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.