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Some Healthy Tips To Begin With Page 1
Home Remedies Page 3
1.1 Stomach Ache Page 3
1.2 Indigestion Page 5
1.3 Diarrhea Page 7
1.4 Vomiting Page 9
1.5 Back Ache Page 11
1.6 Paralysis Page 12
1.7 Head Ache Page 13
1.8 Cough Page 14
1.9 Asthma Page 15
1.10 Tonsillitis Page 17
1.11 Pimples Page 18
1.12 Tuberculosis (TB) Page 19
1.13 Insomnia Page 22
As per Indian medicine science, human body is made from 5 Tatvas (constituents): earth,
water, fire, air and sky or space. Any disturbance in any of the five elements can disturb the
Health can be maintained by only by combination of right food, right lifestyle and right
thoughts. It is important to take care of ones routine also. Certain simple rules of routine, if
followed religiously, can save you from many ailments in old age. Many of these rules were
religiously followed by our parents and grandparents but are being slowly forgotten.
1. First rule of good routine is to get up before sunrise. Fresh air in the morning clears
lungs, improves blood circulation, gives strength to the body and keeps it active
2. After brushing and getting fresh, exercise in the morning. Exercise in early morning
3. Change your food as per season. Never eat fruits or vegetables which are stored in
cold stores and sold in off season. Fresh season fruits always have more nutrition
than the stored ones. Also many artificial measures are taken (wax coating, chemical
coating) to preserve the moisture of fruits. Majority of such coatings are cancerous
5. Meals should be taken at right time. Too late dinner leads to many health issues like
7. Always drink lukewarm water, hot water in winters. In summers, water kept in earthen
8. Drinking water from refrigerator immediately after coming in from hot sun will result in
sore throat. Always allow body temperature to adjust to room temperature and then
drink water.
9. Water stored in earthen pot is sufficiently cold but not to the extent to harm throat.
Children can be saved from sore throat problem if they are given water from earthen
pot.
10. Walk for 10 minutes after dinner. Take 30 minutes nap after lunch.
11. Drink one glass of water empty stomach. Water store overnight in copper jar and
drunk empty stomach every morning will keep constipation at a bay throughout your
life.
12. Splash water on your eyes 2-3 times a day. This helps in relieving eye stress and
keeps your eyes healthy. This is especially important because people spend too
13. Lie down for five minutes on right and left side of your stomach after lunch. This
14. Walk on green grass for 20 minutes every day in early morning. It gives you new
Home Remedies
Grandmas home remedies are not only more effective than most of the medicines, but also
save us from side effects of allopathy. Most of these remedies require stuff which is already
present at home. Right usage of Indian spices and herbs can help you save from side effects
of allopathy. Sometimes, it also cures those diseases which are termed as incurable in
other branches of medicines. For the benefits of readers, we have compiled a list of some
home remedies that you can use for yourself and your near and dear ones. However, it is no
use his/her discretion in choosing the treatment course. We have tried to give many options
of home treatment and one can choose any remedy as per ones convenience.
Stomach ache
Reasons: Key reasons for stomach ache are irregular food habits, eating too much of junk
food, constipation, indigestion, peptic ulcer, problem in small or large intestine, kidney
Symptoms: Severe stomach ache, vomiting, constipation, bad taste in mouth, gas in
Home remedies:
1. Mix one pinch of each black salt, black pepper powder and cumin seeds powder in
lemon juice and sip it slowly. It reduces stomach gas and relieves pain.
2. Mix half spoon of garlic juice and one pinch of black salt and sip it slowly. It relives
stomach ache.
