of honey before going to bed.

· Remove potato eyes from a raw potato, wash well and liquidize and drink immediately.

FOR ARTHRITIS & JOINT PAINS

· Fill water in a copper vessel at night and drink it in the morning.

· Mix honey 1 teaspoon and 2 teaspoons luke warm water and 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder (dalchinni powder) to be slowly massaged on joint pains.

FOR CHORNIC ARTHRITIS· 1 cup hot water, 2 teaspoons honey and 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder mix well and drink twice a day.

FOR BACK PAIN· Ginger juice and salt to be mixed and massaged

· Massage back with hot olive oil (always use hot oil for massage, it is very effective)

· Clove oil massage

· ½ teaspoon Ajwine and ½ teaspoon ghur to be chewed well twice a day. If back pain is very severe then increase the quantity to 1 teaspoon each

· FOR LEG CRAMPS / BODY PAIN OR STIFFNESS IN THE BODY- massage with hot coconut oil

· BED WETTING- One teaspoon of honey before going to bed.

· FOE A PEACEFUL SLEEP- one teaspoon of honey at night

· BEAUTY TIPS- Hadees of Imams For good colour:-use the following in your diet:- Egg plant (began), onion,bahi (queens), bananas and olives

· FOR A HEALTHY SKIN-Rub cucumber juice on the face.

· Besan ka atta, ghee and water to be mixed and rubbed on face.

TO REMOVE STAINS FROM ANY WHERE ON THE BODY-

Boil 1 liter water till ¼ liter remains, then mix glycerin and limetogether and use twice a day.

FOR HEART PROBLEMS· Drink carrot juice (carrot juice not recommended for pregnant women).· Mix water and ginger juice in equal parts and drink daily.· For pain in the heart- 8-10 tulsi leaves mixed with 2-3 black peppers to be chewed and swallowed

FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

· Eat 3-4 garlic cloves daily.· Drink milk mixed with crushed lasan.· Nihar mouth 1 teaspoon olive oil.· Eat fresh vegetables and fruits. Bananas and melons are especially beneficial.· 2 teaspoon of honey mixed with 1 teaspoon lemon juice to be taken twice a day.· For High and low Blood Pressure: Do deep breathing.

FOR DIARRHEA· Chew 1 teaspoon tea leaves mixed with sugar· Mix luke warm water, lime juice and 1 pinch salt and drink· Rub ginger juice around the naval

FOR COUGHS & COLDS· A lemon a day keeps the cold away.· Orange (mosambi) juice.· 1 tblspoon of ginger juice mixed with ½ teaspoon honey.· 2½ cups water to be boiled then add juice of 2 lemons and honey and drink at night.· Drink onion juice and honey mixed together.· For coughs ½ onion dipped in honey overnight and drink the juice· For excessive coughing and to avoid coughing continuously keep pomegranate skin in the mouth

FOR BRONCHITIS· Inhaling steam of hot water mixed with garlic cloves.· 5 grms of honey 4 times in the day.· For Phlegm (balghum)-chew dates well and drink hot water over it.· For Colds, Coughs and Phlegm (balghum) in hot milk add haldi, salt and ghur and drink at night.

FOR MARRIAGE PROPOSALS

· (Dua to be prayed for results within 40 days or 3 months) -Surah Taha- to be prayed for 41 to 90 days. Better to be prayed at time of shab and completed 5 mins before Namaz-e-Fajr.

· Surah Baqarah ayah # 137 to be recited 100 times for marriage proposal, family problems and for anger

اوداوا تهاوت ا دا ا ا ها اوفاوق اومتنمت ما ا ب اوم اا آ ا لا ا متث اوممتناواا ا ب تنا آ  قا ا اوفا إ ا شاوق ا ت ما ا ف يا مه اوم اا تاواا اوفا إمن اواومل مها ماوا إنا اوت م ما الملـ مه اوك تكا في اوساوي م ما ا اوف اوعا لي معا اتل ا مي مس اواوا ال مه ١٣٧﴿ا اواو ﴾

Translation: "So if they believe as ye believe, they are indeed on the right path; but if they turn back, it is they who are in schism; but Allah will suffice thee as against them, and He is the All- Hearing, the All-Knowing."

REASONS OF DEPRESSION:

· If you wear black shoes.· If you wear clothes in the standing position.· If you wipe your hands or face with your clothes.· Negative thinking.· Lack of something in your body.· Recalling old memories.

Remedies For depression:

· Do not wear black shoes.· Wear your dress/clothes in a sitting position.· Do not wipe your hands or face with the clothes you are wearing (also adversely effects rizk and rozi).· Keep a positive attitude towards others even if they do not show a friendly attitude towards you.· Use raw vegetables.· Eat oranges, berries, black grapes, olives.· Eat dry fruits before meal.· Drink warm milk with honey and cinnamon powder (equal quantity) at night.· Drink warm water with 1tbs honey at daytime.· Wash your hair with water of bairi leaves.· Wear yellow slippers or shoes (also beneficial for barkat in rozi/rizk); if yellow is can not be worn then wear white slippers or shoes. (Yellow color is a much liked color in Islam).· Eat fruit of the season in the beginning of the season.

· Recite salwat 100 times daily.· Drink orange juice to overcome deficiencies in your body.

· Recite BISMILLAH HIR RAHMAN IR RAHIM LAHAULA WALA QUWATA ILLA BILLAH IL ALI UL AZIM 100 times.

· When you wake up from sleep recite durud 5times and LAHAUL 8 times while lying down. Again recite durud 5 times and LAHAUL 8 times in a sitting position. Repeat the amaal again when you stand up, when in washroom and finally when washing hands. (In total the amaal should be done 5 times).

For eczema and ring worms and all other skin diseases:

· Apply honey and cinnamon powder in equal quantity.· Massage the effected area with the paste of baisan flour (for itching).· Do not use egg, peanuts, sugar and dairy products.· Massage with the juice of tulsi leaves

For pimples:

· Apply coconut oil on the beginning stage of pimples on a continuous basis for 7days.· Wash your face with lassi.· Wash your face with paste of besan flour.

To change ones nature (especially for children):

Recite 5 times durud followed by 21 times Surah Qadr and again 5times durud in a moderate voice near the person's ear, then make a speech of5 to 7 minutes of what changes you want in him (as the brain is conscious),while he is sleeping. The amaal will break if the person wakes up during the amaal. The amaal shall be performed for 21 days onthe same time everyday. The person performing it shall be in state of wuzu and should be facing the qibla. (However, if the person is abroad then the same amaal shall be performed at the time when that person is sleeping. That person should be in your imagination and your hand should be on the pillow in that person's room or another room-this should be done with full concentration)-You can tell the child of the amaal but it is better not to tell him.

FOR CURING OSTEOPOROSIS, WEAKNESS OF BODY AND BONES ETC

· Eat two apples a day.

· Every morning eat a handful of any sesame seeds(till) either black or white.· Liquidize or blend 10 almonds with a cup of milk. Drink this mixture twice i.e. one cup before breakfast and another before sleeping.· Eat more of dark green leafy vegetables.· Eat low fat dairy products.

FOR CURING WEAKNESS IN CHILDRENGive them carrot and orange juice.· The child should eat as many bananas as he/she can after meals.· Boil Figs (angeer) with milk and give the milk to child to drink and the Figs to eat.

FOR ENCOURAGING HUNGER:· Chew ½ spoon of Ajwaeen twice a day.

FOR ALL SEVERE/NON-SEVERE EYE PROBLEMS:· Wash hands after meals and apply your wet palms to your eyes reciting ayat 82 of Surah Bani-Israel, seven times.· Recite Ayat-al-kursi and blow your warm breath on your palms and keep your palms on your eyes.· Put drops of pure honey in your eyes everyday.

FOR ANGER:· Drink 3 sips of water every time after you do wudhoo (ablution) with the intention of decreasing anger.

· Recite Ya Wadudo 360 times on any sweet thing for 40 days and then eat (can also do it for someone else and give it to them to eat).

BEFORE STARTING ANY NEW TASK:· Recite Al Mubdiyo or Ya Mubdiyo 56 times. Inshallah the work will get completed.This can be also recited on a pregnant woman, for avoiding miscarriage and having a safe delivery.

· Recite Ayat # 70 of Surah Baqrah. اون مداو تهاوت مم مها اول اوءا الملـ اوش ا اواوا إمن اا ا إنا تياوتن اا اوعاول اوها اوش ااوب اورا اوت منا اتلاوباوق او يا ا إ ا ه اوم اا اوكا مياوبل نيل نا ملاوتن اا اورمب معا اولاوتن اا تد ﴿ا اوق املاواا ا٧٠﴾

They said: Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to us what she is, for surely to us the cows are all alike, and if Allah pleasewe shall surely be guided aright.

the above ayat can also be recited while going shopping, or before starting any business or housekeeping task or before marriage

FOR INCREASE IN SUSTENANCE (RIZQ):Recite ayat 73 and 74 of Surah Al Imran 350 times in one sitting. This does wonders. Recite it preferably every day.

FOR STUDENTS· One who is weak in Mathematics, should recite YA MUHSEEYI (ONE WHO COUNTS), as many times as possible.

· To aquire concentration while studying, recite Surah Falaq and Surah Naas once before starting.

