HOME REMEDIES
Vedic Ayurveda

HOME REMEDIES

Presented by Dr. Ashok Kumar Mittal, Deputy Director, Ayurved Department, Jodhpur

HOME REMEDIES / HOME RECIPES

HOME REMEDIES / HOME RECIPES

Resources that are easily available in or around the home, through which treatment can be carried out and one can remain healthy.

IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS (INSTRUCTIONS)

  • 5g = one teaspoon.
  • 5ml = one teaspoon.
  • These remedies are generally used orally.
  • In chronic diseases, these remedies may be used along with medicines.
  • If there is no benefit after 2–3 days, consult a physician.
  • Adult dosage should be followed as mentioned.
  • For children, the dosage may be half or one quarter according to age.
  • Individual tolerance should always be considered.
  • Stop using the remedy if any discomfort occurs.

IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS

  • Avoid excessive tea and coffee.
  • Avoid tobacco, alcohol and intoxicants.
  • Manage mental stress through entertainment, meditation, devotional activities, prayer, games, exercise and yoga.

COMMON COLD

🌿 Home Remedies

  • tulsi leaves equal quantity with dry ginger powder
  • ginger juice + tulsi juice + honey equal quantities, one teaspoon each, 2–3 times/day
  • half tsp black pepper powder with jaggery twice/day
  • small ginger pieces fried in ghee twice/day
  • 1 tsp turmeric fried in ghee with 1 cup lukewarm milk three times/day
  • sore throat: turmeric in warm water gargle 2–3 times/day
  • juice of two lemons + sugar to taste in one glass warm water, bedtime
  • 2–3 tsp fresh amla juice or 1/2–1 tsp amla powder

💚 Prevention methods

  • steam eucalyptus oil in hot water for blocked nose, caution burns
  • amla/tulsi regularly
  • don’t make room excessively warm
  • avoid infected people
  • balanced diet/rest/warm drinks

MOUTH ULCERS

  • betel leaf juice + desi ghee, apply, lower mouth and let saliva flow
  • shade-dried neem leaves powder + equal catechu powder, apply, allow saliva

FEVER

  • Giloy decoction: thumb-thick ~60g, remove thin outer layer, 1/2 tsp dry ginger, 10–12 glasses water, boil low until 3 glasses, cool, give 1/2 glass
  • 4 tsp (20ml) tulsi leaf juice + 1/2 tsp (2.5g) black pepper, warm, 3x/day
  • 1 tsp (5g) coriander + pinch dry ginger in one glass hot water overnight, strain morning
  • China grass tea: fresh China grass tea for ordinary fever
  • consult physician if fever not controlled after 2–3 days and joint pain/shivering

COUGH

Symptoms: frequent coughing; runny nose/frequent sneezing; occasional mild fever

🌿 Treatment

  • liquorice in mouth for dry cough
  • Vasa/Adusa decoction or pippali + fresh leaf juice with 1 tsp honey twice/day
  • black pepper + honey
  • haritaki/cloves/ginger/nagarmotha powders + honey 3–4 times/day
  • warm water
  • honey as anupana

OBESITY

💚 Prevention

  • Do not allow obesity to increase: morning lukewarm water + one lemon + 1 tsp honey, asanas/pranayama
  • avoid fried/heavy
  • light digestible food/salads
  • water
  • reduce/avoid starchy carbs at night

🌿 Treatment

  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon in 1 cup water boil, lukewarm, add 1 tsp honey, before breakfast and bedtime
  • papaya for gastric problems/body digestion/weight
  • 1/2 tsp fennel in 1 cup boiling water, cover 10 min, cool, drink regularly
  • copper vessel water morning/evening reduces body fat/weight

ARTHRITIS

  • ajwain, dry ginger, haritaki equal; 1 tsp in 2 glasses water, boil to 1/2 glass, strain, morning/evening
  • apples reduce uric acid, beneficial

ACNE

  • orange peel shade-dried powder + rose water, apply 15 min, wash

note youth/adolescence, not very painful/uncomfortable

🌿 Home remedies

  • tulsi juice; extract: 2–4 tsp dried tulsi leaves in 1 cup boiled water, 10 min, cool, apply
  • orange peel powder 2g + red sandalwood 1g + Multani mitti 5g thick paste, apply, wash lukewarm after dry
  • Shalmali thorn paste

