Ailments and Remedies

Ailments and Remedies and Rural Remedies

Remedies can be taken as salads, decoctions, chutneys and vegetables.

Rural: Wild herbs for first aid application:

Neem, Wild Turmeric/Haldi, Wild Garlic,  Dagdi Phool, Doodhi, Oxalis, Makoy, Tamarind bark and leaves, Aloe Vera, Chirchita, Ak, Peepal,Nirgundi, Giloy, Bhrungraj, Parijat , Laxmi Taru, all kinds of Tulsi, all kinds of wild Mints, Banyan  leaves , bark and aerial roots, Madhumalti, Sitaphal leaves, Phyllanthus niruri/ Bhui Amla, Pan, Punarnava, Nettles antidote leaves ,Jasmine leaves and flowers, Jui/ Jai/Chameli Leaves, Champa leaves and milky sap, Wild honey comb.

1)      Bites: 

·         Wild Cholai/Amarnath Leaves and roots, whole plant (crushed) – Give for Snake bite and poisoning.

·         Chirchita/ Apamarg/Rough Chaff, flowering sticks, seeds and leaves – Scorpion sting, dog bite and poisoning.

·         Pagoda/ Champa tree – cobra bite, boil seeds in milk.

  Bites -Remove sting with some sharp object

a)      Tagar (whole seed bark and leaves) (paste after rubbing with water on stone/ Mortar Pestle).  leaves, plants

b)       Wash with Desi cow urine and can apply dung for sudden hives from an allergic reaction to an insect, soil or plant contact.

c)       Giloy, Haldi, Aloe Vera

d)      Lemongrass, Citronella and Neem. Soak in water and apply, rub on bite or skin. Crush with hand or between two stones and rub on legs and hands. Chew in to a paste and apply.

e)       Clean - rock salt, alum, soda bicarbonate, alcohol, vinegar, Haldi, Neem.

f)       Brahmi, all kinds, rub between fingers and apply whole plant.

 Dog bite- Kushagrass, Onion, Vinegar, Salt, rock salt, Haldi, Panchgavya, Punarnava (also snake bite), Shakti drops, Ruta/ Shatap  leaves, Bel Patra, Dhatura Patta , flower, Ak leaves and  flowers.

Leech- Don’t Pull out. Sprinkle salt, vinegar or local tadi, wine or alcohol, onion- garlic juice, Haldi, lemon juice.

In case the leech is pulled out forcibly, it leaves a puncture mark that is open to infection. Wash with water or on non availability of clean water, clean with saliva or self urine. Apply juice of any above disinfecting leaf – Haldi, Panchgavya, Shakti drops. Carry Desi cow urine, haldi and salt in a small vial when travelling to such areas, best to disinfect.

Snake or scorpion- bite Wild Amranth leaves and roots, Grind whole plant for snake or scorpion bite.  Apply and give strained juice every day.

2)      Kidneys:

·         Agave Syrup sherbet, Panphuti, Pashanbedha Leaves, Semal flowers, Punarnava, Gokharu, Ginger, Pepper, Pippali(long pepper), Triphala, Amla – Give for Scanty Urine, Urinary Tract Infection, Dysuria, Urinal Tract disorders.

·         Kidney stones- Grind 1 handful of Licorice/ Broom weed / Meethi/ Ghoda Patti  into a paste, mix with  ½- 1  glass of water or a cup of milk and drink before sunrise for 2-3 weeks.

·         Best Natural Remedy for Kidney stone- Take 1 Radish with leaves. For 15-21 days drink strained juice of the complete radish and leaves/ eat the pounded or grated paste/Eat the whole radish with leaves. First thing in morning or relatively empty stomach before evening. Within 21 days, even large sized kidney stones break up and flow out. Recurrence with this method is rare, but can be repeated for a week with 1 or 2 months gap as precaution.

·         ½ a cup expressed juice of Gumma/ Dronapushpi or Punarnava or Giloy/ Amrut to be given once a day on empty stomach.

·         Grind 1 handful of Chitraphal with 3 black peppercorns, mix in a glass of water and drink on empty stomach for 10-15 days.

·         Diuretic: Punarnava root, Coconut  water, Varuna bark, Pumpkin seeds, Cucumber seeds, Kulthi seeds, Bhui Amla leaves and Punarnava dry extract (Churna)

·         Spinach purifies blood, also consumed for scanty urine and cardiac problems as well.