FOR ANY PROBLEMS IN PERIODS (MENSTRUATION) OR FOR IRREGULARITY:· Eat sesame seeds (till), white or black.· Take 20 tola water and 1 tola black sesame seeds (till) and boil them together until only 5 tola water is left. Then add gurr for as sweet as you want and drink the mixture.

FOR CLEANSING OF HEART FROM BAD DEEDS SUCH AS BUGHS, JEALOUSY ETC AND FOR ACCEPTANCE OF REPENTANCE (TAWBA) FOR KEEPING AWAY FROM SINS

· Recite Ziyarat-e-Ahsura.· Recite Tasbih-e-Fatima Zahra(a.s).· After namaz-e-fajr recite Surah Qadr and Surah Ikhlas.· Recite at least 50 quranic ayats with concentration everyday.· Recite Ayat-e-Karima 400 times everyday for one year (to change a bad habit),

TO PURIFY AND CLEAN ONE'S HEART:

One should recite Surah Alam Nashra 7 times , before going to sleep.Inshallah the next day when he wakes up , his heart will be free of any kind of hatred and impurity towards any one or for anyone

FOR HEADACHES· Mix a little ghee in milk and drink it.· Massage the forehead with a little ghee or clove oil· In one cup of water, put 1 tsp of haldi, boil it and then drink it

CHOLESTROL

· In order to normalize blood cholesterol the best things to drink are : Carrot juice, Celery juice· Best to eat are apples, bananas, grape fruit, carrots and dry beans· .Also during our food intake to take a little bit of honey

· If one is suffering from very high cholesterol and wants to normalize it in two hours has to have the following mixture: In 16 oz of tea water, mix 2 tbsp of honey and 3 tsp of Cinnamon powder and then drink it.

CONSTIPATION· Eat Figs· Have lemon juice twice a day· 1 cup of ripe tomato juice· To have first thing in the morning hot water mixed with 2tsp of honey· To have hot milk mixed with 2 tsp of honey at night before sleeping· Carrot juice

PILES· If suffering from dry piles, then have lassi mixed with a little bit of gur.· To Liquidise have coriander leaves (dhanya) with water and drink it.· To liquidize neem leaves with water, sieve and then drink· If suffering from painful piles , then eat masoor daal with roti and lassi.

· Stop having hot spicy food

FOR HAIR PROBLEMS· Highly recommended to eat figs.

· To massage the head with: hot olive oil mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon powder + 2 tsp honey. Keep it for 15 mins before washing.

FOR DANDRUFF· Mix a little sugar in lemon juice and apply it on the hair, then wash it off.

· Make a powder of neem leaves, then in about 100 gm of neem leaves powder, mix it in coconut oil and apply it in the hair once a week

· In order to have shiny hair , have cucumber

TO REDUCE WEIGHT· To eat twice a day

· Make a mixture of: 1 cup apple cider + 1 cup honey + 16 pieces of lasan (garlic), liquidize it for 1 min, put it in a glass cylinder with a tight lid and put it in the fridge for one week.After one week, put 2 tsp of this mixture in a glass of hot water and have it twice a day preferably first thing in the morning and not to eat anything for half an hour after this.

BED WETTING IN CHILDREN

· Make them eat tiil

FOR GOOD HEIGHT IN CHILDREN· Make them eat gurr and onions

FOR EASY TEETHING AND NO LOOSE MOTIONS· Glucose water and lemon water, 2 tbsp four times a day

STAMMERING IN CHILDREN· Recite Surah Jumah on water and make them drink

FOR ANY KIND OF FEAR

· One should open the Holy Quran and start reciting 100 ayats from the page where ever he has opened it and then after 100 ayats,say 3 times "YA ALLAH… pls help me overcome my fear". This can also be done when one is facing any kind of problem and difficulty. After reciting 100 ayats, say 3 time "YA ALLAH…pls solve this problem for me". Inshallah either the problem will be solved or one will get an idea as to how to deal with the problem.

FOR ALL STOMACH AILMENTS· To have adrak water + lemon water + half tsp black pepper powder· To cure indigestion and gas problems mix ajwain powder in hot water and drink it· Mix channa + gurr and have it with hot water and drink it· Mix 1 tsp adrak water + 2 tsp lemon water + saakar (misri) powder and have it before eating .This is good for gas, acidity and indigestion.

The Holy Prophet (S .W.W.S) has said:In order to prevent stomach ailments, recite surah Teen on the food and then eat, it is so mujarrab that even if some one has mixed poison in food it will not effect.For every dish we have, we should recite a different 'Bismillah…"

URINE PROBLEM· Half tsp ajwain + half tsp gurr , mix thoroughly and chew it. Do it twice a day.

FOR VOMITING· To have honey + gurr· Boil water with a little cinnamon powder and then drink it· Cut lemon and sprinkle a little sugar on it and suck it· To chew elaichi and tulsi leaves

TO PREVENT NAUSEA· To taste a little honey and elaichi powder· To prevent nausea while on a journey, keep a little piece of daalchini and laung in the mouth

FOR DIZZINESS

· Chew in equal parts soonf and sugar morning and evening· To have black pepper powder and saakar powder· To have tulsi leaves + 2 to 3 pieces of black pepper. The same apply when facing dizziness when travelling.

Sesame and Sesame Oil Benefits – Total Ayurveda Details

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu)

Sesame is one of the most widely used Ayurvedic medicines. If sesame seeds were not there, I would say, 40 % of Ayurvedic formulas would have been non-existent. Sesame is used in multiple dosage forms – powder, paste, oil, in the form of sesame recipes. The wonder herb is used in multiple ways through different routes of administration. Externally, internally, orally, over the eyes, nasally, rectally etc. It is high time that we explore the sesame benefits.

Sesame facts:

Botanical name: Sesamum indicum Linn. Ayurvedic Name: Tila.

Sesame synonyms: benne seed, til, sim sim, abongra, Hu ma, Zhi ma, Sesamzaad, Cham kkae,Sesamo, Shiro goma, Semilla de ajonjolí, Sesam, Sésamo, Sezam indyjski. Graines de sesame, Sésame blanc.

Indian Synonyms of sesame: Tila, Til, Ellu, Tara, Gumbulu etc.

Used parts:Sesame Seed, oil and whole plant. The whole plant is used in the preparation of special Ayurvedic medicine called Tila Kshara.

Sesame oil composition: Sesame is rich in Vitamin E. Hence acts as a natural anti oxidant. It also contains Vitamin K. Sesame contains magnesium, copper, calcium, iron, zinc, and vitamin B6.

Sesame benefits:

Ayurveda details: Master Sushruta enlists Ayurvedic properties of Sesame with the following terms. All these terms can be attributed to sesame seed benefits or benefits of sesame oil. -

Dantya - Good for teeth. Hence sesame is used in three ways for good teeth.

Advised for chewing.

Its paste is kept at the place of tooth ache.

sesame oil is used for oil pulling.

Pathya - One of the things to be taken regularly. Hence sesame oil is one of the widely used oil for cooking in the Indian household.

Agni janana – Improves digestive power.

Medha janana – Improves intelligence.

Vranashodhana – Cleanses wounds.

Sesame is made into the form of paste is traditionally applied over wounds for quick wound healing.

Sesame oil is used for oil pulling to heal mouth ulcers.

Sesame oil is processed with many herbs having wound healing property to prepare wound healing oils.

Twachya, Balya, Keshya – Improves the quality of skin and hair. Improves overall strength. If you ever wish to do a massage with some oil, please consider sesame oil. Sesame oil is used as the base for most of the herbal oils.

Sesame calms Vata and increases Kapha and Pitta.

Sesame oil is an excellent laxative.

Sesame oil is an excellent skin moisturizer and skin softener.

Sesame oil is a safe oil for massage of babies and children. It helps to strengthen the bones, muscles and joints.Sesame oil is used for massage, Shirodhara, etc procedures which help to calm the mind and induce deep relaxation and helps to have natural sleep and relieves headache.

various uses of sesame –

Sesame oil is used in Ayurveda for food preparation, massage, oil pulling.

Sesame oil is used as a base to prepare many medicated oils which are used in panchakarma procedures like Basti.

Sesame paste is used for internal administration and also for application over wound.

Oil prepared with Sesame oil base is used for nasal installation, as ear drops etc.

Sesame seeds are used in various food recipes.

Ayurvedic medicines with Sesame oil as ingredient:

90 % of the herbal oils of Ayurveda are prepared with Sesame oil base.

Sesame oil is also used as ingredient in many herbal jams like Kalyanagulam

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A simple tip: If you use sesame oil for massage, better to follow it up with hot water bath. It helps to calm Vata, and also to get rid of oil from skin. The gap between the massage and bath can be half an hour to many hours. Longer the gap, better the effect.

VEGETABLES

Tomato

Properties Tomato is sour, relishing, an appetizer helps in digestion, and is a blood purifier. It has curative effects in low-appetite, stomachache, controlling excessive fat, and blood impurities. It also cures piles, jaundice, weakness and fever. It prevents constipation. It is small, has lubricity and smoothness and its nature is hot. It develops blood and the humor of the bile in the body. It is very useful for people having excessive humor of wind and Phlegm.

Uses:

It is normally used in approximately every part of India. It is used with fruits, in making soups and with vegetables.