3. Take one pinch of clove powder in lukewarm water for stomach ache.
4. Mix two spoons of radish juice and one pinch of black salt.
6. Mix one spoon of basil juice and one spoon of ginger juice, heat it and drink.
7. Drinking mixture of onion juice and black pepper is good for bloated stomach.
Indigestion
Causes: Excessive eating, oily food, high calorie food, junk food, too much of spices,
Symptoms:
Bloated stomach, stomach ache, vomiting, white coating on tongue, gas, foul smell in breath,
Home remedies:
1. Half spoon of raw papaya juice with sugar helps in curing indigestion soon.
2. Cut small pieces of fresh radish, sprinkle black salt, black pepper and carom seeds
powder on them. Sprinkle lemon juice on top of it and eat it after meals. This is a very
3. Boil two cloves, one haritaki fruit piece and a pinch of salt in water. Drink the syrup to
4. Drinking mixture of onion juice and black salt cures indigestion fast.
5. Mix 10 gram cumin seed powder, powder of 5 pieces of black pepper, 5 grams of dry
ginger powder and two pinches of salt in a small jar. Take half spoon of the powder
every day after food. Indigestion will be cured for life time.
6. Two cloves of garlic, one piece of ginger, green coriander, 3 gm black pepper, 5 gm
cumin seeds and 3gm of salt. Mix everything in a mixer and make chutney. Eat it with
Diarrhoea
Causes: Indigestion, stomach infection, eating stale food, fungus in food, food
Home remedies:
1. Indian blackberry is the most effective natural way of curing diarrhoea. It can be
d. Vinegar of blackberry.
2. Take 2 cups of butter milk mixed with honey every day. Every type of diarrhoea will
be cured.
4. Bel fruit taken in form of marmalade, juice helps in curing diarrhoea instantly.
However, excessive quantity of bel fruit can also cause constipation and lead to
stomach infection if there is sudden constipation. Hence, it should not be taken more
5. Ispaghula or isabgol husk taken in cold water, cold curd or water instantly helps in
diarrhoea.
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Vomiting
Causes: Eating rotten food, gas problem, problem in intestines, tension, stress,
heaviness in chest.
Home remedies:
2. Drinking 4-5 drops of mint juice and pinch of champacol (Karpur) mixture helps in
stopping vomiting.
vomiting instantly.
4. Keep a pinch of champacol (Karpur) in a batasha (see image below) and eat it.
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instantly.
6. Mixture of lemon juice, rock salt and black pepper is wonder medicine for
vomiting.
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Backache
Causes: Wrong posture, staying in same posture for long time, sleeping on soft mattresses,
lifting heavy items, sudden jerk, muscle pull, stiffness of muscles, lack of physical exercise,
Symptoms:
Home remedies:
1. Mix one glass of water and one glass of milk. Take 3-4 cloves of garlic, peel them
and cut into small pieces. Boil garlic pieces into the mixture till the mixture of water
and milk remains half. Add sugar, and drink it hot. This is a superb cure for muscle
2. Boil cumin seeds in mustard oil. Massage your back, pain area with this oil.
3. Boil two spoons of ginger powder in milk and drink it every day before sleeping.
4. Boil ginger powder and seeds of basil tree in water and drink it every day.
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Paralysis
Causes: Damage in the nervous system, especially the spinal cord, stroke, trauma with
nerve injury, cerebral palsy, peripheral neuropathy, poliomyelitis, Parkinson's disease, spina
Symptoms: Affected part of the body not working. The patient is not able to move the
Home remedies:
1. Basil leaves, curd, salt and opium: apply paste of these items after shrot intervals.
2. Oil of nigella seeds, also called Wild Onion seeds (Kalonji) works wonders in
paralysis.
3. Boil basil leaves in water and give its steam to the patient.
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Headache
Causes: Headache is mostly a symptom of some other problem than the disease itself. It
can be caused by gas, lack of sleep, indigestion, cold, fever, tension, stress, over-work etc.
Home remedies:
2. Take a small piece of champacol (Karpur) and smell it for a few minutes.
4. Make powder of green cardamom and smell it for some time. It helps in fast relief
from headache.
