Cold and cough powder

COLD & COUGH POWDER 

Useful for-Pneumonia,lung tonic,asthama,expectorant,blood purifier,digestion.

Ingredients-

1.Leaves of Vasa/adulsa/adhatoda

If dried 50 gm powder paste or chopped 6-7 leaves

50 gm dried Tulsi(paste/fresh 6-10 leaves)

3.25gm -30 gm 3  Fresh paan/betel leaves or dried powder(not soaked)

4.25gm -30 gm pure haldi powder

5.1-1/2 tsp Ajwain

6. 1-1/2 tsp Dried Ginger/Saunth

Options-

1 tsp Cinnamon/Daalchini

1 tsp Cloves/lavang

1 tsp Long pepper/pippali

Method-grind,mix & store at room temperature.If fresh paste or fresh juice or decoction refrigerate,consume within 2-3 days.

Storage-Store in fridge in glass,steel,earthenware, porcelain(not plastic) or bone china.

Complements/Accompaniments-honey(only pure),warm or hot water,jaggery,honey should not be put in hot water it undergoes a chemical change & COMPLETELY LOSES BENEFITS.Lukewarm,room temperature & cool is fine.

For hot water jaggery-Old jaggery is better than new jaggery for respiratory ailments & digestion

Consumption-1 tsp first thing in morning/evening/1 tbsp thrice a day/ ½-1  tsp every 2-3 hours depending on severity.Then reduce to twice & then once.

Take with or dissolve in hot water.Make decoction/kadha.If fresh grind with water & strain the juice.For juice 1/4^th -1/2 cup 3-4 times a day.

Precautions-Vasa is heaty excess increases pitta & body heat.Long term use may not be good for eyes.Consume a week to forthnight then give a gap of a week and continue for chronic cases.

Option II-

Fever,Viral Fever,stomach heat,acidity,indigestion,ameobiasis,infection,arthiritis or rheumatoid arthiritis.

1.Fever/viral fever-add 1 tsp giloy/guduchi/tinospora cordifolia-powder of stem or crushed fresh stem or decoction of 1 finger length stem.

2.Acidity-1 tbsp Giloy ,1-2tsp licorice.

3.Stomach heat/indigestion-1 tbsp Giloy,1 tbsp amla

Options-

1 tsp Jeera,dhania,saunf.

Infections-Arthiritis or rheumatoid,1 tsp Black jeera.

Ameobiasis- vaividing powder, amaltas/senna leaves-(1-2 tsp)