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Kitchen Remedies
ACIDITY
Holistic Diet
Soak 1/4 of lemon in a glass of water overnight. Do not squeeze. Drink water in the morning and pour more in it. Drink
Marma & Chinese Massage some water throughout the day and change the piece of lemon the same night. Repeat for 7 days incase of hyperacidity.
Drink coconut water as the first diet.
Bach Flower Remedies Apply Desi ghee (clarified butter) in the navel. Warm it with a pinch of asafetida (Hing) and store it in a small bottle. Apply
after every meal or before going to bed.
A tablespoon of lime juice + water + pinch of soda bicarbonate 2 time a day.
2 teaspoon of honey + 1/2 lemon squeezed as first diet in morning. Eat anything 1/2 hour later. Take cardamom tea (Boil 4
cardamom in 1-1/2 glass of water & when the water is reduced to 1/2 glass then drink it. This can be taken 1 to 2 times a
day.
Take a glass of room temperature water. Fill the mouth with some water and rotate the water in the mouth till u feel the
temperature of water has changed to a bit warm. Then throw the water out and repeat it many times till you feel the
mouth filled up with sweet taste of saliva. The water takes away the excess heat of the body and activates the digestion
and dilutes the acid
ACNE
Apply coconut water on face (3 times) and wash off after 15 minutes.
Wash face with normal tap water many times a day by keeping some water in mouth.
Application of cucumber (kheera) juice/tomato juice/rose water is all good for skin. Once a day is good enough as a
practice.
Reduce the number of cosmetics used on facial skin and always go for herbal packs.
Go herbal face wash powder/ herbal moisturizer preferably made at home.
Varun M udra can be practiced two times a day for 15 minutes each, any time of the day.
Warm table salt till it changes its color in the pan. Store it and take 4 grains of salt in 1/2 hour gap 3 times (maximum) to
get immediate relief from any pain.
Ease the pain with hot water bottle (muscular pain/ spasm/ cramp).
Apply paste of turmeric (haldi) and mustard oil (heated) on the site (in case of swellings & inflammation).
Give deep pressure to the nails of thumb and first finger to combat acute pain. (Do not practice in pregnancy and
menstruation).
ANAEMIA
Soak 4 black raisins (kishmish) in water overnight and have it as first diet in morning (for 7 days).
Have 3-4 black raisins (kishmish) everyday with Lukewarm milk in the evening.
Take juice of Beet root and carrot.
Intake of fenugreek (methi) seeds 1/4 tea spoon with some water in night or methi leaves in the form of vegetable or
soup.
Intake of apple juice 1/2 hour before meals.
Banana shake or raw banana.
Intake of onion /soybean.
Intake of black pepper (kali mirch) in some ghee many times a day with tea, warm water etc. helps in purification of
blood.
Juice of Spinach (palak) (3/4 glass) with fresh Apple juice (1/4 glass).
M ake a soup of a beet root, carrot, spinach and tomatoes.
ARTHRITIS
Application of ghee in navel in clockwise direction with the right hand thumb.
Intake of a teaspoon of clarified butter (Desi ghee/home made ghee/ butter) warmed with 7-8 ground black pepper as
first diet for seven days.
Intake of Aloe Vera gel 30 ml once a day.
Apply ginger (adrak) juice / garlic (lahsun) juice/ castor oil/glycerin on the major joints like knee/elbow/ankle/ wrist.
Intake of lemon juice is very good in case of joint pains.
Intake of apples or apples boiled to a pulp and applied to the joints is very good in case of gout, arthritis or rheumatic
pains.
Application of saline oil (salt + mustard oil; kept for a few days under sun) to the site of pain by rubbing vigorously.
Gargling with sesame (till) oil everyday (5 to 10 minutes) vigorously first thing in the morning empty stomach. Do not have
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Gargling with sesame (till) oil everyday (5 to 10 minutes) vigorously first thing in the morning empty stomach. Do not have
anything for 30 minutes after it.
Burn some garlic (lahsun) cloves in castor oil. Store when cool and apply at the site of pain regularly.
Perform Apana mudras and Pran M udra in alteration of 10 minutes each thee times a day after the interval of 6 hours,
regularly for 1 month.
ASTHMA/BRONCHITIS
Intake of Aloe Vera 30 ml + a pinch of turmeric (haldi) powder with Luke warm water in the morning empty stomach daily
for 7 to 40 days.
Intake of Aloe Vera juice/gel with honey (1 teaspoon gel + 1 teaspoon honey) + 3 drops of brandy 3 times a day 1/2 hour
before meals.