·         For Urine Burning:

a) Imli Leaves – Drink decoction, make chutney, or vegetable, Apply paste externally, Chew leaves.

b) Take 4 Ladyfinger pieces, cut them and boil in 80 ounces of water, strain and make paste. Put honey and drink

·         For Kidney pain: Rai/Mustard paste. Apply paste on lower abdomen externally on kidney areas.

3)      Piles:

·         Semal/ Silk Cotton flowers, Tesu / Palash/ Flame of Forest Flowers.

·         Hemorrhoids and constipation: Boil 2 handfuls of tamarind leaves with 2 glassfuls of water and reduce to ½ a glass. Drink it before going to bed. Take hip bath for 20min in water containing (Neem leaves, turmeric, Semal, Tesu flowers and a little salt-boil).

·         In external piles, press in the projection in and apply a thick paste of turmeric and salt. Continue all the three treatments for 7 consecutive days. If not cured, repeat after 2 months.

·         Lettuce for piles.

·         Palak seeds, kharbuja seeds, Kamal Phool, Saunf, Tapasi, Papoole seeds and Gulkand.

·         Bleeding piles: Imli flower.

4)      Ears:

·         Safed and Purple Rui/ AK, Laxmi Taru leaves, Gunja Leaves, Tulsi (ear oil).

·         Bhrungraj juice 1-3 drops in affected ear. Or Mustard oil cooked with whole plant and strained.

·         Crushed Garlic cloves cooked in oil and strained.

·         Onion juice 1-3 drops in affected ear.

·         Suhaga puffed and powdered , cooked in oil and strained.1-3 drops

*With medicinal oils up to 1 tbsp of lukewarm oil can be poured in the ear but immediately allowed to pour out by inverting the head downwards on the same side. This method should particularly be used in case of an insect getting into the ear.

*In case of insect, ant or any object in ear above method or regular water to be poured in and immediately head to be inverted. Or onion, Tulsi or Bhrungraj juice.

Ear bath- 

1)      Self or cow urine 3 drops

2)      Soda powder and lemon juice- Put and take it out.

3)      Hot water fomentation around ears.

4)      Put Ratan Jyot in Rye Oil. Mix garlic in Mustard oil.

5)      Make paste of dry Dhania and spread around ear. Put Almond oil- 3 drops.

6)      Green Coriander, Radish Leaves, Onion juice and Honey.

7)      Prepare Neem oil in mustard oil- 50gm, Neem Patti juice, Boil juice and oil till water evaporates. Strain and apply.

Deafness: Rye water, 2-3 drops in ear.

5)      Teeth:

·         Tender Karanj Sticks as toothbrush, Neem Sticks, Chirchita root.

·         Tagar roots and root bark.

·         Tooth powder for strengthening teeth/ inflammation –

1) Maulshree bark- 10 tola (1 tola = 11.66 gram)

     Salt – 6 masha (1 masha = 0.9719 gram)

     Majuphal – 1 tola

2) Triphala + Majuphal

3) Swollen gums- mustard oil + rock salt

4) Arimadadi tailam- Massage on gums and rinse mouth

5) Coconut oil puling

              6) Babool bark, Neem, licorice/mulethi

              7) Iris Germanica root

              8) Mixture of clove oil, menthol and anise extract.

·         Toothache-

a)      Neem and Nimboli, Maulshree, Babool bark, bakul stem and bark, Karanj stem, Chirchita Root, Wild     Brahmi plant.

b)      Ginger Juice, Apply around nostrils for toothache.

c)       Gargle with water of boiled potatoes

d)      Chew dry Dhania for teeth.

·         Mouth ulcers or cut- Gendha flowers and leaves- Soak in water, gargle or drink. Consume Honey and Haldi or simply suck on a wild honeycomb.

·         Gums: Apply Supari powder on gums, rinse or wash with decoction for bleeding gums.

6)      Neuralgic headache:

·         Pillows: Ak Cotton pillows, Lavender Leaf pillows, Green Moong Dal pillow.  Dried Flowers can be stuffed like dried roses, jasmine/ mogra flowers.