Sprinkling powdered dry ginger and mineral salt on the pieces of tomato and eating it, increases appetite and indisposition.

After cutting a raw tomato into pieces and then roasting it in a coated vessel for some time. Sprinkling it with powdered black pepper and powdered mineral salt mined with"Eating Soda" in it, cures indigestion and abdominal pain.

Roasting the pieces of raw tomato in a coated vessel, and then sprinkling yellow- orpiment powder on it and taking it (500 mg once in a day cures cough and fever)

Mixing sugar and powdered cloves in tomato juice and drinking it cures "Avarice"

Drinking either tomato juice or tomato soup mixed with sugar cures diseases relating to excessive bileous humor in the body.

Mixing sugar (1/4th of the quantity of tomato juice) in tomato juice and again mixing it with powdered cardamom and powdered black pepper (both small quantities) cures the stomach disease and stops vomiting.

Mixing the bark of Arjun tree (terminalia-alatagbra) and sugar in tomato juice and then having this semi-liquid combination cures heartaches and is very beneficial for heart patients.

Drinking 50 grams juice of ripe tomato thrice daily, cures diseases related to blood impurities and bile within a few days and stops bleeding of the gum.

Drinking juice of ripe tomato twice daily and using minimum salt in the diet cures many diseases related to impurities of blood like reddish spots on the skin, dryness of the skin, irritations, itches, and boils, on the skin and pimples.

Drinking tomato juice daily in the morning and in the evening cures night blindness and improves the vision and power of the eyes.

Having tomato juice or tomato soup daily clears out the dry stools accumulated in the intestines and cures chronic constipation.

NoteDespite of such great curative properties of the tomato, its usage is not favorable for people suffering from stones,swelling, rheumatism, acidity due to wind humor and bill humor. Woman having problem in their uterus too should avoid using tomato.

Arun campanulatum (Sooran)

PropertiesIt is bitter, a destroyer of wind humor an appetizer, helps in digestion, is relishing, is beneficial in many disease like asthma, piles, vomit, stomachache etc. It also destroys worms.

UsesIt is used very variedly right from making medicines to its extensive use in our diet as a vegetable or tasty pickles.

If "Sooran" is first dried up in the sunlight and then it is crushed to powder. If 10 gms of this powder is taken daily with water, it cures piles of any kind.

Frying the pieces of Sooran in "ghee" and eating it curs piles too.

Boiling "Sooran" in water and then mashing it and mixing some salt and lemon juice into it. If this mashed sooran is eaten, it prevents constipation and cures piles and spleen disease.

Sooran is beneficial in every way except for such people who suffer from leprosy and plethora.

White gourd or Pumpkin

PropertiesPumpkin or white gourd is very good for the heart, destroys the excessive humors of bile and phlegm in the body, very nourishing, semen builder and nourishment to the pregnant woman during their pregnancies and also clears away the constipation during that time.

Uses

It is a very common vegetable used very extensively in our diet. It is used as "fruits" during fastings.

Drinking the juice of pumpkin extracted in the night but taken in the morning on empty stomach kills all the worms.

Eating the "kheer" of pumpkin pulp develops the semen, it is also good for a pregnant woman. It makes the heart strong.

Pumpkin prevents constipation and is "cool in nature effect.

Juice extracted from pumpkin and mixed some honey and sugar in it has very cooling medicinal properties and it is beneficial in cooling down the heat of the body, inflammation in the throat, impurities of the blood, boils, plethora, increase in temperature of the blood, blood coming out from the throat etc.

The crushed pulp of pumpkin wrapped in a piece of cloth, if tied on the forehead, brings the temperature normal, increased because of fever.

The juice extracted from the leaves of the pumpkin if applied on the affected part of the piles is beneficial.

Brinjal

PropertiesBrinjal is sweet, sharp, hot, cures fever excessive humor of phlegm and flatulation. It is an appetizer, increases virility and is light.Brinjals of small size is very delicate and it cures excessive phlegm and bile in the body.

Uses

Eating brinjals roasted on fire after putting some salt into it cures excessive phlegm and wind humor of the body.

Soup made up of brinjal and tamato increases the appetite and helps in digestion.

Eating soft brinjal after baking it on fire and with raw sugar on empty stomach in the morning, cures the enlarged spleem due to malaria.

Taking soft and baked brinjal with honey in the evening lerings sound sleep. Using it for some days cures insomnia.

The use of brinjal destroys the stones in its initial stage.

If brinjal is taken in its mashed form or as soup with asafoetida and garlic, it cures flatulation.

NoteBrinjal is not beneficial for person having excessive bile humor and one who has acidity problem. Pregnant woman should avoid its use.

Fennel (Soa)

Properties Fennel is bitter, sharp and increases appetite. It eliminates the excessive humors of wind and phlegm in the body and also inflammation. It is beneficial for people suffering from eye- disease, fever, stomachache, vomit, diarrhea etc. this is supposed to increase virility. According to "charak", it purifies the blood by removing out the bile from it.

Uses

If fennel and fenugreek (methi) fried in ghee is given to a person suffering from diarrhea it gives him relief.

If the leaves and roots of fennel after being crushed are applied on the joints the swelling of the joints gets cured.

A bundle of fennel wrapped in a piece of clean cloth is kept in the private part of the woman she gets relief from pain.

If fennel and rock salt crushed in water is applied to that part of the body where honeybees have bitten there is a relief in pain and inflammation.

Onion

Properties Onion is "hot", eliminates phlegm, a stimulator, causes the formation of urine, increases appetite and the supreme destroyer of wind humor. It is beneficial in eliminating all the three excessive humors i.e. phlegm, wind and bile. According to "charak" and "sushrut", it is a great giver of strength.

Uses

Drinking the mixed juice of onion and memordica charantia (karela) cures severe indigestion.

Eating white onion with raw sugar and some turmeric powder daily in the morning and evening time cures jaundice.

Giving onion with raw sugar to children help them to gain height.

Taking 12 gms of onion juice mixed with the same quantity of honey for 21 days increases virility.

The onion after being crushed and boiled clears phlegm.

Eating onion helps to clear phlegm from the throat and mouth. Teeth becomes white, it sharpens the memory and strengthens the nerves.

One spoonfull of onion juice eliminates the worms in the stomach of children.

Applying onion juice on the hair eliminates lice.

Radish

PropertiesRadish is relishing, an appetizer, eliminates the excessive humor of phlegm, bile and wind in the body, helps in indigestion and refines the voice.The leaves of radish causes urination and eliminates "stones" and plethora. Its flowers eliminates excessive humors of phlegm and bile in the body.

Uses

The juice extracted from radish mixed with lemon juice when taken, cures stomachache due to flatulation.

If tender radish is mixed with sugar or the juice of its leaves mixed with sugar cures acidity.

Saltpetre mixed in the juice of radish cures "stones".

48 gms of radish seeds boiled in 465 gms of water till only half the quantity of water remains, giving the water to the patient also eliminates his stone.

If the powdered seed of radish is applied on the affected part of the back due to wind and humor, pain is cured.

Eating radish and sesame cures swelling.

NoteEating radish on empty stomach causes inflammation in the chest and it stimulates the bile humor. Use of radish during the winter season too is not beneficial.

Spinach

PropertiesSpinach is cool, mild, relishing, causes the formation of urine. It activates the intestine. It is also beneficial in the diseases and eliminates the excessive bile in the body. It also eliminates the excessive formation of bile and phlegm in the body, purifies the blood. It cures stone and strengthens the bone.

Uses

Gargling with the juice of spinach cures the inflammation of the throat.

The juice extracted from the leaves of spinach melts the stones formed in the kidney and the fragmented stones come out through urine.

Vegetable prepared from spinach leaves gives strength and keeps away diseases.

FRUITS

Lemon

Properties Lemon is very beneficial in numerous diseases like flatulation, vomit, excessive bile humor in the body, consumption, controlling dysentery, destroying worms in the stomach, clearing out the effects of poison from the body, cough and phlegmatic disease. It is also an excellent appetizer.

Uses:The lemon is used variedly from delicious pickle to its use as medicines.

The lemon juice kills those germs, which cause disease. Therefore it should be used by everybody..

The lemon is very beneficial in "Malaria". It is also very beneficial in the disease related with bile humor. It is also a very good refreshner, energizer which drives away the tiredness from a long journey.

Small pieces of lemon mixed with powdered black pepper and powdered dry ginger and kept in the sunlight has a great medicinal properties and cures indigestion, excessive formation of saliva in the mouth and tastelessness.

If pieces of lemon sprinkled with rock salt are sucked before a meal, it cures indigestion.

The uneasiness felt by being under the sun for along time vanishes if a glass of cold water mixed with lemon juice is take.

Drinking a glass of water mixed with sugar and lemon juice cures the inflammation due to the formation of excessive bile in the body.

Sucking the pieces of lemon sprinkled with sugar on it stops vomit due to the in taking of improper food.

Drinking two spoonful of lemon juice mixed with one spoonful of ginger juice and some sugar, cures stomach aches of all kinds.

Pain in the throat gets cured if lemon juice is taken.

Cold and coryza gets cured if a glass of water mixed with lemon juice and, either some salt or some sugar is taken for 5-6 times a day.Chronic coryza gets cured if a glass of water mixed with lemon juice is taken for some days before going to sleep in the night.