💚 What to do

  • fresh air/sunlight; daily exercise
  • sleep on time/adequate sleep; clear bowel in morning

DIARRHOEA

frequent loose stools, abdominal pain/dehydration, life-threatening for children

simple measures

don’t stop immediately, loose stools reduce 2–3 days, prevent dehydration, continue milk for child

🌿 Home remedies

  • 5–10g pomegranate powder + honey 4x/day
  • few drops Amrit Dhara + mint juice in 1 cup water 3–4x/day
  • 1 tsp (5g) bael powder with 1 glass water (100mg to 250mg) 3–4x/day
  • mastak and kutaj equal, boil in water, decoction, twice/day
  • babul leaves powder + honey 2–3x/day

ACIDITY

vomiting is forceful stomach fluid out through mouth, nausea may or may not be present

🌿 Home remedies

  • coconut water small quantities
  • 1 cup ginger tea
  • 1 small tsp haritaki powder (5g) with honey
  • powder of 2 roasted cardamoms with honey
  • 1 glass cold lemon juice + sugar
  • 1 tsp mint + 1 tsp lemon + 1/2 tsp ginger juice + 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp onion juice at short intervals
  • laja with warm water
  • 2 tsp coarse fennel in 1 glass water overnight, strain morning, 1 tsp honey, stated remedy for acidity

INDIGESTION

digestive fire weakened by unsuitable/heavy/excess/contaminated food or wrong timing

🌿 Home treatment

  • Trikatu 2g or Panchakola 2g with warm water twice/day
  • fennel, ginger, cumin, black pepper decoction
  • 1/2 tsp dry ginger (2.5g) warm water twice/day
  • 1 tsp (5ml) lemon juice 3x/day after meals
  • 1 tsp ajwain soaked in 1 glass buttermilk 5–6h
  • after heavy meals 2–3 cloves or garlic pieces in mouth/suck
  • fennel beneficial

CONSTIPATION

  • guava/papaya nectar-like, fibre, strengthens intestines, any time, easier stool
  • 1 cup aloe vera juice every night, cleans stomach/waste

ABDOMINAL PAIN

mainly Vata; other causes bloating, constipation, excessive cold, damp environment, hernia, stones; symptoms vary; indigestion/constipation pain can be reduced

🌿 Remedies

  • asafoetida paste over navel
  • roast ajwain, powder, 1 small tsp (5g) warm water
  • fry haritaki in castor oil, salt, twice/day
  • fry asafoetida in ghee, consume with jaggery twice/day

CHAPPED LIPS

  • honey moisturising/antibacterial; 3–4 drops glycerin to 1 tsp honey, apply bedtime

EARACHE

  • neem leaf juice + sesame oil equal, boil, cool, strain, bottle; 2 drops ear morning/evening for earache/discharge
  • once weekly lukewarm mustard oil in ears, helps earwax/eardrum

HAIR FALL

  • iron beneficial; jaggery, fruits/veg, dry fruits, green onions, black gram contain iron; consuming provides iron and healthy hair

JAUNDICE

  • 10g jaggery + 5g dry ginger powder once daily

WOUND CARE

🩹 Home care

  • ice compress until bleeding stops
  • turmeric + oil antibacterial for small wounds/ulcers
  • aloe vera pieces sized to wound, cut side facing wound, tie daily
  • neem oil; large wound apply and bandage
  • infected wound raw papaya pieces
  • wash wound with Nimbala cloth

PREVENTIVE / HEALTH PROMOTIVE MEASURES

💚 Health-promoting measures

  • strengthen muscles around joints
  • avoid inappropriate pressure on weight-bearing joints
  • control body weight
  • exercise knee muscles/movement

🌿 Therapeutic measures

  • partial knee massage
  • local steam
  • swelling ice massage/cold mud
  • warm mud for pain
  • mustard pack
  • sun bath
  • warm compress
  • long/intermittent fasting with juices/fruits
  • quadriceps exercises
  • yoga incl Surya Bhedana, Nadi Shodhana, Bhramari
  • relaxation techniques

LIVE HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIFE

Thank you.