·         Pastes: Tagar flowers (Single), Nirgundi Leaves, Sandalwood powder/ stick rubbed with water to make paste. Junglee Supari paste (same method) - Use only ripe seed, half ripe gives an itch.

7)      Skin, rash, cuts , wounds, injuries and burns:

·         Touch- me- not leaves and flowers- cuts, bleeding wounds (Controls bleeding)

·         Karanj Oil- Sunscreen, Antiseptic

·         Karela juice- Antiseptic

·         Neem, Pagoda/ Champa tree leaves, Milky sap. Bark

·         Internal use- Boil 60gm of Chiraitta (panchang) in a glass of water. Reduce to half and drink once a day for 30-90 days.

·         Fresh cuts and infected wounds:

a) Apply the juice or paste of goat’s weed / junglee pudina.

b) Karela Juice.

·         Scabies- Apply the paste of Gumma plant with salt. After 1 hour,  bathe with Neem water.

·         Old injuries- heat 1 tsp ghee with ¼ tsp salt and massage well for a few days.

·         Sprain- Hatthjod, Haldi, Choona, Honey, Jaggery, castor leaf, AK leaf, Chirchita Powder

·         Skin Disease-

 a)  Bouganvillea, Palash(Butea Frondosa), Flame of the forest- Apply on skin as Rubefacent.

        b) Neem water or cow urine.

·         External use- Boil 250 gm of Neem leaves in 250 ml coconut oil. When the leaves are dry, add 2tsp turmeric powder and strain the oil. Add 10 gm camphor powder. Good for all kinds of skin problems.

·         Cuts and Wounds-

 a) Panchgavya (Shakti Drops), Wild Honey, turmeric , aloe vera mixed with  turmeric.

               b) Touch me not roots, leaves and flowers

         * Chew for diarrhea- Mix with Haldi if available or crush leaves and flowers

·         Bleeding-

a)      Touch me not ,Takda, Bel Patra- leaves and flowers, turmeric

b)      Parna beej leaves and flowers of the succulent plant.

c)       Self urine or desi cow urine (Middle stream)  or Saliva , in case of non availability of any other item.Morning urine has melatonin.             

·         Burns: Running water, Aloe Vera, Potato Peels, Cucumber, Salt water or cooling leaves like Makoy- Drip juice, Shakti drops

·         Sunburn-  

a)      Aloe Vera, Cucumber, Mint and juicy leaves.

b)      Calamus, Vasa, Aloe, Neem, Daruharidra, Palsh flowers(Butea Frondosa)

·         Psoriasis: Henna bark extract, Mango leaf, Tulsi, Kutki, Chitrak, Karanj, Babchi, Ratalu/Shakar Kandi, Sandalwood, Kantakatheri, Tamrind tree bark, Lemon juice , Lemongrass juice, Roasted Suhaga powdered and mixed in honey.

·         Skin Disease:  Wheatgrass juice, black grapes, garlic

·         Wart:

a)       Massage Castor Oil, Mud packs, Kajhur Garlic.

b)      Neem oil or paste, haldi, Tulsi, garlic juice application. Aloe juice, Alum, Rai paste, Pudina paste.

c)       Coconut oil+ lemon juice+camphor + onion juice - Make oil for itching.

d)      Dry Banyan tree leaves and dry roast them to make ash. Mix this ash with mustard oil and applyfor Itching.

·         Rash:

a)      Large boil, drink and apply- Cow urine and haldi- steam it. Give cold and hot fomentation. Put Aata, haldi, jaggery, oil. Make a hot poultice. Rub vinegar, honey, black salt, then sit in sun.

b)      Take Jaggery +Ajwain

c)       Drink Kokam water for rash and rub it on rash

·         Leucoderma:

a)       Put green paper and sit in sun.

b)      Apply grated radish, white onion, potato with skin.

c)        Safad chandan - ½ tsp- soak and drink water and apply the paste. Apply river mud/ Multani mitti/Desi cow urine and wash with neem water.

d)      Grind babchi seeds and mix in til oil. Drink water, sun charged in a green glass bottle.

e)      Harad, nimboli, Neem, Paneerdana.

f)       Soak Pudina overnight, strain in the morning and drink.

·         Burning on skin: Give Dhania juice

·         For Boils:

a)       Put onion with Haldi on boils.

b)       Karela Juice.

