Home remedies: Why?
There are ailments and remedies. There are many referred as home remedies. Home remedies are easy and cost you
almost nothing.
Medical bills are going higher and higher. Large numbers of people can
not afford their medical bills. It is more
difficult to afford medical bills at the time ofeconomic slow down and recession. Large number of people have lost
theirjobs or left with poor pay scale all over
the world. Business persons are facing tremendous crisis
and investors have been loosing money on their shares, stocks, bonds etc.
Situation is worse in developed countries like America, the US,UK,
European Union countries, Canada, Japan, Australia etc. China,
Brazil andIndia are in
comparatively better condition.
Home remedies are particularly very important nowadays. Indian people have been using various home remedies since ancient times. They are
continuing to do so till date. Though most of the urban population in India are now switching towards modern medications rural population still believe in
home remedies in most of the cases.
I will describe
some of the home remedies used frequently in India. These can be
useful for the people of America, the US and other countries in rest of the world.
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Home remedies: Dysentery and acidity
Dysentery
Dysentery and acidity are common diseases. Large numbers of people all
over the world suffer from these diseases. Dysentery is a common cause of child
death in many countries. The world health organization
(WHO) have a cause of concern with the disease dysentery. WHO supply ORS solution free of
cost to many countries to prevent dysentery.
Sugar and salt solution is used as home
remedy to prevent dysentery in India. It is easy to use medicine to prevent the disease. Just take a glass
of drinking water and pour couple of sugar spoons and add some common salt
(NaCl) to it and prepare a solution. It can save a
life by supplying necessary salt and nutrient. It helps retaining water in the body.
Please remember that this solution is not a medicine for dysentery but it help retaining water in the
body. Dysentery takes water away
from the body which maycause death.
Combination of tea leaves and sugar is also used as home remedy in dysenteryand loose motion. It works as
alternate medicine. One has to take a spoonful of tea leaves combining with two
spoonful of sugar. Just intake it with simple drinking water. It will help to
stop loose motion. This is a common home remedy in Indiawhich is taken as alternative
medicine.
Perhaps above mentioned home remedies are not common in America, the US, Canada,
Brazil, Australia, the UK or in the European Union or other parts of the world. Purpose
of writing this article in the hub mob weekly is to make them aware of these Indian home
remedies to be used as alternate medicine.
Acidity
Acidity is among common
ailments. It is a symptom of indigestion caused byovereating or similar. Combination of sugar and
tea leaves also helps in acidity.
Drinking a cup of water mixed with a spoon of rose water (Commonly available in Indian homes)
is also an excellent way to get rid of acidity. This alternate medicine is commonly used in India as home remedy for acidity.
One can also take a
cup of tea added with rose water as an alternate
medicinefor acidity.
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Alternative medicine: Burn and wound
Burn
It is a common practice in Indian homes especially in the Indian
kitchens to treat simple burns with saline water. Common salt is easily available in
any kitchen. It is also common to burn
fingers while cooking. People use saline
water while burn their fingers in the kitchen as home remedy.
They use solution of water and salt and rub it on burn just like an ointment.
It provides relief.
People also use tooth paste on burn as common home
remedy. Glycerin in the tooth paste works wonderfully on burn.
Wound
Rural people and farmers used to rub calendula (Mary gold) leaves on their wound. It helps stop
bleeding and also works as an antiseptic. Turmeric powder is also used as an herbal or home medicine in wounds. Turmeric powder is an excellent antiseptic.
It is difficult to apply an ointment if one has a cut in tongue, leaps
or some inner parts in mouth. However, it is easy to put some sugar there. It
helps stop bleeding.
Lime is a common ingredient of Indian food. Indians put lime mixed with water for few
months to make it cool and make a paste of it. This paste also works
wonderfully to stop bleeding by supplying
calcium locally. It helps in blood clotting.
A combination of lime and turmeric powder is an excellent
home remedy forpain. If one has has a
hit on bone causing pain he or
she can use this. Prepare a paste of lime mixing with turmeric powder and heat.
Rub this hot paste over the area of pain. It absorbs pain fast.
Disclaimer
The author is not a medical professional
nor have a professional degree in medical sciences. This article is written
just to describe common practices in Indian homes. It is all about home
remedies.
Please consult your doctor before using
these alternative therapies. The author is not and will not be responsible for
any harm caused by using these home remedies.
Thanks,
Jyoti Kothari (Jyoti Kothari, Proprietor, Vardhaman Gems, Jaipur represents Centuries Old Tradition of Excellence in Gems and Jewelry. He is adviser, Vardhaman Infotech, a leading IT company in Jaipur. He is also ISO 9000 professional)
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