In take of fried black pepper (with minimum ghee on a pan) 6-7 in number 3 times a day.
Rubbing glycerin on chest and upper back before bed at night
Rubbing a mixture of Luke warm clarified butter (Desi ghee) with some salt vigorously over chest, upper back at night.
Cover yourself properly.
Perform Ling M udra and Apana M udra three times a day for 10 minutes each one after the other in a sitting posture.
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BALDNESS
Apply juice of white onion for 15 minutes before head bath on the bald patch.
Application of paste of Pigeon pea (Arhar dal) regularly is highly beneficial in bald patches.
M assage the nails of fingers to each other for 3-4 minutes every day.
BACK PAIN
Application of ginger (adrak) or garlic (lahsun) paste on lower back, probably before going to bed.
Ease the pain with hot water bottle.
Intake of Aloe Vera juice (2 spoonfuls) or gel regularly with pinch of turmeric every morning the first thing.
Intake of saffron (kesar) milk at night.
Application of lemon grass oil in acute cases or with double amount of coconut oil in a stimulation ointment for pain.
Intake of salt.
BAD BREATH
Gargle the mouth with a mixture of salt and turmeric (1:1) with pint full water every morning.
Gargling with mouthful of sesame (til) oil every morning for 5 to 10 minutes.
Washing the mouth with neem decoction (Put the content in water and reduce it to half as you boil it), two to three
times in the morning.
Intake or gargling with fenugreek (methi) tea
Intake of lime water many times a day.
BITES (Insect)
BLEEDING GUMS
Gargling with sesame (til) oil everyday, the first thing in the morning for 5 minutes.( Before brushing the teeth)
Gargling with salt and turmeric (haldi) powder everyday after brushing the teeth for 1-2 minutes.
Chewing fresh mint (pudina) leaves.
Chewing raw onion for 3 minutes.
A mixture of carrot juice and spinach (palak) juice early morning helps in curing bleeding and ulcerating gums.
BLOOD PRESSURE
HIGH
LOW
Intake of a mixture of 1 teaspoon sugar + 1/2 lemons juice + 1/4 teaspoon salt immediately raises the energy levels.
Application of ghee in navel.
Intake of Chikoo, papaya, sweet lemonade, beetroot, Jaggery (gur) etc.
Intake of glucose water.
BODY HEAT
Add 2- 3 drops of almond oil in pomegranate juice (Anaar) and drink once a day.
Add 7 Black pepper (Kali Mirch) whole + 7 crystal sugar (Mishri) + 7 Black Raisins (Munnaka/ Kishmish) + lemon (small
round limes) juice in plain water or coconut water kept overnight. Drink it first thing in the morning for at least 7 days.
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round limes) juice in plain water or coconut water kept overnight. Drink it first thing in the morning for at least 7 days.
Add 2 teaspoon of gooseberry (amla) juice + 2 tea spoon of Honey + 2 teaspoon of lime juice + 1 cup water and drink
empty stomach every morning.
Intake of wood apple (bel fruit) or its pulp boiled in water reduced to half 3-4 times a day.
1 table spoon onion juice + little salt (No water after it)
BURNS
Soak 1 teaspoon of raw rice overnight and next morning make a paste out of it and apply at over the boil and bandage
properly.
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CANCER
LIVER CANCER
Take a piece of dry stick turmeric (sookhi haldi) and boil it in 2 cups of water and reduce to 11/2 cups. Take this water 2-
3 times a day. Take it for at least 15 days.
Boil the peel of 1 pomegranate (annar ka chilka) and a small piece of dry stick turmeric in 2 glass of water and reduce to
11/2 glass over simmer. Divide it into three parts Drink it every night as the last thing before sleep and store the rest in
the refrigerator. Next night warm it over the burner and have it again. Repeat the process for at least 15 days.
Apply Clarified butter (ghee) in the navel with the thumb right hand, massaging in clockwise direction till it is completely
absorbed, after every meals. For application, lie down on your back, fold the legs on the floor/bed, to make the
abdominal organs loose and relaxed.
Perform the lift breathing (see preliminary breathing exercises in the section of Pranayam) with equal ration i.e. 1:1 of
inhalation: exhalation and giant wheel breathing in the same ratio fir at least 5 minutes each daily empty stomach.
CATARACT
Take two drops of mustard oil and mix with 2-4 drops of water. Rub between palm vigorously and apply over closed eyes
every day.
Instill home made rosewater in eyes.