Lemon juice and powdered black pepper mixed in water cures disease connected with liver.

Mixing 3 gms of lemon juice in 12 gms of honey cures severe cough and is beneficial in controlling bouts of asthma.

Rock salt or mineral salt mixed in lemon juice if taken regularly for some days is beneficial in "stone" problem.

Honey mixed in lemon juice if given to small children stops their vomit of milk.

If half crushed seeds of lemon are rubbed on the navel and then cold water is poured over it, blocked urine of children is cleared out smoothly.

Rubbing lemon juice on the gums cures the bleeding of gum.

One spoonful of lemon juice and two spoonful of honey mixed in a warm glass of water if taken daily in the morning on empty stomach helps in loosing weight and the body becomes trim and nice in shape.

NoteThe lemon is considered to be the destroyer of all the three faults i.e. phlegm, wind and bile.

People having weak liver should try to avoid having lemon because it causes weakness and numb feeling in their hands and feet. If the use of lemon is still continued then it may cause fever.

Emblic Myrobalan (Amla)

PropertiesEmblic Myrobalan, which is popularly known as "Amla", is the destroyer of all the three excessive humors in the body. It cools down the excessive temperature of the blood. It purifies the blood by removing out the toxicants. It also purifies the "semen". It is considered as the supreame among all the fruits. It has been compared with ambrosia because of its exceptional qualities.

Uses

The powder of the fruit of Emblic myrobalan (amla), myrobalan (har) and belleric myrobalan (bahera) when mixed in equal proportion is called "Triphala-churna". This powder has great medicinal properties. It destroys the excessive humor of phlegm and bile. It is also beneficial in leprocy and in checking the emanation of sperm and other vital humors thorough urine. It also cures constipation and develops the power of sight. It is beneficial for people having high blood pressure.

If very finely powdered "Amla" is taken with two spoonful of honey followed by a glass of cow's milk for two months, it makes a man powerful and full of strength. It also purifies the blood and makes a man fit.

If 20-25 grams of raw amla juice is taken midway during the lunch and dinner mixed with water, it strengthens the mind as well as the heart.

Sugar mixed in amla juice, if taken daily in the morning, cures the inflammation in the private organ of the woman.

If paste made up of fine powder of amla is pasted on the face before going to sleep and washed up in the morning with soap, then the skin becomes soft and shining.

If three grams of filtered powder of amla is taken with one spoonful of honey for 40 days a woman suffering from leucorrhoea gets cured.

If 3 spoonful of fresh amla juice is taken with one spoonful of honey for fourty days, diabetes gets cured.

If the hairs are washed with the water in which dry amla has been soaked for two months, hair fall stops.

If a glass of water mixed with filtered powder of amla and raw sugar (gur) is taken for 40 days rehumatism gets cured.

Massaging the gums with amla juice mixed with camphor cures toothache.

If powdered "amla" mixed with honey is taken then cough gets cured.

If powdered "amla"(one spoonful) is taken either with cows milk or whey, then bleeding piles get cured.

An unconscious man regains his consciousness if "amla" juice mixed with "ghee" is given to him.

If sandal powder or fig leaves powder mixed with honey is taken, it checks vomit.

Cashewnut

PropertiesCashewnut is small and develops virility. It cures inflammation excessive humor of phlegm, diseases of the stomach, fever, loss of appetite etc. It cures the excessive humor of wind in the body, is an appetizer and good for the heart. Cashewnut is best for people having a weak heart and weak memory.

Uses

During winter season, eating 24 to 36 grams of cashewnut on empty stomach followed by some honey is very good for brain and increases memory.

If the oil of cashewnut is applied on a wrat of the skin, it is very beneficial. When it is applied on the split skins of the toes during winter season, the toes are healed.

Cashewnut oil is as good as ghee.

NoteThe use of cashewnut during summer season is not beneficial rather it is harmful.

Cucumber

PropertiesCucumber is relishing destroys excessive bile, is cool and gives strength.

Uses

Twelve grams of grinded seeds of cucumber and twelve grams of grinded buds of white lotus mixed with cumin seeds and sugar, if is given to a woman having the problem of leucorrhoea, it is cured.

If cucumber juice is taken with lemon juice mixed with powdered cumin seeds and sugar, the inflammation caused during urination is cured.

Eating cucumber or drinking the juice of cucumber mixed with onion juice helps to minimize the effect of intoxication.

Drinking the mixture made of powdered seeds of cucumber, powder of cumin seeds and sugar in water cures painful discharge of urine.

Small pieces of cucumber sprinkled with sugar cures inflammation of all types.

The use of cucumber seeds is best for the patient suffering from mental disease.

Plum

Properties Plum fruit gives virility, drives away tiredness, has cooling effect on inflammation, cures consumption, develops flesh in the body. It cures diarrhea and blood impurities. Large sweet plum fruits cure constipation develops virility and gives nourishment.

Uses

If the bark of the plum tree is sucked, then it cures the broken voice due to sore throat in two to three days.

If the powder made from the leaves of plum tree mixed with raw sugar is given to a person-suffering diarrhea, it cures him.

When the bark of the plum tree is grinded in goat's milk and after mixing honey into it, it is taken, it cures diarrhea and bleeding diarrhea.

If six grams of powdered leaves of plum tree mixed with two grams of raw sugar is taken by a person suffering from small pox, he gets cured within two to three days.

If semi liquid mixture of the bark of plum tree and leaves is given to the animals suffering from pox, it is cured.

NoteAn excessive use of it causes cough. Eating of raw plum should be avoided.

Pear

Properties Pear is light, sweet, gives virility and destroys all the three excessive humors of the body i.e. wind, phlegm and bile. Its juice is sweet, acidic, relishing, increases sexual desire, destroys excessive humor of wind in the body. It is beneficial for women suffering from leucorrhoea. It is also more beneficial than apple for the patient of diarrhea attended with blood.

Uses

If the pulp of pear is baked in the fire and after making it into small pieces, powdered cumin seeds, powdered black pepper and salt is mixed in it then it cures lack of appetite and aversions.

Eating sweet pears cures the weakness of lungs and brain.

Eating sour pear is beneficial in many diseases like diarrhea attended with blood, inflammation, sprue, vomit, loss of appetite etc.

Amaranthus polygamus (choulai)

Properties"Choulai" is light, cool, relishing, an appetizer, increases the tendency of urination, neutralizes the effects of poison, eliminates blood impurities and the excessive humor of phlegm and bile in the body. It is beneficial for both healthy and patient.

Uses

Eating the green vegetable of prickly amaranth, cures the emanation of sperms through urine, inflammation during urination by causing excessive urination.

Drinking the water in which prickly amaranth has been washed and then mashed up in the same water, cures painful discharge of urine and "stones".

In pains due to stones in kidney, giving mashed up prickly amaranth with 48grams of its juice three or four times a day to the patient, gives relief from pain to him and the stones break up and comes out through urine.

If the powder made from the roots of prickly amaranth mixed with rice water is given to the pregnant woman, the hoemorrhage stops.

If powdered roots of prickly amaranth mixed with rice water is given to the woman during their menstruation periods, it helps them in stabilizing their pregnancy.

Prickly amaranth juice mixed with some sugar cures inflammation of the palrus and soles of feet, inflammation during urination and heat in the body.

Vegetable made of prickly amaranth cures constipation, is beneficial in plethora and gives nutrition.

Drinking the semi liquid fluid of prickly amaranth mixed with honey daily in the morning and evening time gives relief in the disease of plethora and stops the emanation of blood from nose and anus.

GRAINS

SESAME (TIL)

Properties Increases virility, destroys excessive wind, humor in the body (Flatulence) causes phlegm and bile, gives vitality cures excessive urination.

Uses:

If a child has the problem of wetting his bed then giving a handful of black sesame after removing its skin daily will cure this problem, it also cures burning sensation while urinating..

If a woman has painful menstrual discharge does not have a smooth menstrual discharge then boiling 12 grams of sesame in water, and when only one fourth of that water is left if it is given to her mixed with raw sugar then it has curative effects on all these problems.

Mixing honey with powdered sesame, powdered barley, and sugar and if this is taken by a pregnant woman or after the birth of a child stops haemorrhage.

Sesame seeds boiled in briar-milk (milk of the wild rose) and drinking it stops unnecessary and undesired flow of semen and cures impotency.

Chewing black sesame seeds followed by little water strenghthen's the teeth gives vitality to the body and cures bleeding piles.

Sesame seeds crushed to powder and vayvidang powder (medicated herbs) in milk and then putting this paste on the head cures Hemi-crania (Pain in the side of the head).

If very old solid drugs of sesame seed are crushed in cow's urine and the paste thus acquired is applied on the face, it cures pimples.

NoteTaking sesame in the spring season, summer season and autumn season, is harmful. It can cause multinatured problems like phlegra, bile, cold, fever impurities of the blood problems of the throat eye disease and diabetes.

BARLEY

PropertiesBarley is bitter, sweet, cool, breaks up stool, increases intelligence and appetite, good for the voice, gives strength, causes the formation of wind, destroys the humor of phlegm and bile, clears the blood impurities, cures coryza and satisfies the thirst.