·         Moisturizer: Imli flowers.

                                                   

8)      Stomach/Digestion:

·         Touch- me- not Leaves and flowers.

·         Tesu flowers, Long Pepper

·         Bel Patra

·         Round Worms: Take 1 tsp of papaya seed powder at bedtime with hot water for 3 days.

·         Lehyam, for Chronic Amoebic, dysentery, peptic ulcer, general weakness:

Prepare a fine powder of 200gm rind of pomegranate, mango seed and fenugreek. Make syrup of 1kg Jaggery. Mix these and cook on fire until a thick confection is formed. A little ghee can also be added.    Dose: 1tbsp twice a day for 1-3 months.

·         Periwinkle: Give a paste of -9 leaves of periwinkle/ Sadabahar  for 3-5 days for Diarrhea and Dysentery.

·         Ashta Churnam for Diarrhea, Flatulence, Indigestion and vomiting: Prepare a fine powder of pepper, dry ginger, pipli,rock salt, jeera, black cumim(Kala Jeera),  omum/ Ajwain seeds, 100 gm each . Powder a small chunk  of hing (40-50 gm) separately. Mix the powders well and preserve.

Adult Dose: ½ tsp twice a day with warm water. For Dysentry- take with honey. Don’t give to ulcer patients.

·         Vomiting:

 a) Take 1 tsp of pure lime juice with or without honey  OR grind 3-4 lemon seeds, mix with a little rose water or honey or plain water and drink.

b) Put onion juice in Navel

·         Vomiting of Bile:  Drink 1 tbsp of clear ginger juice with equal amount of honey on empty stomach in the morning, or Apply little black salt and/or a drop of lemon juice on pieces of ginger and suck, or roast the pieces on a tawa and chew or suck.

·         Vomiting and Diarrhea:

  a) Roast ½ tsp Mustard seeds. ¼th tsp Methi seeds, a very small piece of roasted and powdered alum. Pound or grind together. Mix in 1 tbs curd or ½ cup of buttermilk and take.

b) Isabgol: 1 tsp isabgol in buttermilk.

c) Give enema with buttermilk.

·         Constipation: 

a)      Mix 1 tbsp of the pulp of tamarind fruit or 1 tbsp triphala in a cup of warm water and drink.

b)      Palak seeds, kharbuja seeds, Kamal phool, Saunf, Tapasi, Papoole seeds and Gulkand.

c)        Eat foods that eliminate and remove impurities, eg. : Palak, drink the juice of leaves( red or green), Amaranth, Karela juice daily( don’t drink on empty stomach, take with tea or something), Neem (don’t drink  it on empty stomach , take in between meals)

d)       1 tsp Isabgula in hot water or milk.

e)       4-6 dates, munnakka ( large black raisins), figs- dried or fresh.

f)       Kayam Churna

g)      Drumstick soup

·         Stomach ache :

a)      Amrit dhara( Substitute of amrit dhara- Saunf, soya, harad, sendha namak, in hot water)

b)      Pudina ark/ Menthol, saunf – 3 tola each

c)       Put Rai/ Mustard paste on stomach.

·         For constipation, acidity and liver- Kapalbhati, Pranayam

·         Acidity - 1 hour after meals drink water

·         Hyper- Acidity:  Calamus, Vasa, Amla, Shatavari, Bhringraj, Licorice, Tulsi, Guduchi, Ginger, Bel, Banana

·         Stomach cramps, Colic: Hing, Marod sheng, Ajwain Patta, Pan leaf, Bhui Amalaki, Peppermint, Mint- Eat or apply on stomach, boil or soak in water, drink the water.

·         Dysentry:  Kutaja patra/ Kutajarishta, Henna, Mango seeds.

·         Anti- Peptic Ulcer- Shatavari, Neem,  Cabbage+ red Cabbage, Dalchini, Centella Asiatica/ Brahmi, Haldi, Mulethi, Amla, Banyan bark, Tulsi, rhubarb, Nux Vomica, Sagwan/ Drumstick, unripe Banana, Ashwagandha.

·         Amal Pitta- Amla, Mulethi, Bhangra, Shatavari, Coconut, Vasa, Banana,  Makoy, Harad, Pippli.