COLD / COUGH
CONJUCTIVITIS
CORNS
Apply the mixture of glycerin and lemon over the corn at night.
CONSTIPATION
Soak 6-8 dates (Khajoor) in a cup of water over night. Churn in a mixer and drink first thing in the morning.
Simply suck a few liquorice (Mulhathi) sticks.
1 tablespoon of cows ghee with 7-8 ground black pepper. Take Lukewarm early morning and eat anything 1/2 to 1 hour
after it.
7-8 black raisin (Munnaka) + 1 fig (Anjeer).
1 almond (mamra) soaked in some water over night. Take it first thing in morning by crushing all the three in water.
Ladys Finger: Split one in four verticals and soak in a glass of water overnight. Next morning shake it & drink that water.
cup milk + cup water + 3-4 black raisin (Munnaka) + 3-4 date (khajoor). Boil and have last thing in night before going
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cup milk + cup water + 3-4 black raisin (Munnaka) + 3-4 date (khajoor). Boil and have last thing in night before going
to bed.
Boil all (bud, flower, leaves, peel of fruit of Pomegranate (anar) in 1 glass water.
Reduce to and drink as last thing in the night.
To a glassful of tolerably hot water add 1 spoon of cows ghee and slowly take it sip by sip as last thing in night.
Apply Ghee on navel.
Intake of triphala powder with hot water as first or last diet.
Apply lime juice, diamond sugar (mishri), Indian gooseberry juice (amla) together.
Apply glycerin, lemon juice & rose water together
CRAMPS
Take tea spoon common salt with Luke warm water. Due to alkaline property of salt it loosens and reactivates your
nervous system.
Some massage with castor/ olive oil. But massage it towards the direction of heart always.
During bathing hold your tummy below the navel and apply oil in the navel. Pour 3-4 mugs of hot (tolerable) water over
the navel.
COUGH (DRY)
1 tablespoon Banapsha (a herb) + 1 glass water bring to boil & reduce to glass (2 times day).
COUGH (CHILDREN)
1 Nutmeg (jayaphal) rubbed on stone with water + 3 teaspoon honey (3 times a day).
Juice of 2 leaves of holy basil (tulsi) + juice of 2 leaves of beetle (Pan) + honey (2 times a day).
1 pinch of turmeric (haldi) + 1 cup hot milk + 1 teaspoon honey (2 times a day).
2 teaspoon juice of leaves of beetle (pan) + honey.
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DEWORMING
2-3 teaspoon of Indian gooseberry (amla) juice + 2 teaspoon honey. Drink empty stomach & have any thing after hour
repeat it for 3 days.
DANDRUFF
DIABETES
DEPRESSION
DIARRHOEA
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
Take 1 teaspoon full of fennel (saunf) after every meal and chew it for as long as possible to boost digestion.
Take two black peppers after meals and slowly chew it keeping in mouth for as long as possible.
Soak bishops seed(Ajwain) after washing and drying in sun in lemon juice completely and add Trilavan (table salt, rock
salt + Pakistani salt) in it and keep in sun for many days till lime juice is completely absorbed in ajwain. Have 1/2 teaspoon
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salt + Pakistani salt) in it and keep in sun for many days till lime juice is completely absorbed in ajwain. Have 1/2 teaspoon
after meals and chew properly.
Apply ghee in the navel.
Gargle mouth with water many times before meal.
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EARACHE/INFECTION/SWELLING
Instill 2-3 drops of mustard oil with garlic cloves burnt in it.
Instill Wood apple (Bel Patra) oil in ear (available in Ayurveda medicine stores) 2 times a day.
Instill few drops of ginger juice in ears.
EYE
Soak cotton pads in Lukewarm turmeric (Haldi) water and keep it over eyes many times a day.
Wash eyes many times a day with water by filling water in mouth.
Instill rose water in eyes.
Use slices of potato, refrigerated tea bags/ Slices of cucumber over the eyes for 5-10 minutes.
Apply paste of fenugreek (methi) seeds under the eyes and keep it for 5 minutes.
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FEVER
Eat holy basil (tulsi leaves or tulsi seeds) (1/4 tea spoon) once a day or drink tulsi tea.
Perform Shitali Pranayam.
Drink big black cardamom decoction (Put the content in water and reduce it to half as you boil it) many times a day.
In case of high fever keep cold sponges over head.
FLATULENCE
Keep one cardamom in mouth and take long time to eat it.
Split one black raisin (Munnaka) and put one clove (with head) in it and keep it in mouth.