Uses

Barley is commonly used just like the wheat. It is considered as the best cereal for a diabetic patient. If it is taken along with "Methi" or "Chauli" shak then it reduces the excessive fat from the body. It is also good for the milk-giving animals.

After crushing barley and then boiling it in the water till 1/4th of the total quantity of water remains and then putting it down from the fire and crushing it further for one hour and if this is given to a person having kidney pains, problems in urination, inflammation while urinating or diarrhea it gives great relief to him.

If the water in which barley and kidney beans are boiled, is given to a person suffering from diarrhea it gives him instant relief.

If plethora, inflammation and thirst the barley's "sattu" (grinded after roasting) dissolved in the water gives permanent relief.

The flour of Barley mixed in same quantity of sugar if drunk helps in preventing abortion. It also pacifies the excessive humor of bile.

Women who usually are prone to abortion get benefited if powdered barley mixed with powdered sesame, sugar and honey is given to her.

"Sattu" of barley drives away tiredness.

NoteBarley should not be used by people having gastric trouble.

HORSE GRAM (Kulthi)

PropertiesHorse gram is sharp, bitter and hot. It is beneficial in cough breathing problem due to phlegms, flatulation, hicups, stones and fever. It also eliminates germs and worms. It causes impurities of bile and blood. It also causes inflammation and checks sweating.

Uses

Drinking semi liquid solution of horse gram powder cures flatulation.

If horse beans mixed with powdered dry ginger, asafoetida and "veed salt" is taken it cures the pain of the stomach.

If it is used in food it cures disease of the stomach.

If the water in which horse gram had been soaked for the whole night (and is mashed in the same water in the morning) is taken daily, taken twice then it cures "stones".

The use of horse gram in the diet relieves the pain of dry piles.

Drinking the semi liquid mixture of powdered horse gram and powdered black pepper cures sore throat.

Its use in the diet is good for women as their menstruation is purified.

NoteIt is harmful for pregnant woman, or a person suffering from plethora or tuberculosis. It also causes the formation of excessive bile.

BLACK GRAM (Urad)

PropertiesBlack gram destroys flatulation loosens the stools, tastes sweet, creates relishness, strength giver, semen-developer and very nutritious.

Uses

Cakes made from black grams soaked in water after grinding it then adding salt, black pepper, asafoetida, cumin seeds and garlic's and frying it in edible oil or ghee cures aversion, weakness consumption and colic in stomach.

After grinding black grams to powder then adding curd to it and making cakes and then frying it in ghee or edible oil gives power and strength to a man and also increases virility.

24-30 grams of flour made from black gram is taken and boiled in cow's milk. If it is taken when it is still warm for one weak, it cures uncontrolled flow of semen.

NoteBlack gram is harmful for people who have excessive humor of phelgm and bile in their body. It also causes flatulation. It must not be taken immediately after an operation or if there is a wound in any part of the body.

ALMOND

Properties Almond is considered to have a curative effect on all the three excessive humors of the body i.e. wind, bile and phlegm. It gives nourishment to the mind and eyes. It is "hot" and develops semen.

Uses

A patient suffering from tuberculosis derives immense benefits if he takes almond and has his body massaged by almond oil.

The daily use of almond increases the mind power, memory, gives nourishment to the body and keeps away the diseases.

Making a "kheer" of almond soaked in hot water and grinding it and removing its skin gives immense nourishment to the body.

The burnt ashes of the skins of almond when used as tooth powder strengthens the teeth and gum and also makes the teeth white.

A child who stammers and who can not talk clearly, if almond soaked in water is given to him after removing its skin and with butter made from cows milk, it improves his speech.

Almond is very useful for a pregnant woman.

NoteBitter almonds are poisonous so it should not be eaten. A person suffering from plethora too should not use almonds.

RICE

Properties Rice is sweet, strength giver, bitter, has the capacity to produce, improves the voice, developer of semen and urine, destroyer of worms, controls the formation of excessive bile, is cool and gives nourishment to the body.

Uses

Rice is a staple food in many parts of India as well as the world.

A "khichri" made of old rice grains and kidney beans is beneficial to person suffering from fever or having stomach disorder.'

Using rice in the diet with kidney beans neutralizes its power of causing the formation of excessive wind. It becomes cool and gives complete nourishment.

Ashtagun Mand (Rice water having eight qualities). If equal quantities of kidney beans and roasted rice are taken and, the 14 times quantity of water is added to it and then asafoetida, rock salt, dry ginger, coriander, black pepper and leaves of fig (peepal) tree is added to it (all in powdered form) and cooked on a slow flame, it becomes very nourishing. This rice water cures fever increases blood, hunger and strength. It also removes the weakness because of fever.

The rice water, which remains after the rice,if cooked and if this is taken while it is still warm mixed with honey, cures thirst.

Rice water neutralizes the effort of the intoxication due to hemp (bhang)

WHEAT

PropertiesWheat is sweet, cool, cures excessive humor of wind and bile in the body, rich in proteins, causes phlegm, increases virility, gives strength, is very nutritious and makes the complexion of the body fair.

Uses

Wheat is one of the staple food used most commonly in India.

The bread made of wheat flour is very relishing, nourishing, strength giving and very good for people having very high appetite.It cures flatulation and causes the formation of phlegm. Wheat flour cures constipation, ley loosening up the hardened stool.

50 gms of wheat soaked in 465 grams of water for the whole night. In the morning it is mashed up in that same water and after filtering that same water and drinking it after mixing some sugar into it, cures the emanation of sperms through urine within a week.

Drinking the solution of wheat dissolved in milk and mixed with some sugar cured the bleeding of the nose.

Taking two or three spoonful grains of wheat during the time of having food, increases the resistance power of the body, it also cures constipation and is very beneficial for cancer patients.

CITISUS CAJAN OR PIGEON PEA (Arhar)

PropertiesPigeon pea is bitter, cool, sweet easy to digest, causes constipation, causes the formation of wind humor, helps in improving the complexion of the body, drives away the impurities related with blood and phlegm. It eliminates eczema, worms in the stomach and all the three excessive humors in the body.

Uses

The ashes acquired after burning the leaves of pigeon pea plant when mixed with curd and then applied on the skin affected by itches or eczema, it gets cured.

After grinding pigeon peas to powder and dissolving it in water and this solution if given to a person intoxicated by cannabis saliva (bhang), its intoxicating is bought under control.

The juice extracted from the leaves of pigeon pea plant (12 gms) mixed with 36 gms of ghee. Drinking this solution cures plethora and also checks the flow of blood emanating from nose or mouth.

The blister in the mouth gets cured if the leaves of the pigeon pea plant are chewed.

LENTIL

PropertiesLentil tastes sweet, retains stool, is cool, light and causes the formation of wind humor in the body. It eliminates the excessive humor of phlegm and bile in the body. It also cures plethora and fever.

Uses

Flour made of baked lentil and dissolved in the juice extracted from fresh pomegranate, drinking this solution checks the vomit due to all the three humors in the body i.e. phlegm, bile and wind.

Pulses cooked from lentil helps in the increased production of mother's milk.

Cooked lentils mixed with edible oil cures diarrhea.

Giving 1/2 kg of boiled lentil to cow or buffaloes helps in their milk giving capacities.

SPICES

CARDAMOM

Properties Cardamom (large) tastes sharp, is an appetizer, light, dry and hot. It has curative effects in excessive phlegm, excessive bile humors in the body, and blood disorders, itches, breathing problems, thirst, nausea, poison, disease connected with urinary disorders, disease connected with mouth, vomit and cough. Cardamom (small) tastes sharp but is cool and small. It is very beneficial in flatulence, phlegmatic disease, cough, breathing problem, stomachache and urine disorders.

Uses:

Small cardamom is mainly used as mouth freshener. Both large and small cardamoms are used in the preparation of vegetables to increase its flavour.

Large cardamom when mixed with palmyra palm and honey if taken in small quantity cures cough, asthma and weakness.

Burning the small cardamom on a frying pan till it becomes cool, after it becomes cool, crushing it into powder and taking its four rattis (1 ratti=8 grains of rice) four times a day, mixed with ghee and honey, cures dry cough.

Crush the large cardamom seeds to fine powder, four "rattis" of this powder along with four "rattis" of powdered dry ginger, when taken with honey cures cough. (1 ratti=8 grains of rice)

Powdered large cardamom, powdered rock salt mixed with ghee and honey cures disease connected with phlegms.

Large cardamom if taken along with either "Amla" juice or powder of "Amla" cures inflammation, it also cures the burning sensation in hands and feet and inflammation while urination.

If a large cardamom is burnt along with its skin, if 5 "rattis" of this ashes are taken with honey at regular intervals, then it stops the occurence of vomit due to phelgm.

Six "rattis" of powdered large cardamom, one "ratti" of asafoetida (hing). After roasting these mixtures of powder, mix it with lemon juice and have it, it will cure flatulence, abdominal pain etc.

Mixing equal quantities of powdered large cardamom and powdered fig roots and having it daily in the morning with "honey", cures heart disease.

Powder of large cardamom if taken with honey cures "Uraemia".

Powder of four seeds of large cardamom when taken with honey stops vomit due to excessive humor of bile in the body.

Powder of large cardamom when taken with curd neutralizes the poison of a mangoose.