·         Appetite stimulant: Onion, Bhringraj, Pippali, Ginger, calamus, Cardamom, Saunf, Gentian, Chirata, Trigonolla, Circhona Bark.  

·         Improve diet- Peru/ Gauva.

9)      Arthritis, Rheumatism, body aches and pains, Sciatica, Fracture:

a)      Nirgundi, Parijat leaves and flowers.

Application for swelling, pain and joints:  Pagoda/ Champa tree leaves, Castor oil/ Arandi leaves, Banyan/ Pipal leaves

Leaves and flowers – Nirgundi (Chaste tree) or Parijat : Boil 100gm leaves, 10gm pepper and 100 gm jaggery in two glasses of water and reduce to 1 glass.    Dose- 1 cup twice.

·         Sciatica- 7 leaves of Nirgundi, 7 leaves of Parijat. Boil well 2-3 glasses water , cool and strain.   Dose- Divide into 3 doses.

·         Headache:  

a) Apply a paste of Nirgundi Leaves, Tagar flowers .

               b) Ginger juice, pat in nostrils.

·         Anti- Migrane:  few (Chrysanthamum) Sarpagandha, Ginger

·         Body ache: Boil Nirgundi, eucalyptus leaves in water and bathe.  Can add Flaxseed, methi seeds, turmeric, Amba Haldi, 1 tsp alum powder, salt, Epsom salt ( Magnesium Sulphate).  (All leaves or one kind according to availability.)

·         Rheumatic pains:  Give hot fomentation with above water.

·         Arthritis: Cyprus rotundus/ Ashwagandha, Punarnava (swelling),Guggul,  Belladonna, Nux Vomica, Acomite Ferox, Guduchi, Kutki, Shilajit, BidariKhand

·         Anti- Spasmodic: Calamus, Celery seeds,  Belladonna, Aroma Oils: Caraway, Coriander, Cumin, Lavender, Menthol, Thyme, Licorice, Jatamanasi

·         Bone Fracture:  Shatavari, Ashwagandha, Tulsi, Hathjod, Guggul,Arjuna, Comfrey/Symphytum,Calcarea phos, Godanti bhasma, Choona, Turmeric,Arnica

·         Analgesic:  Jatamansi, Kalonji, Mulberry fruit and leaves, Tulsi, Passion flowers and leaves.

·         Hand injuries: Soak hand in Salt/ Alum/ Epsom salt/Turmeric/Arnica tincture, one or all mixed in cold water.

·         Swelling/ Inflammation:

a)       Honey/ aloe Vera/ turmeric. External Application: Honey water in enema.

b)      Samudra Palak

10)   Diabetes:

a)      Leaves and fruits : Insulin Leaves, Periwinkle leaves and flowers (Purple flowers are more effective for diabetes and white flowers for heart, cancer and diabetes also.)

 Bel leaves and fruit,Neem leaves, Paneer phal,Cabbage, Tej Patta, Mango leaves,gauva Leaves, ,       Mulberry leaves and roots, insulin leaves, Haldi, Amla, Guar Gum, Gular, Falsa,, Karela, Rice Bran, Red Sandalwood, Rhubarb, Banana Flowers, Chirayata, Jamun, Methi,Shatavari, Saptarangi, Kandiari, Bhui Amalaki, dried Banyan bark, Garhi (in Kadha form), Madhunashini/Gudmar, Kadu badam, Kavath Lakdi, stevia, Ladyfinger, Sharifa leaves, Bouganvillea, Guduchi/Giloy, Kutki, Garlic.

Hypoglycemia: Guduchi/Giloy.

b)      Symptoms of high sugar- Bel Patra, Neem, Bhrungraj.

11)   Liver:

·         For Jaundice-

a)      Grind 30gm of Bhui Amla(Whole plant), mix with a cup of cow’s milk and give on empty stomach early in the morning on 1,3,5,7,9 days, according to severity of disease. Make a paste of 1 handful of henna leaves with ½ tsp Jeera and give it on empty stomach thrice a day for 5-7 days. Avoid fatty foods for 2 months.

b)       Castor oil leaves (tender) juice before or at sunrise.

c)       Imli water,Sugarcane juice, Mausambi juice, Curd rice.