Apply ghee in navel.
Take fennel water/ decoction (Put the content in water and reduce it to half as you boil it).
Drink lime water with a pinch of rock salt and soda bicarbonate in it.
FOOD POISONING
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GASTRIC TROUBLE
GOUT
GUM DISEASES
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HAIR PROBLEMS
Apply home made herbal oil on the scalp and massage (preferably Luke warm).
Rub warm lemon juice on scalp. Wash off when it is dry.
Bath the hair in beer/ vinegar/ honey water (2 teaspoons of honey in a mug full of water)/ coconut milk as a rinse.
Apply henna pack with herbs like Indian Gooseberry (amla) powder, soap nut powder (ritha) & shikakai.
HAIR FALL
Apply egg white for oily hair/ yellow part for dry hair.
HAIR SHINE
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HAIR SHINE
HEADACHE/MIGRAINE/TENSION HEADACHES
Apply hot lemon juice on scalp and massage well to relieve tension.
In case of migraine instill 4 drops of lemon juice on the opposite nostril of the side of head aching. For e.g. for left side
headache put lemon drops in right nostril.
M assage garlic juice to the ear opposite to the side of head aching.
Give acupressure to the thumb of big toe with finger and the thumb.
Get a good massage done to the cervical region.
HEART DISORDERS
In case of heart pain boil 1/2 teaspoon full of sandal wood powder in a cup of water and drink 3 times a day.
Incase of palpitation drink cardamom (choti elayachi) water or cardamom tea.
In case of heart problems eat 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom seeds daily.
In case of heart problem take 1/4 tea spoon of asafetida (Hing) along with one large raisin (kishmish) everyday.
Ripe banana if taken daily strengthens the heart.
Ghee application in navel.
HEAT STROKES
Drink 2 teaspoon of onion juice with salt in it. It immediately gives cooling sensation in body.
Apply ice overhead.
Apply ghee in navel.
HYPER ACIDITY
Take some leave of neem and crush to form 1table spoon paste and add salt and bishop seeds (ajwain) to it. Take it in
afternoon hour before meals for 3 days. Immediately follow with a bowl of full cream curd.
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INSOMNIA
A cup of warm milk with honey or jaggery (Gur) before going to bed is good for a good night sleep.
A teaspoon of honey given to children is good for a healthy sleep.
Perform yoga and Pranayam.
Read some book before going to bed.
INTERNAL SWELLING
Intake warm milk with a pinch of turmeric with some Jaggery in it after taking off from flame. Drink sip by sip.
JAUNDICE
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LEUCORRHOEA
Prepare the paste as follows and take it 2 times a day (M orning and Evening) with Luke warm milk for 40 to 45 days:
Ingredients:
500 gm - M oong dal (split green lentil)
500 gm - Desi ghee
Crystal Sugar (Mishri) to taste
Preparation:
Grind moong dal to a fine powder and add ghee in it. Put it in a big pan, heat till the paste is formed and ghee oozes out
of it. Let it cool and then add crystal sugar (mishri) in it. Store it in a jar. M ake sure no water droplet is inside and use a
dry spoon to take it every time.
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MENSTRUAL DISORDERS
IRREGULAR
Take 1/4 tea spoon of tulsi seed with warm water 2 times a day some days before the date.
Intake of dry fruits and nuts helps a lot.
DELAY
Take tulsi/neem/mint decoction (Put the content in water and reduce it to half as you boil it).
1/2 teaspoon of grounded cinnamon (dalchini) every night with 1 cup milk.
PAIN
Take a warm cup of milk with some ghee and add Jaggery to it after pouring in glass. Take it for 3 days in continuity.
Easing the pain with hot water bottle.
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Easing the pain with hot water bottle.
Intake of herbal tea or tulsi tea or mint tea
Boil one teaspoon saffron (kesar) in 1/2 cup water. Reduce to 1 tablespoon. Divide into 3 parts and take with equal
quantity of water, 3 times a day for 3 days.
MENOPAUSE
Cooked banana flower with curd is considered effective in excessive bleeding. It helps in increasing progesterone which
reduces bleeding.
SCANTY
Pudina/Tulsi/Neem decoction (Put the content in water and reduce it to half as you boil it) twice a day
Pinch of salt + 1/2 teaspoon Bishop Seeds (ajwain) + some water sip by sip.
Take 3-4 glasses of water and put 1 big black cardamom in it. Keep on flame for boiling till 1 glass remains. Drink sip by sip.
