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Give a solution of onion juice ¼ cup, honey 1 tablespoon and black pepper 1/8 tablespoon |
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Make a decoction of licorice and ginger, give ½ tablespoon in 1 cup of water. |
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Extract the juice from garlic. Mix 10 – 15 drops in warm water and give it
internally. |
Burns
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Loosen all tight clothing. Cut the clothing away
from the burnt area, if it adheres to the burnt area, do not try
to peel it loose. |
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Avoid undue contamination of burnt wound and
keep the victim in comfort
draping him in clean laundry sheets. |
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Apply ice pack or cloth soaked in ice water and
change them constantly. |
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Place boiled potato peel on burns. |
Chicken pox marks
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Application of Sandalwood oil ( and not the
paste ) right from the first day of appearance of rash till the
fall of scabs helps prevent the pox marks. |
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Application of Vitamin E oil over the skin has a
healing effect. |
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Honey smeared over the skin will help in healing
the disease. |
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Lukewarm water baths with Neem leaves helps in
relieving itching. |
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A bath of oatmeal is considered a natural remedy
to relieve the itch due to
chicken pox. |
Cholic
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Hold the baby upright or lay him/her on the back
with legs drawn towards abdomen and gently pressed towards the
stomach.
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Rubbing a thin paste of asafetida ( heeng )
around the umbilicus is also recommended.
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Apply turpentine around the navel.
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Common
colds
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For a dry and stuffy nose, try normal saline or
salt water nasal drops. This can be made by adding 1/4 teaspoon
of table salt to about 4 ml lukewarm water. Make a fresh
solution every few days keeping it in refrigerator. Use a clean
dropper to instill 1 to 2 drops in each nostril about 3 to 4
times daily.
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Do not use medicated nasal drops without
physician's consent as an excessive use will cause chemical
rhinitis will rebound back.
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Garlic juice made by adding few drops of garlic
oil to a teaspoonful of onion juice and diluting it in a cup of
water is often helpful.
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Ginger tea or a teaspoonful of ginger juice
taken with equal quantity of honey brings relief.
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Constipation:
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One tablespoonful of corn syrup added to 8
ounces of water.
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Add a little extra sugar or some honey twice a
day to milk.
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Bael fruit ( Indian) is the best laxative of all
fruits. It cleans and tones up the intestines.
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Guava when eaten with seeds provides roughage to
diet.
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Add more fruits especially prunes to the diet.
Pears, grapes, Orange juice and Papaya are also useful.
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Constipation in toddlers and older children may
be relieved by giving bran cereal.
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Corns:
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A slice of lemon tied over the hardened skin
overnight.
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A paste made by grinding 3 to 4 Licorice sticks
and mixing it with mustard oil or sesame oil.
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An application of Papaya juice.
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Milky juice of green figs may provide relief.
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Cough:
Mix equal parts of lime juice and honey.
Mixing a teaspoonful of honey with a few drops
of brandy. Add a few drops of ginger juice to a teaspoon of honey.
A cup of grape juice mixed with a teaspoon of
honey is often helpful.
A syrup of 1 teaspoonful raw onion juice with 1
teaspoonful of honey kept over 3 to 4 hours serves as an excellent
cough syrup.
Soak almonds overnight and remove their skin. A
paste of these almonds with little butter and sugar is very
useful for dry cough.
An older child can reduce the cough considerably
by sucking on a lump of sugar.
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