·         Liver enlargement and ailments: Chitrak(Plumbago)

·         Liver function:  Punarnava , Bhui Amla,Mulethi, Henna, Linseed, Pudina, Tulsi, Neelkamal,Bhrungraj, Jatamansi, Dandelion, Guduchi, Nirgundi, Ashwagandha, Ginger, Bhui Amalaki leaves and Punarnava dry extract (churna), sarsaparilla, Gokhru, Touch-me-not (Lajwanti/Chui-mui/Mimosa Pudica), Colocynth.

12)   Fever, Flu, and Respiratory eg: Tonsils, Throat Infection,Cough, Cold,Asthma, T.B., Bronchitis , pnemonia:

·         Cough and Cold-  

       a) Vasa Flowers gulkand with jaggery.

b) Bael Patra.

·         Respiratory problems-  Adhatoda leaf juice- 1tbsp or Adhatoda powder- ½ tsp or decoction of 7 Adhatoda leaves to be taken for 10-15 days. For T.B., the treatment should be for longer duration.

·         For All categories-

a)      Grind well a 3” square piece of drumstick bark with 1 tsp Jeera, some nuts or apple, beat it with an egg and fry with 1 tsp ghee. Eat it on empty stomach.

b)      Boil a handful of lawn grass with 2tsp of Jeera and 1 tsp of crushed pepper in 2 glasses of water. Reduce it to half and drink.  Dose: One glass twice a day.

·         Sitopaladhi formula:

1/8 th 0r 40 gm  Vansh Lochan/ Bamboo Manna

20 gm Pipali

10 gm Dalchini

10 gm Green cardamom powder

5 gm Black pepper

·         Respiratory: Ginger, Amla, Mulberry Leaves

·         Cough:-

a)       Aloe vera leaves- take 1 kg gel, 600 gm jaggery, 100gm harad powder, 50gm dhayati. Fill a glass or porcelain container up to 3/4^th and cover with a cloth. Put in the sun for a month. Then take 1 tsp thrice a day.

b)      Vasa, Ipecane, Benzene Extract, Tindli, Ephedra, Licorice, Lobelia, Tulsi, Pippli, Soya, Saunf, Wild Cherry bark, Sassurea.

c)       Anar dana with kala namak

d)      Put paste od rai on chest for cough.

e)      Karela juice.

·         Asthma Cough: Anar Chilka, Baheda Chaal,Harad Chaal- Chew together every day.

·         Anti- Pyretic:  

a) Guduchi(Indeginious to Tirumala)

               b) Ajwain(essential Oil), Gokhru ,Ashwagandha (Also anti- inflammation and analgesic)

·         Anti- Asthma and Anti- Cough:  Kantakari, Methi dana, Anthamul leaf squill (expectorant), Nirgundi, Ginger, Mix Aloe and vasa, Kasadamim, Galactagogues, Sjatavari, Saunf, Jiwanti, Krishna Jiraka, Kalonji, Methi dana.

·         Throat Infection: Mulberry Leaf decoction. Gargle for 7 days.

·         Throat burning: Take 4 Ladyfinger pieces, cut them and boil in 80 ounces of water, strain and make paste. Put honey and drink

·         Anti- T.B: Kalonji, Tulsi.behera

·         Expectorant :  Arjuna, Amla, Ritha, Harad, Gokharu, Papaya leaves extract.

·          Cold: Apply haldi on nose and forehead and mix alum also.

·         Tonsils:

a)       Apply hot potato paste on tonsils.

b)      Make carrot murabba with honey.

13)   Virals and Fevers:

·         Malaria: Boil 60gm of Chiraitta in 2 glasses of water and reduce to half glass. Add 60 gm of Tulsi leaves to the hot decoction cover and keep for an hour. Squeeze the leaves in it, strain and drink.  Dose: 1 cup thrice a day for 3-5 days.

·         Chronic Malaria: Boil 1 tbsp of crushed pepper in 2 glasses of water, reduce to half glass. Keep it to cool for 12 hours. Strain and drink. Similarly prepare 1 more dose and drink; two doses are enough. Don’t give to ulcer patients. Take Mahasudarshan Kadha/Churna thrice a day.

·         Anti- Malaria: Neem, Fever Nut( Kat Karanja), Jatropa, Mahasudarshan Kadha/Churna.

