Remedies for minor ailments-part 5

Mouth Ulcers
• Mix some coconut milk with honey and massage the gums 3 to 4 times a day.
• Gargle with (or apply) freshly extracted coconut milk from a ripe coconut frequently.
• Mix the pulp of a ripe bel fruit with jaggery (gur) and eat once a day.
• Mix 1 tea cup bel pulp with 1 teaspoon sugar and eat early morning on an empty stomach for 3 days.
• Coriander (dhania) decoction prepared by boiling 1 teaspoon coriander seeds (saboot dhania) in 1 cup water, gargled when lukewarm, frequently.
• Chew one or two tender leaves of fig (anjeer) and leaf buds frequently and wash the mouth with warm water.

• Soak 1 tablespoon crushed liquorice (mulathi) root in 2 cups water for 2 to 3 hours and use it for gargling frequently.
• Boil 2 tablespoon fenugreek (methi) leaves along with ½ cup green gram (moong dal) and 10 small onions. Eat regularly.
• Fenugreek seeds (methi dana) fried and powdered should be added to drinking water. Drink 2-3 times daily for a few days.
• An infusion of fenugreek (methi) leaves gargled 5-6 times daily for a couple of days.
Morning Sickness
• Mix 1 teaspoon each fresh juice of mint (pudina) and lime along with 1 tablespoon honey. Take 3 times a day.
• Mix juice of 15-20 tender curry leaves (curry patta) with 2 teaspoon lime juice and 1 teaspoon sugar. Take in the morning.
• Mix 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (jaiphal) powder with 1 tablespoon freshly extracted amla juice. Take 3 times a day.
• ½ teaspoon ginger (adrak) juice with 1 teaspoon each fresh lime and mint (pudina) juice mixed with a tablespoon of honey, taken frequently proves very effective. Menstrual Pains
• Boil 1 teaspoon saffron (kesar) in ½ cup water. Let it reduce to become 1 tablespoon. Divide this decoction into three portions and take with equal quantities of water, thrice daily for a couple of days.
• Take ½ teaspoon finely ground cinnamon (dalchini) every night along with 1 cup milk.
• Powder 1 teaspoon dried mint (pudina) leaves and take with 1 teaspoon honey, thrice daily.
• Make a mixture of 6 to 8 almonds, crushed and mixed in 1 cup milk along with 1 egg yolk (white), ½ teaspoon sesame powder (til) and 1 teaspoon honey. Take this once or twice a day.
• Menstruation, excessive bleeding
• Grind some bel leaves into a fine paste. Take 1 teaspoon with warm water and drink some cold water as well.
• Grind 10 fresh lead buds of figs (anjeer) and apply on the lower abdomen below the navel for a few hours. Repeat this frequently.
• Boil 1 teaspoon coriander (dhania) seeds in 2 cups water till it is reduced to 1 cup. Add sugar to taste and drink when lukewarm. Repeat twice or thrice a day.

• Menstruation, painful and irregular • A piece of fresh ginger (adrak), ground and boiled in a cup of water. The infusion should be taken thrice daily after meals along with sugar.

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