5. If the headache is due to stomach upset or gas, drink lemon water (Mixture of lemon
6. Take a small piece of rock salt and keep it in your mouth. Slowly eat it. It helps in
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Cough
Causes: Cold, pneumonia, chest infection, TB, bronchitis, lever infection, asthma,
Symptoms: Cough can be dry or with phlegm. If cough persists for long period, then it
Home remedies:
1. Mix one spoon of ginger juice and one spoon of honey. Take it twice a day. It helps in
2. Mix small quantity of rock salt in pure ghee and apply it warm on chest. All the
3. Take one spoon of carom seeds, one spoon of turmeric powder and boil it for 5-7
minutes in 250 ml of water. Then add honey or jaggery as per taste. For children
below 12 years of age, give 20ml of this preparation twice a day. Take it hot. For
people above 12 years of age, take 50ml twice a day. This is very good remedy for
5. Boil ark of acacia tree (babool) in water and drink. This is very good for any kind of
cough.
6. For old cough, eat cooked turnip for a few days regularly.
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Asthma
Causes:
Airborne substances, such as spores, pet dander, pollen, dust mites, or particles of
cockroach waste, respiratory infections, such as common cold, physical activity (exercise-
induced asthma), cold air, air pollutants and irritants, such as smoke. Grandma says that
eating stale food, cold food leads to creation of cough/ phlegm in lungs which in turn
Symptoms: Difficulty in breathing, short breath, cough, phlegm, heavy sweat in forehead,
Home remedies:
1. Take one spoon of carom seeds, one spoon of turmeric powder, 2 gram powder of
long pepper (called peepli in Hindi), 2 gm of saunth powder (dried ginger powder)
and boil it for 5-7 minutes in 250 ml of water. Then add one pinch of black pepper
and honey or jaggery as per taste. Drink 50ml of this preparation twice a day while
2. Eat two seeds of Datura every day for one month. Asthma will be fully cured.
However, Datura seed might not suit every body. Hence, if you face any problem
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3. Boil 5 gms of Liquorice or mulethi in water and drink it like tea. Asthma will go away
in two months.
4. Mix champacol in coconut oil and apply it warm on chest. It helps in relieving
breathing difficulties.
5. Boil champacol in water and smell it 4-5 times a day. It gives relief in breathing
difficulty.
6. Mix half cup juice each of turnip, radish, cabbage and sem ki phali (french beans)
and add rock salt as per taste. Drink it warm/ hot. This is a wonder medicine for
7. Take 5 gms of Malabar nut (also called adulsa, adhatoda or vasa), 5 gms ginger and
10 gms honey and mix them. Eat the paste every 4 hours for 40 days. Asthma will be
cured fully.
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Tonsillitis
Tonsils are the two small masses of lymphoid tissue in the throat, one on each side of the
root of the tongue. They function as a defence mechanism, helping prevent your body from
infection. When the tonsils become infected, the condition is called tonsillitis.
Though tonsillitis can occur at any age, yet it is most common amongst children.
Causes: Cold, sudden change in weather, eating too much of sour items, oily food, fever,
Symptoms: Sore throat, swollen tonsils, and fever, white coating on tongue, difficulty in
Home remedies:
1. Apply paste of alum powder and carom seeds powder outside the throat.
4. Mix 2 gms of turmeric powder and one spoon of ginger in hot water and drink in the
night.
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Pimples
Causes: hormonal changes in adolescence age, eating too much oily/spicy/ junk food, not
keeping the skin clean, pollution, clogged pores. People with oily skin tend to get it more
Black heads
White heads
Cysts
Home remedies:
1. Apply paste of small portion of carom seeds mixed with curd, on your face and wash
3. Apply mixture of juice of basil leaves and honey on face, hands and feet.
4. Apply paste of curd and radish on face. Pimples will dry up.
5. Apply paste of betel roots grinded in water. Pimples will never come back.
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Tuberculosis (TB)
TB is highly contagious. It is spread when a person with active TB infection in his/her lungs
coughs or sneezes and someone else inhales the expelled droplets, which contain TB
bacteria.
