Body Heat Add 2 to 3 drops of almonds oil to pomegranate (anaar) juice and drink. Soak 8 to 10 almonds and 1 teaspoon rice overnight. Remove the outer skin. Grind into a fine paste. Mix with some milk and add a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi) and sugar candy (mishri) to taste. Boil and drink. Remove seeds from fresh amla fruits and grind the pulp into a fine paste. Tie it in a muslin cloth and squeeze out the juice. Take 2 teaspoon of this juice and mix it with two teaspoonfuls each honey and lime juice. Add 1 cup water and drink on an empty stomach every morning. Take a tender bel fruit. Grind it with 1 cup milk. Apply on the head and massage well before taking a shower Body Pain Boil 3 tablespoon powdered nutmeg (jaiphal) in 1 cup sesame oil (til ka tel). Cool and apply on affected parts. Boils Slightly roast a big onion on a naked flame. Mash it and mix in teaspoon each turmeric powder and ghee. Apply and tie a bandage. Mash the garlic (lasan) cloves and apply externally. Ground neem leaves into a paste and apply on affected parts. Apply a paste of ginger (adrak) powder and turmeric (haldi) (1:1) on boils. Grind some black cumin (kala jeera) seeds in a little water and apply the paste on the affected areas. Heat black pepper powder in ½ teaspoon ghee until charred. Use this as an ointment. Take fenugreek leaf (methi patta) paste, heat it and when lukewarm, apply on the affected parts of the body. Soak bread in warm milk and sandwich the mixture in-between the folds of a clean cotton cloth. Apply this poultice to the boil and hold in place with a cotton bandage. This draws the dirt to the surface of the skin and simultaneously bursts the boil. Body Swelling Grind black cumin seeds (shah jeera) with a little hot water and apply on affected parts. Body weak- - ness w Soak 8 to 10 almonds and 1 teaspoon rice overnight. Remove the outer skin of almonds. Grind into a fine paste. Mix in some milk and a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi). Boil and drink along with sugar candy (mishri) or ordinary sugar to taste. Sprinkle the following on a platter of mango slices : 1 teaspoon honey, a pinch of saffron (kesar), cardamom (chhoti illaichi) and rose water (gulab jal). Take twice daily. Breathing problem Mix 1 teaspoon camphor (kapoor) in ½ cup slightly warmed coconut oil and apply on the chest. Boil 2 tablespoon fennel seeds (saunf) in 1 cup water till it is reduced to half. Filter. Take 1 tablespoon every morning and evening for a few days. Boil 3 tablespoon powdered nutmeg (jaiphal) in 1 cup sesame oil (til ka tel). Cool and apply on affected parts Bronchitis in children Mix 1 teaspoon oil of garlic (lasan) and 3 teaspoon honey and give a small amount three times a day to the child. Burns by hot water Take the thin buds of banana leaves. Bandage directly on affected areas. Tie the upper part for two days and then lower parts for two more days. burns, scar. Boil 1 cup neem bark (neem ki khal) in 4 cups water. Remove from fire and shake liquid. Apply the emerging froth on the affected area. Repeat several times and for several days. Body Burns Mash a ripe banana and apply on burns. Bandage with betel leaves (pan ka patta). If you have a minor burn, immediately place an ice pack on the burnt area for 10 minutes. Combine 4 teaspoon each of lime juice, coconut oil and rub until the betel leaves mixture turns white. Apply on affected parts. Apply curry leaves (kari patta) as poultices over affected areas. Spread a thin layer of honey over the burn and cover with a dressing. Repeat this regularly every two or three hours till it heals. Burns by fire Immediately apply glycerine on the burnt area. Burn a handful of mango leaves to ashes and apply this on the affected parts Bruises Slice a raw onion & place over the bruise. Do not apply this to broken skin. Cataract At Early Stages Mix 1 teaspoon rose water (gulab jal) with 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice. Add 10 drops of this to the eyes.
