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You can be a doctor in your kitchen

Medicinal plants are part of our social life. Since ages, we have been using medicinal plants for curing various disorders. Home remedies are less expensive than other system of medicines. Generally, it is harmless, easy to access, eco-friendly and cheaper. Anyone can afford these medicines. These herbs used in home remedies show no side effects.

In the present communication, we aim to list few home remedies for common disorders like cough, cold, fever, dandruff and pains etc. All the herbs mentioned here are most found in our kitchen garden. If you follow these remedies, you surely will be a doctor of your own. You will be a doctor in your kitchen.

TULSI

1. Tulsi extract mixed with pepper powder is consumed to reduce cough.

2. Crush tulsi leaves with black pepper and kept in the place of tooth ache

3. Dry tulsi leaf powder can be used as tooth powder, helps in preventing bad odor of mouth.

4. Applying tulsi extract helps in curing skin infections.

5. Equal amount of tulsi extract, lemon juice and onion extract. Applying this mixture before bath helps in curing all types of skin diseases.

6. Mix 5 to 10 leaves of tulsi in hot water. Consuming this when there is asthma attack can be controlled

7. Mixture of tulsi juice, ginger juice and honey, each one spoon is good for asthma suffering people.

8. To a spoon of tulsi juice add juice of bittergaurd. Consuming this daily night for 1 month helps in controlling asthma and bronchitis.

9. In pimples, blend crushed basil with mint (pudina) juice & limejuice. Apply this on your pimples.

10. Chew a few leaves of Tulsi plant to relieve bad breath.


GINGER

1. Cut ginger into small pieces, to this add tamarind leaves and two cups of water and boil till it comes down to one cup. To this add one-cup sugar and boil in low flame. After it is cooled add little lemon juice to it. This should be consumed once in three hours to reduce cough.

2. To ginger extract mix little honey. By consuming this, cold can be controlled.

3. Crush dry ginger and add equal amount of ghee and jaggary. Consuming this mixture every day reduces cold and cough.

4. To ginger extract mix equal amount of lemon extract, little rock salt and crystal salt. Keep this mixture in a closed bottle under the sun for a week. Consuming the filtrate of this mixture after meals helps in digestion.

5. Take equal amount of ginger extract and sugar and boil in half a cup amount of water. This is good for digestion.

6. To little ginger add two spoons of coriander seeds and boil in two cups of water till it reduces to 1 cup. To this add little jaggary. This mixture is given to pregnant ladies to cure burning sensation in chest and stomach.

7. One spoon of ginger powder with little sugar helps in stomach pain.

8. Take a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste. This mixture acts as an excellent expectorant in the treatment of asthma.

9. Dilute a paste of ginger powder (half teaspoon) with water & apply to the Forehead. A burning sensation may persist. But it's not harmful.

10. Apply warm ginger paste with turmeric to the affected area twice a day.

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