The most common form if TB is lungs TB, though it can occur in any other part of body too.
Symptoms: Cough for more than three weeks, fever, weakness, reduction in weight.
Home remedies:
1. Goat milk and honey taken together on regular basis help you in getting rid of TB.
2. Dry up laurel of peepal tree and make powder of it. Take 10grams of powder
everyday with goat milk. Drink one litre of goat milk every day. TB will disappear in
few weeks.
3. Goat milk is supposed to be very good for TB. Drink one litre of goat milk every day.
4. Four pieces of raisins (munakka) (seeds removed), 2 gram peepal and 10 grams of
sugar. Mix them into a paste form and eat it twice a day. This helps in curing every
5. Drinking 20 ml juice of white stem of banana tree twice a day helps in defeating TB
7. Two cloves of garlic and 4 pieces of almonds. Grind them and mix in 10 gm honey
8. Garlic, apple, black pepper, goat milk, raisins, peepal laurel, raw onion juice are
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Since TB is a dangerous, yet curable disease, we do not want our readers to fully rely on
given remedies. These remedies are no way substitute for allopathy medicines. It is
Loss of memory
Causes: old age, tension, stress, physical weakness, long illness, anaemia.
Symptoms: in this disease, the patient doesnt remember anything done, seen, read. He is
able to recollect it only after trying hard. Slowly the patient starts having doubts on the
Home remedies:
2. Take one spoon of gooseberry juice with honey every day in morning.
3. Take two almonds and one spoon of dry ginger powder in milk.
6. Bake seeds of musk melon on tawa (iron plate for baking) and eat it.
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Insomnia
Causes
lack of physical exercise, depression, wrong life style e.g, working at the time of sleep,
spending too much time on computer, bi-polar disease, long term illness, stress, grief.
Home remedies:
1. Drink two spoons of honey in hot milk every day before sleeping.
5. Mix one spoon of basil leaves juice in one cup of water. It is very good remedy for
insomnia.
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Epilepsy
Causes
Low oxygen during birth, head injuries that occur during birth or from accidents during youth
or adulthood, genetic conditions that result in brain injury, such as tuberous sclerosis, brain
Symptoms
The patient falls unconscious suddenly and eyes pop out. Foam comes out of mouth, jaws
get hard and teeth fixed. Patient gets lot of sweat. Seizures are usually unpredictable and
may happen anytime. It is episodic- seizures can come and go and last for very few
minutes.
Home remedies
1. During seizure, make patient smell rai (black mustard seeds) powder. This will help
2. When a patient start coming out of state of unconsciousness, give him/ her mixture of
3. Grind leaves of custard apple and take out juice from it. Put drops of this juice in
4. Four spoons of henna leaves juice in milk every day is wonder medicine for epilepsy.
5. Grind 4-5 cloves of garlic and make the patient smell it. It helps in recovering from
state of unconsciousness.
6. Give two spoons of onion juice and then half spoon of powder of roasted cumin
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Impotence
Causes
Impotence occurs more because of psychological reasons than physical ones. Growing age,
lack of confidence, endocrine diseases like diabetes, neurological and nerve disorders are
some of the most common causes of impotence. Sometimes, certain medicines also block
disorders, depression, continuous sadness are some of the psychological causes for erectile
dysfunction.
Home remedies:
1. Make powder of 100 gms of radish seeds and eat 5 gms of this powder with butter or
milk cream twice a day. This is wonder medicine for increasing potency.
2. 3 grams of aak tree flowers (sodoms apple) baked in pure ghee is supposed to be
very good for reducing impotency. However, aak is a very dangerous plant and any
wrong usage can lead to even death. Hence, it should be used very carefully.
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3. Take two dried dates and some raisins in breakfast every day.