·         Anti – viral : Berberis root/Daruharidra- root and bark, Walnut Oil, Neem, Samudra phal, Sea weed,  Harad .

·         Anti- Pyretic: Guduchi(Indigenous to Tirumala)

·         Fever- Tapasi

14)   Anemia:

Prepare 1 glassful of drumstick leaf juice. Make syrup of 1kg Jaggery. Mix the juice and add 1tsp each of Jeera, Saunf and cardamom powder. Cook on slow fire until it becomes thick. Dose: 2tsp twice daily.

15)   Women Problems:

·         Uterine Problems- boil 25 gm of henna leaves, Bhui Amla and 10 gm of rind of anar in 4 glasses of water and reduce to 1 glass.   Dose- 1 cup a day    OR    Make a fine powder of each of the above in equal proportion and mix well.  Dose- 1 tsp twice a day for 15-30 days.

·         Leucorrhea-

a)       Eat 1 tbsp of the pulp of aloe with Jaggery or sugar candy in the morning on empty stomach 15-30 days.

b)      Boil 60 gm of Asoka bark in 1 liter of water. Reduce to one- fourth (1/4).   Dose- 60 ml, 4 times a day for 30-90 days.

c)       Give enema to uterus of Methi seeds boiled water. Put Neem and Haldi.

d)      Take 4 Ladyfinger pieces, cut them and boil in 80 ounces of water, strain and make paste. Take 1 tsp honey every day. Take buttermilk. White hibiscus flowers. 1 tbs rice soaked in water overnight strained and drink first thing.

·         Too much menses: Lettuce for too much menses, red hibiscus flower.

·         Irregular periods and /or Dysmenorrhea: Anar dana , kala namak, Pudina + elaichi, black sesame seeds, Dashmularishta, Sprouted Methi seeds.

16)   Fertility:

 Young Pipal leaves

·         Anti- Fertility: Hisbiscus also Tulsi, kalonji, Castor.

17)   Eyes:

·         Sore eyes:

a)      Soak tagar flowers/ piece of root or root bark in a cup of water for 1 hour to overnight. Strain and put by dropper or wash eyes by dividing in two separate cups.

             stand on head.

b)      Bark root of Daruharidra, Licorice with Hazel, Triphala

c)       Soak Triphala and wash eyes with strained water. Soak 1 Almond and make a paste . Apply paste around eyes and put strained water in eyes . Eat rose leaves and wash with fresh rose petals water.

·         For Eyesight: Don’t eat Baingan and Cauliflower. Drink dhania juice, Carrot juice

·         Burning eyes:

a)       Take 4 Ladyfinger pieces, cut them and boil in 80 ounces of water, strain and make paste. Put honey and drink.

b)      Drumstick leaves paste- External application of leaf paste over eyes or application of juice .

18)   Heart:

·         Tonic: Doodhi  juice. Put pepper and Saunth. Use only organic gourds.

·         High B.P points - on sole of feet. Anulom Vilom

·         Cardio- Vascular: Onion, Garlic, Groundnut Pods, Jakundi, Pumpkin seeds, Carrot Seeds, Bhangra/Eclipta Alba, China Rose, Indian Oleander Karavira, Sarpagandha

·         Cholesterol : Alsi/Flaxseed and Flaxseed oil, Onion(Green), Garlic, Gum, Resin, Guggul, Fruit gum, Guar gum, Green Coffee,Green Tea, Aloe Vera, inula Racemose, Pushkarmool, Alfa Alfa and Guggul in equal parts, Calamus

19)   Heat and dehydration: Gorakh Chinch, Lagestromia/ Pride of Maharashtra/ Jarul, Banana Stem (urinary), Sitting under Pipal tree/ Banyan tree, Khus root/ Ushira, Bhrungraj, Bhui Amalaki, Brahmi, Amla,

20)   Anti- Goitre and  Thyroid: Kalmegh, Kachnar, Jalbrahmi, Singhada

21)   Anti- Histamines: Bharangi root /Clarodendrum Derrantum, Ginger

22)   Anti- Leprosy: Centella Asiatica/ Brahmi, Krishna Tulsi, Babchi seeds

23)   Anti-obesity: Guggul/ Commiphora Mukul, Cyprus Rotundus , Guar Gum, Triphala, Brahmi, Spirulina, Mulberry leaf tea.