Cardamom should not be used by a pregnant woman because there is a fear of abortion.

SALT

PropertiesSalt is considered as the king among all the tastes. It is found in many provinces. There are many types of salt out of which the following five types are main.

Rock salt or mineral salt. (Sendha Namak).It increases appetite, it is digestive, small and relishing. It is also aphrodisiac (increases sexual sensation), good for the eyes, has the ability to get transformed into the most minute of particles and retains water in it. It destroys the cause of heart disease and maintains the balance of all the three humor i.e. phelegm, wind and bile in our body. Sage "Charak" considers it as the best among all the salts.

Black saltIt is relishing, salty and sharp, an appetizer and a retainer of stool during dysentery. It also destroys the worm in the body, blech or eructation, cures enlargement of skin, swelling of stomach caused by indigestion and indisposition. This salt is minute, hot, relishing, an appetizer and harsh. It also cures colic in the stomach, gastric troubles,diabetes, and enlargement of skin, indigestion, phelgm and inflammation.

Sambhar saltThis salt is a destroyer of phlegm, is an appetizer, causes excessive humor of bile in the body, cures gastric troubles, is minute, very hot. It cures piles and phlegmatic disease.

Common salt:This salt is an appetizer, only if taken in small quantity, increases virility and controls foul breath. It cures indigestion, worms in the stomach, hernia, and excessive humor of phlegm and gastric troubles.

Uses

Gargles done with hot salted water cures throat pain and throat swelling. It also cures dry cough influenza and tonsils.

One hundred and twenty grams of salt dissolved in water, if taken, acts as a stomach cleaner by causing vomit. This method can extract out even the poison from the stomach. Vomit can be stopped by having plain cooked rice mixed with some ghee.

A mixture of salt and powdered black pepper stops vomit.

Salt roasted in a copper vessel till it becomes red and then had with warm water, cures fever of all variation, gastric troubles and indigestion.

A mixture of salt and powdered thymol, if taken cures stomach ache.

Salt mixed in the juices of ginger and lemon if taken daily during morning and evening time, has curative effects in many diseases like pain due to gastric trouble and enlargement of skin. It also strengthens the digestive system by purifying the humor of the wind in the body.

Salt dissolved in hot water and one spoonful of lemon juice added to it, has beneficial effect on the person suffering from influenza.

NoteSalt should be used in low quantity as it invites old age prematurely. It also destroys virility. In short, use of excessive salt in our diet acts as a poison.

CLOVE

Properties & Uses

If the handkerchief wet with clove oil is sniffed, it cures cold.

Clove oil put on a piece of cotton cures the tooth ache if it is kept at that place.

Swelling of any type gets cured if clove oil is massaged on it.

A pregnant woman stops vomiting if the water in which cloves were boiled is taken by her.

Sucking of clove controls cough and if roasted clove is kept in the mouth, it cures coryza and swelling of the throat.

Massaging the clove oil on the head, cures headaches and rheumatism.

While travelling in buses or trains, if it is given to nouseatic person, it controls the vomit.

If the collyrium of rubbed clove is applied to the eyes of unconscious person, he regains his consciousness.

If there is fever due to heat, and the quantity of urine has decreased, then taking the paste of seven rubbed cloves cures the disease.

WISHEP'S WEED OR AJOVA SEED (Ajwayan)

PropertiesThe wishep's weed is "hot", "sharp", "light", helps in digestion, is an appetizer, destroys worms and germs in the body, etc.

Uses

Chucking wishep's weed into the mouth cures coryza and cough.

If a pregnant woman takes wishep's weed then it helps her in digestion of food, increases her appetite, controls her flatulation and her uterus gets purified.

Grinding dry wishep's weed and wrapping the powder thus formed in a piece of cloth and then smelling or sniffing this cloth, cures coryza.

Taking powdered wishep's weed along with powdered sesame, cures diabetes.

If three "rattis" of the flowers of wishep's weed and along with ghee and honey is taken thrice a day, it cures cough by clearing out the phlegms from the body.

If wishep's weed is taken with hot water, it cures cough too.

If 3 gms of powdered wishep's weed is taken with hot water, flatulation gets cured.

If powdered wisheps weed is made into paste and then pasted on to a cold body, it regains temperature.

If a bundle of wishep's weed is heated on a heating pan and applying this heat on the cold hands and feet of a person suffering from cholera or asthma, helps in regarding the temperature.

Drinking warm water after having wishep's weed, cures indigestion, flatulation, pain and excessive formation of saliva.

If the oil of wishep's weed is applied on the joints of a rheumatic patient and then trying a bundle filled with wishep's weed is applied on it, gives relief from pain.

The flower of wishep's weed controls the intensity of Hysteria.

Eating the flower of wishep's weed controls the development of worms in the intestines.

Use of wishep's weed by a woman who has just given birth to a child, helps her in producing milk.

If a bundle of wishep's weed is kept in the vagina after the birth of a child, it gives protection against germs.

If the oil of wishep's weed is massaged on the part of the body having sweeling, it gives relief.

CORIANDER

Properties It is an appetizer, helps in digestion, is diuretic, harmful for the semen, relishing, cures fever, retains stool, pacifies bile and destroys inflammation.

Uses

It is widely and variedly used from diet to the worship of deities.

Six grams of coriander boiled in water and then taken with milk and sugar, helps in improving the digestive system.

A mixture of powdered coriander and powdered aniseed taken with water, controls inflammation, thirst, uneasiness, inflammation while urinating and gives relief from fever by causing excessive perspiration.

Twelve grams of coriander kept for the whole night in a saucer and mashed in the same water in the morning and after filtering the water and mixing 12 gms of sugar and then drinking it, cures the inflammation caused by bileous fever, it also gives relief from the inflammation in the stomach and hands and feet.

If a partial suffering from fever due to malaria is vomiting frequently then giving to him, the filtered water in which half grinded coriander has been mashed, one spoonful of this juice at regular interval checks his vomit.

If three grams of powdered coriander and twelve grams of sugar if mixed in rice water, is given to a pregnant woman, it checks her vomit. It also cures the cough and breathing problem in children.

Mashed coriander, which has been soaked in the water for the whole night. If the water is applied to the eyes, then it gives relief from inflammation in the eyes, red eyes, and prevents the occurrence of small pox in the eyes.

If the water in which coriander has been mashed and soaked for 10-12 hours is mixed with sugar, is given to a person affected by sunstroke, it cures him instantly.

The use of coriander neutralizes the effect of intoxicants.

NoteExcessive use of coriander, diminishes the potency of a man and checks the menstural discharge of a woman.

BLACK PEPPER

Properties Black pepper is scented, a stimulator, helps in digestion, an appetizer, is relishing, causes sweat and destroys worms. It causes excessive urine and is also beneficial to people suffering from gonorrhoea. Sage dhanwantari considered it to be the destroyer of all kinds of bacterias and viruses.

Uses

. It is beneficial in many diseases. If taken in adequate quantity, a man never suffers from flatulation.

It helps in digesting the food of those people, who are accustomed to having rich food.

Using rice in the diet with kidney beans, neutralizes its power of causing the formation of excessive wind. It becomes cool and gives complete nourishment.

Ashtagun Mand (Rice water having eight qualities).If equal quantities of kidney beans and roasted rice are taken and the 14 times quantity of water is added to it and then asafoetida, rock salt, dry ginger, coriander, black pepper and leaves of fig (peepal) tree is added to it (all in

powdered form) and cooked on a slow flame, it becomes very nourishing. This rice water cures fever increases blood, hunger and strength. It also removes the weakness because of fever.

The rice water, which remains after the rice, has been cooked, if this is taken while it is still warm mixed with honey cures thirst.

Rice water neutralizes the effort of the intoxication due to hemp (bhang).

CASSIA

PropertiesCassia is "hot" an appetizer. It eliminates the excessive humor of phlegm and wind in the body. It also eliminates aversion and coryza.

Uses

Drinking the semi liquid solution of cassia cause excessive formation of urine. It is also beneficial in the initial stage of the fever.

The mixture of powdered cassia, powdered cinnamon and powdered cardamom helps to clear out the impurities of uterus after the birth of a child.

The use of cassia in our food helps to clear out the accumulated gases from our body.

One to four grams of cassia mixed with honey or water cures stomachache, clears out phlegm's and improves the digestive system.

FENUGREEK (Methi)

PropertiesFenugreek is scented an appetizer, milk developer an uterus contractor and eliminator of excessive wind humor in the body.

Uses

Fenugreek eliminates the excessive wind humor in the body. It also eliminates phlegm's and excessive wind humor in the body. It cures fever.

Methi pak: take one kilogram of fenugreek, mix two kilogram s of ghee and twelve kilograms of milk in it. Heat this mixture on a slow flame till it becomes as dense as honey. Now add sugar equivalent to three times the quantity of the prepared solution.The daily use of 24 to 48 gms of this mixture with water cures flatulation and it also helps in the comlication after the delivery of a child. It gives nourishment to the body and increases virility.

Eating a "laddu" of fenugreek (methi) made by fenugreek flour, raw sugar and ghee drives away the gastric problems.

4 gms of fenugreek mixed with 4gms of dry ginger and raw sugar is beneficial in disease related with wind humor.

