HOME REMEDIES FOR COLD AND COUGH BY DR.KRISHNA

      HOME REMEDIES FOR COLD AND COUGH BY DR.KRISHNA

TURMERIC:
Asthma:
Add 1tsp of turmeric powder in a glass of milk and boil it.Drink it twice daily for 1 week to 10 days.

Cardomom:

Common Cold:
Cardamom (Elaichi) plays a supportive role in management of common cold. It reduces stuffy nose, throatitching, congestion, cough, headache and fatigue that occur due to common cold. The following decoction formulation is highly beneficial for quick relief from common cold.
Cardamom Seed
Black Pepper (Kali Mirch)
Cinnamon (Dalchini)
Ginger
Coriander seeds all are in equal quantites
1 teaspoon of this mixture should be added in one glass of water. Boil and then simmer this mixture until liquid remains around 50 to 60 ml. This decoction should be taken thrice daily.

Cough:
Cardamom (Elaichi) seeds have antitussive and mucolytic properties, so it is an important ingredient in Sitopaladi Churna, which is commonly used for all types of cough.
In productive cough, Elaichi seeds can also be taken with cinnamon, Pushkarmool (Inula Racemosa) and honey.
The proportion of these herbs should be as follows:
Cardamom Seed 1 grams
Cinnamon 500 mg
Pushkarmool (Inula Racemosa) 250 mg
Honey 1  tsp.
This mixture can be taken thrice a day for 5 to 10 days. This mixture clears lungs and provides relief from productive cough

Aloevera:

Cough: 
For wet cough and phlegm, mix 1 spoon of aloevera juice with 1 spoon honey, 1/4th spoon dry ginger powder, 1/4th spoon black pepper powder and consume.

Black pepper:

Running nose and cough:
1)Add 3 to 4 leaves of tulasi and One or two pinches of peper powder in boiled milk. Drink this formula for two to three times in a day.
2)Black pepper mixed with home-made butter and sugar given to children is helps to improve digestion and gives relief from cough and cold.

Cold and fever.:
Prepare tea with 4-5 Black peppers, 8-10 Holi Basil leaves, 2-3 cloves, one piece of Ginger and 1-2 cardamoms in a glass of water and boil it.This tea helps to cure cold and fever.

Cough:
This powder is most effective in Cough problems. Take one teaspoon of honey and 2 pinch of black pepper powder mix it well.Lick this paste 3 to 4 times a day.

Asthama :
For asthama make decoction with black pepper, tulsi leaves, dry ginger, long pepper, clove and pomegranate peel and drink it .Dosage 20 to 25 ml twice or thrice daily.

Cough with expectoration and dyspnoea:
Black pepper with sugar and warm ghee gives relief in cough with expectoration and dyspnoea.

Respiratory disorders:
For respiratory disorders add one tsp of black pepper powder in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it twice daily.

Cinnamon:

Cold:
Add some amount of cinnamon powder to ginger tea.It helps to relive cold.
Take 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey twice or thrice daily for one week.

Cold,Cough,Sore throat:
1)Boil cinnamon sticks in water and inhale the vapour.

2)Take 1/2 spoon of dalchini powder and 1/2 spoon of black pepper powder in a glass of water and boil it.Finally add honey and drink it.Add honey at warm stage only.

Cough:
Take 1/2 teaspoon of ginger,1/4 teaspoon of cloves powder and some amount of Dalchni powderin a glass of water and boil it for some time.Take this decoction twice or thrice a day.

Bad breath:
Add 1 tsp of cinnamon powder in a glass of water mix it well.Gargle with this solution twice a day to reduce bad smell from mouth

Cloves:

Cough : 
Make cloves powder and for 10 gms of it add 3 gms candy sugar powder, 5 gms honey, 10 gms butter and consume daily in morning and night.

Whooping cough:
Roast 3-4 cloves in fire and then grind them.
Give this powder with honey to the patient.
It cures whooping-cough in the practice of few doses itself.

Expectorant:
Take 2 gm powder of cloves and boil it in 125 ml of water till the water is reduced to 1/4th.
Strain the solution and give this to the patient to be drunk.
It dilutes the phlegm and helps it easy release.
Clove in very beneficial in such disorders.