| Ingredients:
- Water – 250ml (11/4CuP)
- Turmeric Powder – 1/4tsp
- Coriander Seeds – 1tsp
- Clove – 1
- Black Pepper – 1/4tsp
- Dried Ginger – Small Piece
- Liquorice – Small Piece
(Available At Ayurvedic Stores)
- Bay Leaves – 2
Here I give some home remedies for
common cold, cough and fever.
There is a saying that with medicine, flu (influenza) related illness of cold, cough, fever subsides
in a week and without
medicine it takes 7 long days!!! During this period, body evolves a
mechanism to fight virus. Once a person is infected by one type of virus
and the body has successfully fought it, he would never fall ill again
because of that virus in his lifetime. Each time a person is infected by
a flu, its of a different strain or variety which he hasn't seen
before. Elders are less prone to common colds compared to children
because they would have already fought with different strains of virus,
in their life!!!
I believe in giving adequate time to the body to
develop its own resistance and immunity instead of taking recourse to anti-biotics .
Therefore listed below are the tips to fight common cold which I follow for myself and for my family members. These tips help the patient to get some relief and develop immunity. My
visits to the doctors for common cold and its related complications are almost negligible.
The ingredients used in the
home-remedies are the ones commonly available and used in everyday cooking (The glossary is provided towards the end of this article). Hope
these remedies will be useful to my viewers too.
Kashayam (Concoction): See the above Box for ingredients
Method:
Take water in a bowl and heat the bowl
& boil water. In a mortar & pestle crush dried ginger and liquorice.
Take a mixie jar and add coriander seeds, black pepper, clove, bay leaves,
turmeric powder and crushed dried ginger and liquorice. Grind the spices to a
fine powder. When water is boiling add the prepared spice powder and mix well.
cover the bowl partially and cook on low flame for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes
switch off the flame and cover the bowl fully. Keep this concoction aside for 2
to 3 minutes. Take a serving mug and place a tea strainer in it. Strain the
prepared concoction into the mug.
Serve the concoction piping hot to
adults, luke warm to small children. Avoid giving this concoction to infants.
This preparation gives relief from severe cold, cough and fever.
Honey-Lemon syrup:
Take one teaspoon of lemon juice and
add this to two teaspoons of honey. Mix this preparation well and serve in two
hours duration to get relief from cold, cough and fever. This preparation works
well for all ages starting from infants to aged.
Salt Solution Gargling:
Mix two teaspoons of salt in a glass
of warm water and mix well. Use this salt solution and gargle twice or thrice a
day depending on the severity to get relief from cold and cough. |
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