Medicine From Kitchen Cupboard

By: Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Khan, Associate Editor-ICN

LUCKNOW: As we all know that we are using traditional medicine to cure our diseases or physical ailments without any harmful effects since ancient times. Nature has given us so valuable things to keep our body fit and healthy. Besides all facilities in this new era sometimes many among us facing  some physical troubles or acute condition of health problem when any medical facilities are not available at that time…basically at late night..Then what to do now..Don’t worry there is still a medical store present in your home and that is your kitchen…yes it’s 100% true..Your kitchen is full of MEDICINE (herbal medicine).

                              Now I am going to tell you that how we can use them in different conditions of physical troubles. 

1. ACIDITY/GASTRIC REFLUX DISEASE :           Take 1/4 Baking Soda and 1/4cup of  hot water and drink it slowly.

1. BODY ACHE:

1 tsf of turmeric powder

1 Glass of water

1 tsf Honey

Mix well and drink before meal.

2. JOINTS PAIN:

          250 g pure honey

          1/4 cup methi(Fenugreek) powder

          2 tsf almond powder

          1 tsf cardamom powder

          2 tsf ginger powder

          2 tsf butter ghee

          1 tsf nutmeg (Jaifal) powder

         Mix every thing well. 1 tsf daily after breakfast

        For 40 days.

4. Cold /Zukam/Running nose:

       2 Tablespoons honey

      1/4 tsf black paper

      1/4 tsf cinnamon powder

       1/4 nutmeg (jaiphal) powder

       Squeeze 1/2 lemon and mix all these ingredients in a glass. Warm mixture and drink.

5. GINGER TEA FOR COLD

 1tsf grated ginger

 1 stick of cinnamon

1 elaichi (Cardamom)

3 cup water

Boil with one cup of water and drink.

5. CONSTIPATION 

Senna leaf powder 10 gm

Dry zinger powder 2.5 gm

Saunf (Fennel) 5 gm

Make capsules of 500 mg

Take 2 capsules  BD

6. PHLEGMY COUGH 

Boil 2-3 clove and Cinnamom1 small piece,

Crush them and boil with 1 cup of water then  drink.

7. COUGH 

2.5 gm zinger powder

1/4 tsf cinnamon powder

1-2 tsf honey

Boil with 1 cup of water and drink slowly.

8. DIARRHOEA 

Roast 5 to 6 cardamom till black. Then boil in 1cup of water and drink.

Yogurt with each meal. Use cold water.p

9. DIZZINESS 

2 tsf Coriander seed powder and 2 tsf aamli powder….Soak in 200 ml of boiling water for 8 hour and drink 100 ml morning and evening.

10. CHOLESTEROL  

1 cup garlic juice

1cup ginger juice

1cup lemon juice

1cup cidar vineger

Boil all juice till it gets to 3 cups for some time and leave it to cool

Add Honey

Take tablespoon daily morning.

11. DENGUE 

One Anjeer and 1/4 Tsf Tea powder make joshanda (Decoction)..Take Morning and evening. Within 24 hours Platelets will start increasing.

12. HYPOTENSION (LOW BP)

Take 2 to 3 Fig (Anjeer) soak in water at night, drink the water with fig in the morning empty stomach and give a gap for 1 hour in between breakfast.

13. CONSTIPATION 

Take 4 figs soak in water at night , Take Fig in morning with milk.

14. HORSNESS  OF VOICE

Take DALCHINI and KALIMIRCH in equal quantities..make it powder..boil in 50 ml water…make joshanda

Take 2 to 3 ml a day.

15. DIARRHOEA 

Take equal Quantities of Ginger powder and Dalchini (Cinnamon) powder. Boil it in 100 ml water and add 1 small teaspoon honey.

Take 2 to 3 times a day.

16. EPILEPSY 

Take 2 to 3 gram cinnamon powder and add honey..make it pills of 500 mg.

Take 2 pills twice a day.

Reference

*Dr. Baig’s Advance unani

*Treasure of my medical Secret.