EXCESSIVE
MASCULAR SPASMS
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NASAL BLEEDING
Pinch the nose closed for a moment, tilt the head back or pour ice cold water over head by tilting the head back.
Instill 2-3 drops of lemon juice in nostrils.
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OBESITY
Intake of triphala powder (2 tablespoonful) with tolerable hot water once a day(first or last diet)
Chew 10 fresh fully grown curry leaves as first diet daily.
Drink tomato juice 2 times a day.
Drink lemonade (plain) many times a day
Cabbage and celery salad are the best hour before meals.
Wheat grass juice is excellent to reduce weight.(2 times a day )
A handful of roasted groundnut (moongphali) with tea/ coffee hour before meals to reduce and control hunger.
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PILES/FISSURES
Warm up a glass of milk. Take off the flame and add lemon juice in it. Stir with a spoon vigorously and have sip by sip as
last thing in night.
Apply coconut oil or Desi ghee (clarified butter) at the anal opening 2-3 times a day.
2-3 figs (anjeer) soaked in water overnight taken in the morning and then soak again and take in the evening for 3-4 weeks.
A small lime slit into two and sprinkled with rock salt powder inside. The lime is then tucked inside the mouth and juice
slowly taken in.
Eating raw papaya daily.
POOR VISION/EYES
Put some water in mouth and splash water into eyes many times. Repeat it many times a day.
PYORRHOEA
Rubbing and massaging the teeth and gums with a mixture of salt and turmeric or salt and mustard oil.
Gargling the mouth with a pinch full of salt and a pinch of turmeric with a pintful of water.
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Gargling the mouth with a pinch full of salt and a pinch of turmeric with a pintful of water.
Gargling the mouth for 5 to 10 minutes with sesame oil.
Gargling the mouth with neem water decoction (Put the content in water and reduce it to half as you boil it).
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RASHES
Application of home made unsalted butter (white butter) or clarified butter (Desi ghee) over the rashes.
Application of a mixture of glycerin and rose water over the rashes.
Application of juice/gel extracted from a freshly cut aloe Vera (Ghrit Kumari/ Kwar Gandhal) leaf.
SCIATICA
Take 2 tablespoon aloe Vera juice/gel with a pinch of turmeric+ a glassful of Luke warm water early morning.
Application of oil prepared out of 3 tablespoon of sesame oil warmed with one powdered nutmeg (jaiphal) till it becomes
brown and comes up. Store it and apply it on the leg, hip and lower back region.
After bathing take 1 mug full tolerably hot water and let it run from hip to toes in a thin single stream.
Intake of 2 pinches of asafetida (hing) in some Luke warm water before going to bed.
RINGWORM/ SCABBIES
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Rub and massage Desi ghee(clarified butter) warmed up with one to two pinches of salt on throat.
Gargling with saline water 2 to 3 times a day. (See under cough and cold.)
SORE THROAT
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TOOTH DECAY/SENSITIVITY/ACHE
See pyorrhea
Keep some cotton soaked in 1-2 drops of essential oil of clove or brandy in case of toothache.
Brushing teeth with neem stick.
Gargling with neem leaves water or turmeric and salt water.
Fry an onion and wrap it in a small cloth. If toothache is on the right side put the cloth on the pulse of right wrist and if
on left keep it on the left wrist, if on front teeth place the bag on the wrist just below the thumb joint of one or both
hands.
TONSILITIS
A fresh lime squeezed in a glassful of water , with 4 teaspoonful of honey and teaspoonful of common salt should be
sipped slowly.
A glassful of pure boiled milk + 1 pinch of turmeric powder +few broken pepper should be taken for 3 consecutive nights.
M assaging the tonsils with warmed up saline mustard oil(salt + mustard oil)
Giving acupressure to the ball of the thumb and the web between the thumb and the index finger.
TYPHOID
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ULCER
Gargle with sesame oil for 5 to 10 min empty stomach as first thing in morning.
Intake of lime juice with water 2 to 3 times a day.
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Soak pads in triphlaadi ghritham/ tailam (available in Auyrvedic stores) and keep them over eyes once a day.
Eat lots of papaya, carrot and beet root.
M assage head with almond oil.
M assage the root of big toe nail with mustard oil before going to bed.
Perform Tratak.
VOMITING
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VOMITING
Dried peels of lemon crushed into powder & honey (2 pinches of lime peel powder & teaspoon honey).
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12 Gms of spongel seeds (Isabgul) should be soaked in 45 Gms of vinegar and applied.
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