Three grams of powdered fenugreek mixed with raw sugar or water is beneficial to people having constipation and their liver becomes strong.

The vegetable prepared from the delicate leaves of fenugreek prevents constipation. It also purifies the blood and gives strength. It is also beneficial for people suffering from piles.

Fenugreek soaked in the water for whole night and mashed up in the in the same water in the morning. If this water is given to a patient suffering from diabetes daily, he is cured.

NoteThough beneficial this should be used with great caution.

CUMIN SEED

Properties According to "sushrut", cumin seed is an appetizer, eliminates formation of excessive wind humor and bile humor. It cures enlargement of skin and colic in stomach. Cumin seed strengthens the stomach, liver and intestines. It eliminates the worms, which are present in the intestines. It also cures flatulation, stomachache etc. Cumin seed is very beneficial for a woman after childbirth.

Uses

It increases the capacity of producing milk in a woman.

A daily use of handful of cumin seeds, cures night blindness and decreases the level of temprature in the body.

Twelve grams of memordic- charantia (kereal) mixed with one spoon of powdered cumin seeds cure ague.

A mixture of powdered coriander seeds, powdered cumin seeds and sugar, cures acidity and inflammation in the chest due to it.

Use of cumin seeds checks hiccups, eliminates colic in stomach, swelling of intestine due to indigestion.

Six grams of powdered cumin seeds mixed with old raw sugar and after making small pills of one gram each, if taken, it cures fever.

A baked mixture of cumin seeds, black pepper and rock salt (all in powdered form), dissolved in butter milk or whey, if taken after lunch, cures diarrhea, piles and sprue.

ANISEED

Properties Aniseed is scented, an appetizer, hepls in digestion and eliminates the causes for the formation of urine in the stomach.

Uses

It is beneficial in dry cough and stops foul breath.

If its grinded powder is mixed in water with some sugar, it cures the inflammation caused during urination.

If the filtered juice made from powdered aniseed mixed in water is given to children, it cures their stomach pains.

Its use is beneficial in diarrhea, indigestion, fever, cough, kidney diseases, and in enlarged spleen.

MINT

Properties Mint is tasty, relishing, and hot, an appetizer that eliminates the excessive formation of wind phlegm. It is beneficial in cough, indigestion, sprue, diarrhea, cholera, and chronic fever and eliminates the worm's from the stomach. It also increases the digestive powers.

Uses

A fresh juice extracted from the mint is very beneficial in cold.

If a semi liquid juice made from the powdered leaves of mint and basil is taken, it cures fever and its relapsing.

Mixed juice of mint and ginger cures ague. It also cures all types of fever by causing excessive perspiration. This juice is also beneficial in flatulationan and coryza.

A mixture made of six grams of mint, six grams of ginger juice and 1 gram of powdered rock salt, cures colic in stomach.

A semi liquid mixture of basil leaves, mint and powdered black pepper, cures flatulation and increases appetite.

Mint juice cures diarrhea, cholera and it also checks vomit. It eliminates the worms in the stomach.

For a man, suffering from chronic intestinal diseases, mint juice is like a panacea.

It increases the milk producing capacity of a mother.

LIQUIDS

WHEY OR BUTTER MILK (Chhachh)

Properties Whey or buttermilk is cool and light. It drives away tiredness and thirst. It destroys the excessive wind humor in the body but causes the formation

of phelgm- humour. It cures gastro diseases, vomit, excessive formation of saliva in the mouth, jaundice, diabetes, diarrhea, pain, aversions, leprocy, swelling and worms in the stomach.

Uses:

In the disease like sprue, mixing powdered leaves of the holy fig tree and dry ginger in buttermilk and drinking it is very beneficial.

Drinking buttermilk made from fresh milk of cow, without mixing salt in it purifies the blood. It gives strength and vitality. The complexion of the body improves. It destroys numerous disease related to wind and phelgm humour of the body.

If equal quantities of powdered dry ginger, powdered black pepper, powdered of the leaves of fig tree and powdered rock salt is mixed in buttermilk and then had, it cures indigestion. Similarly, if only powdered dry ginger and powdered black pepper is mixed with buttermilk, it too destroys indigestion.

The pulp of wood apple, if mixed with the buttermilk, cures diarrhea, dysentry and excessive haemorrhage.

Drinking buttermilk mixed with powdered asafoetida powdered cumin seed and powdered rock salt, cures diarrhea and abdominal pains.

Drinking buttermilk made out of cow's milk mixed with powdered black pepper powdered dry ginger, powdered leaves of fig tree and "Veed salt" cures abdominal pains.

Drinking buttermilk mixed with raw sugar (gur) cures urinary disease especially Uraemia.

Giving buttermilk mixed with "Vayvidang" powder to the children, cures them from the worms in their stomach.

MILK

PropertiesThe milk of a cow is heavy, cool, sweet, gives total nourishment, destroys the humours of excessive wind and bile in the body and prevents plethora. Mother's milk is light, cool, increases appetite and cures pain and eye disease. It also eliminates excessive humours of wind and bile in the body. Cows milk is light, cool, an appetizer and is like ambrosia and destroys all the three humors in the body i.e. wind, bile, phelgm. Goats milk is bitter in taste, also sweet at the same time, cool, beneficial in dysentery and is "light". Plethora, diarrhea, consumption, cough and fever. It cures every diseases. Buffaloes milk is

sweet, heavy, it causes sleep, an appetizer and cool.

Uses

Drinking warm milk cures excessive humour of phelgm and wind. Cold milk cures the excessive humor of the bile. If water is mixed in the milk and then heated so that the mixed water gets evaporated, this milk is very light as compared to raw milk hence is easily digestive.

Milk drunk in the morning increases virility, vitality and is an appetizer.

Milk if taken in the night time cures consumption, increases virility in old people, is very easily digested and pacifies numerous faults and diseases of the body.

Fresh milk if taken in afternoon, gives strength, destroys excessive humor of phelgm and bile and increases appetite.

Ghee, dry ginger and black grapes boiled in cow's milk, cures chronic fever.

The boiled milk of cow stops hiccups.

Mixing sugar candy (misri) and powdered black pepper in boiled milk of cow, cures coryza.

Hot milk mixed with ghee and sugar, gives vitality, strength and virility.

Hot milk drives away tiredness and refreshes the mind and body.

Equal quantities of milk and water are mixed and boiled till the water in it gets evaporated. This residue milk cures dysentery.

If ghee and sugar candies are mixed in fresh cow milk, it is beneficial for children having fever due to small pox.

If dry ginger is crushed in the milk and the paste thus acquired is applied on the head, it cures severe headache in 7 to 8 hours.

Take a piece of cotton, wetted in cow's milk and then sprinkling powdered alum on it and put this on the eyes wrapped in a piece of cloth, it will cure inflammation of the eyes.

Massaging the face with cream of cows milk and after 10 minutes washing it with flour of gram pulse, makes the skin of the face radiant.

TEA LEAF

PropertiesThe leaves of a tea plant taste bitter, sharp, dilutes the density of semen,

destroys excessive humour of phelgm in the body, increases the wind- humor in the body and gives nourishment to the stomach. The leaves of a tea plant mixed with milk destroy phelgm, are good stimulator, an aphrodisiac drive away cold and are beneficial in fever, headache and coryza.

Uses

Tea is used very commonly in our daily lives right from giving a treat to our guest's tom its daily use in our diet. There was a news article in a newspaper in 1998 about a woman who had been surviving only on tea since five years.Though tea is used very commonly yet people know very little about the real method of having it. According to a popular saying tea has two merits and three demerits. The merits are that it clears phelegm and wind. Its demerits are that tea dilutes blood and semen and also causes weakness. But still if it is taken methodically, its evil effects are minimized. Tea leaf has caffeine in it and when it is heated by giving the temperature of 100 degree celsius it turns into nicotene which causes gastric ulcer. Therefore the best method of preparing tea is considered to be keeping tealeaves in a filter pan, and pouring hot water over it and mixing milk and sugar in that gathered water. Tea prepared in this way is least harmful.

Boiled water when poured through tealeaves, kept in a filter pan and milk and sugar added to it and also 1/4th cup of lemon juice added to it, cures cold, cough and influenza.

Tea is considered to be very useful for people over 40 years of age but people having a weak liver have ill effects on their health if they have excessive tea. Tea, because of having "Hot-semen" properties, dilutes the density of the semen, as a result of which, numerous other diseases might arise. Excessive use of tea causes excessive urination because it affects the anti dioratic harmones in the body. Excessive damage of this harmone could be fatal. Excessive use of tea also might cause diabetes.

CHIRETA

PropertiesChireta has curative effects in fever, inflammation, loss of appetite, indigestion, acidity, liver problems, jaundice, boils and pimples. It also destroys the worms in the body.

Uses

If powdered chireta mixed with honey is given to a person having hiccups, the occurrence of hiccups are checked instantly. It also acts as

a panacea, in checking the vomiting of person intoxicated by wine.

If the chireta is soaked in water for the whole night and is mashed in the same water in the morning and if this water is used, then it cures pimples and purifies the blood. It also sharpens the mind.

The inflammation in the body caused by chronic fever is cured if the powdered chireta is used.

NoteThe excessive use of chireta weakens the virility of a man and it also causes excessive formation of phelgm in the body.