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Pre-mature ejaculation
Causes
Earlier it was thought that pre-mature ejaculation is caused mainly psychological issues. But
now is it believed that the issue is much more complicated than previously thought. It is
Symptoms
The person experiences ejaculation within one minute of penetration and sometimes even
before penetration. The inability to hold it for long leads to various other issues related to
Home remedies
2. Take 10 drops of garlic juice with tea every day. Drink half litre of milk after that.
3. Take two spoons of onion juice mixed with honey empty stomach every morning.
4. Soak 4-5 leaves of acacia tree and Goond (gum) in water and mash it. Drink it along
5. Mix 5 gms each of isabgol, khaskhas (poppy seeds) and mishri (rock candy) and eat
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Leucorrhoea
Leucorrhoea also called white mensuration occurs when there is whitish or yellowish
discharge from the vagina, frothy and foul smelling discharge. The patient often feels pain in
the calves and lumbar region, lethargy and weakness, heaviness in the abdominal region,
Causes
Infection from bacteria, fungi or other parasites, lack of cleanliness in vaginal area, sexually
transmitted diseases, anaemia, worry, tension, sadness, too much of sex, constipation, low
nutrition diet.
Home remedies
1. Soak black grams in water overnight. Boil the same for 15-20 minutes in morning and
drink the boiled water. You can eat grams separately as vegetable or snacks. This is
2. Fill one gram of alum powder in ripe banana and eat it in afternoon. Chew it properly.
4. Eat 5 flowers of rose with mishri (rock candy) and drink milk after that.
6. Water chestnut or singhaara is very good for white leucorrhoea. It can be eaten as a
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Causes
Anaemia, eating cold items like ice, ice cream etc. during mensuration, weight loss, over
weight, use of birth control pills, hormone shots, certain types of medicines that treat cancer,
Home remedies
leaves and half spoon of shakkar (brown sugar made from jaggery) and boil in water.
2. Take 3 gm each of banyan tree prop, fenugreek seeds and onion seeds and grind
them together. Then boil the mixture in litre of water. Keep boiling till water
remains half and drink it hot. Take it regularly till mensuration starts again.
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3. Drink two spoons of aloe vera juice empty stomach for two weeks.
4. Eat raw papaya in any form for a few days. Mensuration will start.
5. Drink one spoon of doob grass (Bermuda grass) juice every morning.
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Worms in Stomach
Causes
Eating stale, adulterated food, soil, wearing dirty clothes, not cleaning body properly,
Symptoms
Loss of appetite, stomach ache, anaemia, fatigue, weight loss, diarrhoea, vitamin and
mineral deficiency.
Home remedies
1. Add a pinch of rock salt and black pepper in butter milk and drink.
2. Drink one spoon juice of neem tree leaves mixed with two spoons of honey daily for
few days.
4. Drink one spoon each of bitter gourd juice, neel leaves juice, spinach and one pinch
of rock salt daily for few days. Stomach worms will be killed and come out in stool.
5. Take bitter gourd juice with a pinch of salt for one week regularly to kill all stomach
worms.
6. Sprinkle one pinch of black pepper on raw tomato and eat it empty stomach daily.
7. Baibidang (Vidanga Embelia ribes) taken in form of powder mixed with juice of
basil leaves or powder of dried orange leaves is very good for any form of worms.
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Obesity
Causes
The most common causes of obesity are genetics, overeating, diet high in simple
Home remedies
dried ginger powder, rock salt and Piper retrofractum (chavya) and mix them all. Eat
2 gms of this mixture powder every day with curd made from cow milk. It will surely
1. Take fenugreek seeds with water every day. Obesity will surely go away.
3. Drink two spoons of honey and one lemon juice mixed one glass of warm
4. Soak 4-5 cloves of garlic in water over night and eat in morning.
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Hypertension
Causes
Older age, genetics, family history of hypertension, lack of physical activity, too much salt
content in diet, alcohol consumption, stress, tension, too much of anger, sleep apnoea.
Home remedies
1. Boil dried hibiscus, honey lemon and 1-2 sticks of cinnamon sticks in fresh water and
6. Drink lemon juice mixed in water every day empty stomach in the morning.
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