24)   Anti- Bacterial:

 Garlic, Onion, Cashew Shell Oil.

Berberis root, Daruharidra- root and bark.

Patanga, Cardamom, Kachure, Cajuput Oil.

25)   Anti- Fungal:

a)      Pudina, Mentha Oil, Lemongrass, Cumin Oil, Punarnava, Achyranthus Aspera/ Chirchita, Nutmeg, Neem, Turmeric

b)      Calendula, Carrot seed oil, olive oil, Milk of unripe papaya(papain), Cloves, Brahmi, Haldi, Mulethi, Sour buttermilk, Adusa

                 Fungicide: Bara Elaichi, Ghaneri (), Ganga Tulsi,  Kalonji Oil, Karanj oil,Neem oil

26)   Infections , germs and Anti-Microbes: (Insecticide- Plumbagin), Cloves, Bakuchi, Babchi seeds, Tea(best is green tea).

27)   Inhibits  bacterial growth : Cumin oil, Cajuplant, Ginger, Calamus , Saussaurea Lappa, Onion and Garlic (contains Eugenol)

28)   Herpes:  

a)      Geranium, Licorice, Neem Leaves, Karanj(seed extract)

b)      Wash with Neem water. Apply Curd. Eat Neem

29)   Urticaria -Bicchoo Booti/Nettles: Hair of Maize crop, Corn Oil, Ginger, Punarnava, Arjuna, Potassium, Portulaca oleracca, Kulfa, Triphala, Kutajarishta

30)   Anti- Coagulant, Anti – Thrombotics: Vasa leaf extract- 2 tsp mix with pure ghee, Garlic and garlic leaves juice, Neem, Heeng, Ginseng, Maiden Hair Tree(leaves), Haldi, Plumbago (Chitraka root), seeds of plums, Rhubarb, Ginger, Arjuna, Punarnava

31)   Tonic (Tibetan Formula)( once a day) : 125 mg Amla, 100 mg Guduchi stem, 145 mg Gokhru, 400 mg Ashwagandha (dry extract). Take with butter

32)   Parasite Insecticides :  -

·         wards off mosquitoes - Oil and waterof neem , white mustard and benzoin gum, Clove , Citronella, Lemongrass, Calamus- Vach

·         Fly repellant, Moth- Eucalyptus ,Camphor, Guggul(essential oil), Elaichi/Cardamom, ,Walnut Oil.

·         Cockroaches - Lavender, Nutmeg, Oleander,Chitrak/Plumbago, Chrysanthemum, Pepper, Lemon oil, Rose oil, Ajwain Oil, Neem, white mustard, Benzonin gum lavender, Geranium Rose, wintergreen, bitter Almond , Caraway, Spearmint,

·         Ants: Turmeric, desi cow urine, eco enzyme. These are also applicable for all other categories.

33)   Laxative: Aloe, Amal Tas, Senna, Anjeer, Isabgol, Rhubarb, Castor Oil, Harad, Triphala, Draksha, Methi, Katha (gum), Kalmegh, Garlic, Neem, Daruharad, Punarnava, Palash, Chicory, Haldi, Doob, Bhringraj/Bhangra, Amla, Licorice

34)    Memory: Calamus, Brahmi, Malkengi, Kangi, Shankhapushpi, Licorice, Jatamansi, Soyabeans, Blue pea flower, turmeric

35)   Nerve Sedatives: Calamus, Ramadana, Brahmi, Senna, Lemongrass, Hypericum, Lavender, Karela

36)   Stimulant and Sedative: Pepper, Sarpagandha, Anantamul, Valerian- depression , Ashwagandha- sedative and tonic, energizer, Shatavari- tonic.

37)   Hair problems, Hair care:

·         Hair fall: Put dahi in copper vessel. Stir with neem stock.

·         Boils on scalp: Put mustard oil and curd in brass katori overnight and apply.

·         Hair care/Headache:  strained water of Valerian as rinse or in oil.

38)   Sleep or Insomnia : Make a pillow of dhania and sleep on it. Wash eyes with dhania water.Make a pillow of Valerian herb

39)   Appendicitis:  Only imli water . 3-4 Imli pieces. Take out and strain. Mix it in the enema water.