Coffee

PropertiesCoffee eliminates excessive phelgm, drives away the effects of cold and tiredness. It is diuretic. It is beneficial in fever, headache, cough and coryza.

Uses

Coffee and tea are similar in properties.

A cup of coffee gives warmth, agility and alertness.

It activates and stimulates the nerves.

Coffee neutralizes the effect of opium. It also gives relief from troubles and pains after an opium addict has quit this habit.

NoteExcessive use of tea or coffee is harmful because it weakens the liver and digestion.

OIL

Butter

Butter is extracted either from milk or curd, It is easily digestible as compared to clarified butter (ghee). Normally butter is made from the milk of cow, buffalo or goat.

Properties

(a) Butter made from cow's milk.

This is very beneficial for the body. It increases virility and sexual power, improves the complexion of the body and checks loose motion. It also cures piles, flatulation and coughs. It cures all the diseases related with excessive wind and bile in the body, impurities of the blood etc. This butter is considered as the best.

(b) Butter made from buffalo milk:Butter made from buffalo milk is heavy and causes the formation of excessive wind and phelgm in the body, but eliminates excessive bile. It is beneficial in inflammation and tiredness. It helps in accumulation of fat and seen in the body. This butter is heavy, so it takes a little long time to get digested as compared to the butter made from cow's milk.

(c) Butter made from goats milk:Butter made from goat's milk is sweet, bitter, beneficial for the eyes, an appetizer, and gives strength. It has curative effects in many diseases like consumption, cough, diabetes, eye diseases, jaundice etc.

Uses:

Butter made from cow's milk and sugar in it, curs chronic fever.

If honey and gold ashes are mixed in butter and then eaten, it has beneficial effect in tuberculosis. It also gives strength.

The use of butter made from cow's milk and sesame seeds is very beneficial in piles.

Eating the mixture of butter, honey and sugar cures diarrhea attended with blood.

Eating the mixture of butter, saffron and sugar has beneficial effects in bleeding piles.

If butter made from cow's milk is applied on the eyes, it gives relief from inflammation in the eyes.

NoteOnly fresh butter should be used. Butter which is not fresh and which has become stale is harmful.

Clarified butter (Ghee)

Ghee is prepared by heating the butter for a short while till there is a soft crackling sound. Emanation of special smell indicates that the ghee has formed. Ghee prepared from cream of the milk is superior than the ghee prepared from butter. Ghee prepared from cow's milk is superior than

ghee prepared from buffalo milk or goat's milk

Properties

1) Ghee prepared from cow's milk :Ghee prepared from cow's milk is good for the eyes, sweet, heavy and strength giving. It increases virility copulating power and appetite. It eliminates all the three flaws of phelgm, wind and bile in the body. It also increases the intelligence, capabilities, and radiance.

2) Ghee prepared from buffalo milk :It is sweet and cool. It causes the formation of excessive phelgm in the body, eliminates plethora, flatulence and blood impurities. It increases virility.

3) Ghee prepared from goat milk :It is an appetizer, beneficial for the eyes, strength giving. It is bitter in taste and eliminates cough. It is also beneficial in breathing problem due to excessive phelgm and consumption.

4) Ghee prepared from ewe's milk :It is light. It is an eliminator of all the diseases, developes the bones, eliminates stones, and flatulence. It is an appetizer and beneficial for the eyes. It is especially used as a massage oil to join fractured bones.

5)Ghee is sweet, beneficial for the eyes, an appetizer and heavy. It increases intelligence, memory, radiance, strength and beauty. It is beneficial in many diseases like consumption, blood impurities, colic in stomach, swelling of the stomach due to indigestion.

Uses

Ghee is used very commonly in our diet. Not only that it is considered so pure but it is even used during worship. It is said that the food is incomplete without the use of ghee. Fresh ghee should be used in food.

Old ghee is used commonly in Ayurveda for its excellent medicinal properties. Old ghee eliminates all the three flavors in the body. It is also beneficial in many diseases like leprosy, hysteria, hazzy vision and to neutralize the effect of poison. It is also beneficial for a person with burnt injury.

In case of a snake bite, 120-220 grams of pure ghee is given to the person and made him to drink to the extent he vomits out all the poison. After 15 minutes, warm water should be given to him as per his requirement so that

he vomits it out again. This act can be repeated if required.

Burning of a ghee lamp eliminates the viruses and bacteria in the house

Hiccups are checked if warm ghee prepared from cow's milk is taken.

Ghee prepared from cow's milk, when mixed in cow's milk, cures thirst.

Before going to sleep, if half litres of milk with two spoonful of ghee is taken, it helps in clear evacuation of the bowels in the morning.

If few drops of ghee prepared from cow's milk is dropped in the nostrils then blood coming out from the nose is checked. If this is done twice in a day, then hemicrania is cured.

It neutralizes the intoxicating effects of liquor or "bhang".

NoteOnly that much ghee should be used as one can digest. Only fresh ghee should be used in the food. Ghee is harmful for the people suffering from severe consumption, phlegmatic diseases, fever, dyspepsia, acidity and asthma etc.

WEETS

Sugar

Properties

Sugar is sweet, develops semen, beneficial for the eyes, nourishing and gives strength. It eliminates excessive humors of wind and bile in the body and checks vomit.

White sugar :It is sweet relishing, cool and it develops semen. It is beneficial in blood impurities, excessive bile, excessive wind, fever, inflammation and vomit.

Uses

When sugar is chewed, its properties and effects become hot but its effect becomes cold when dissolved in water. Drinking a glass of water in which sugar is dissolved, satisfies thirst.

Drinking hot milk in which some sugar and the same quantity of ghee has been mixed, cures strangury. Drinking a glass of "lassi" mixed with some sugar is also beneficial in the same disease.

Drinking water mixed with sugar, checks the loose motions due to

intaking of purgative medicines.

The smoke caused by burning the mixture of sugar and jaggery, drives away insects and mosquitoes.

Sugar is used in diabetic patient to neutralize the over doze of insulin, because it circulates instantly throughout the body. It is also beneficial to person who is observing fast by providing instant energy.

Note :Excessive use of sugar is harmful. It causes many complications in the body like acidity, inflammation, swelling, diabetes and rheumatism etc.

Sugarcane

Properties

Sugarcane is nourishing, strength giving and it satisfies thirst. It is beneficial in diseases like plethora, tiredness, strangury, and weakness.

Uses

Fresh juice of sugarcane mixed with some salt and lemon juice during summer season is very refreshing, nourishing and energizing.

A person whose semen has been polluted and impurified by excessive wind and bile in the body, sugar cane juice is very beneficial to them. Sugar cane juice is also beneficial in painful discharge of urine. It is also beneficial for throat.

Drinking sugar cane juice also checks hiccups and it is beneficial in plethora.

Keep sugarcane sticks on the terrace in the night. Extract the juice in the morning and give it to the patient suffering from jaundice. It will be cured in four to five days.

Sugar cane juice, mixed in it some lemon juice, cures strangury.

Drinking sugarcane juice with a pinch of salt and few drops of lemon juice during summer season, cures the uneasiness caused by heat.

Note :Sugar cane is harmful to person suffering from diabetes, fever, cold, dyspepsia, skin diseases and worms in the stomach. It is also not good for small children.

Homeopathy is the safest way to cure obesity without bearing much pain. Here are some remedies which you can use easily. Find more below.

Homeopathy is a time tested, proven method to cure obesity. In fact, it offers treatments for several aspects for obesity.

Homeopathy not only helps you in losing weight but it improves your metabolic system, digestive system and elementary system. But the medicines need to be individually prescribed, based on your own unique pattern of symptoms.

Constitutional treatment is most appropriate, but some of the following remedies might be useful.

Common Homeopathy Remedies

In homeopathy there are 189 remedies for obesity. The choice of remedy depends upon the complete case history of the patient. Below are some simple remedies which you can take but you are always suggested to consult a specialist.

• If anytime you feel extremely irritated and stressed, which feelings may lead you to overeat, then you can take Antimonium crudum.This medicine is used in persons having the tendency to become fat mainly due to overeating and indigestion with white coated tongue.

• Calcarea carb is used to control excessive perspiration. It is also helpful for those who become hungry soon after eating.

• Cinchona off is used specially for obesity treatment to reduce gluttonous appetite; indigestion after taking raw fruits and vegetables. Basically, it is used for those people who are internally very weak but obese.

• Lycopodium is mainly used to treat the disturbed liver and digestive functions; to decrease the craving for sweets; loss of appetite.

• Calotropis Gigantea is used to reduce the fat without decreasing the weight in this way your flesh will be decreased, the muscles will become harder and firmer. Heat in stomach is a good guiding symptom.

• Phytolacca berry is commonly used as a patent medicine for weight reduction.

• Ignatia is generally prescribed if you are anxious and fearful, and tend to overeat.

• Staphysagria is applied if you tend to eat out of repressed anger. Your weight gain problem may be compounded by oppressive, even abusive, relationships in your life.

• Taking one dose of homeopathic Lycopodium 30c can help tame cravings for sweets.

• Coffea cruda is indicated if you are excitable and nervous, and eat primarily to calm down.

Note You are always advised to consult a specialist before taking these remedies and follow his advice about the course of the medicines.