By: Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Khan, Medical Officer, Unani Hospital-UP Government & Associate Editor-ICN
As we all know that we are suffering from pandemic disease and need to be alert and being safe by living at home and maintaining social distance… that’s only way to protect ourselves during this pandemic viral disease Covid-19.
During this lock down phase we are living at our home, but as human body is natural, it can be affected by various ailments and we may fall into many diseases, but our Nature has given us a lot of way to cure ourself by using some traditional medicine and these are present in our kitchen to cure our diseases or physical ailments without any harmful effects since ancient times.
Nature has given us so valuable things to keep our body fit and healthy. Besides all facilities in this new era when ever someone gets physical troubles or acute condition of health problem and any medical facilities are not available at that time…basically at late night..Then what to do now..Don’t worry there is still a medical store present in your home and that is your kitchen…yes it’s 100% true..Your kitchen is full of MEDICINE (herbal medicine).
Now I am going to tell you that how we can use them in different conditions of physical troubles.
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1. ACIDITY/GASTRIC REFLUX DISEASE :
Take 1/4 Baking Soda and 1/4cup of hot water and drink it slowly.
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1. BODY ACHE:
1 tsf of turmeric powder
1 Glass of water
1 tsf Honey
Mix well and drink before meal.
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2. JOINTS PAIN:
250 g pure honey
1/4 cup methi
(Fenugreek) powder
2 tsf almond powder
1 tsf cardamom powder
2 tsf ginger powder
2 tsf butter ghee
1 tsf nutmeg (Jaifal) powder
Mix every thing well. 1 tsf daily after breakfast
For 40 days.
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4. Cold /Zukam/Running nose:
2 Tablespoons honey
1/4 tsf black paper
1/4 tsf cinnamon powder
1/4 nutmeg (jaiphal) powder
Squeeze 1/2 lemon and mix all these ingredients in a glass. Warm mixture and drink.
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5. GINGER TEA FOR COLD
1tsf grated ginger
1 stick of cinnamon
1 elaichi (Cardamom)
3 cup water
Boil with one cup of water and drink.
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5. CONSTIPATION
Senna leaf powder 10 gm
Dry zinger powder 2.5 gm
Saunf (Fennel) 5 gm
Make capsules of 500 mg
Take 2 capsules BD
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6. PHLEGMY COUGH
Boil 2-3 clove and Cinnamom1 small piece,
Crush them and boil with 1 cup of water then drink.
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7. COUGH
2.5 gm zinger powder
1/4 tsf cinnamon powder
1-2 tsf honey
Boil with 1 cup of water and drink slowly.
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8. DIARRHOEA
Roast 5 to 6 cardamom till black. Then boil in 1cup of water and drink.
Yogurt with each meal. Use cold water.
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9. DIZZINESS
2 tsf Coriander seed powder and 2 tsf aamli powder….Soak in 200 ml of boiling water for 8 hour and drink 100 ml morning and evening.
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10. CHOLESTEROL
1 cup garlic juice
1cup ginger juice
1cup lemon juice
1cup cidar vineger
Boil all juice till it gets to 3 cups for some time and leave it to cool
Add Honey
Take tablespoon daily morning.
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11. DENGUE
One Anjeer and 1/4 Tsf Tea powder make joshanda (Decoction)..Take Morning and evening. Within 24 hours Platelets will start increasing.
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12. HYPOTENSION (LOW BP)
Take 2 to 3 Fig (Anjeer) soak in water at night, drink the water with fig in the morning empty stomach and give a gap for 1 hour in between breakfast.
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13. CONSTIPATION
Take 4 figs soak in water at night , Take Fig in morning with milk.
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14. HORSNESS OF VOICE
Take DALCHINI and KALIMIRCH in equal quantities..make it powder..boil in 50 ml cwater…make joshanda
Take 2 to 3 ml a day.
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15. DIARRHOEA
Take equal Quantities of Ginger powder and Dalchini (Cinnamon) powder. Boil it in 100 ml water and add 1 small teaspoon honey.
Take 2 to 3 times a day.
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16. EPILEPSY
Take 2 to 3 gram cinnamon powder and add honey..make it pills of 500 mg.
Take 2 pills twice a day.
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Stay home & Stay Safe
