Ayurvedic Home Remedies

Many simple Ayurveda massages and herbal remedies can be practiced or affected as first aid measures for most common disorders like ear or back aches.

Asthma :-

A teaspoon of ginger powder and one of liquorice added with half a liter of water is needed for this natural herbal remedy.
Boil the water mixed with the mentioned powders until only about a quarter (250ml) of it is left in the container.
Strain and drink warm. Adding a teaspoon of honey and/or common salt enhances the effect. Combine Licorice and ginger herbs and drink them as a tea , about half a teaspoon of both herbs for one cupful of water. You can also have some onion juce, mixed with one teaspoon of honey and a pinch of black pepper.

Backache :-

Backache can be treated with either ginger paste and/or eucalyptus oil applied directly to the affected area. Making your own home made healing herbal oil at home is also possible by taking 2 or 3 garlic cloves, chop into very small pieces and mix with 100ml sesame or mustard oil (any oil can be used if these two are not within reach). Afterwards boil the mixture for about 5 minutes on low fire, when ready apply by massaging the aching back point. Apply a paste of ginger and eucalyptus oil to the affected area.

External Bleeding :-

In case of external bleeding a paste by sandalwood paste serves as a very effective herbal natural remedy for both stopping the bleeding and also healing the injury. Another herbal product that will also help to alleviate the aching and heal the wound is one you can acquire by a cup of warm milk mixed with half a teaspoon of turmeric powder and a pinch of saffron or alum.
Apply ice or sandelwood paste on the bleeding area.

Internal Bleeding :-

Drink warm milk with saffron and turmeric powder ( half teaspoon each).

Burns :-

Apply a fresh gel of aloe-vera with a pinch of turmeric powder directly to the burnt part of the body. Adding 1 to 2 grams of ghee or coconut milk to this Ayurveda medicine is even more beneficial. Make a paste of fresh aloe vera gel mixed with a pinch of turmeric powder or apply ghee or coconut oil.

Cold :-

One tablespoon of grated fresh ginger and one of cinnamon powder mixed with a tablespoon of licorice powder, all added to one liter of water and put to boil on low fire until only a quarter (250ml) of it remains. This Ayurveda herb procedure will produce a most effective result once it is consumed three times daily.

Diarrhea :-

This annoying disorder can be rebalanced by consuming two or three times daily the following natural herbal medicine; Take half a cup of water and mix with a tablespoon of fresh grated ginger together with one gram of nutmeg powder.

Earache :-

For ear aches there are two herbal remedies available starting with a herbal medicine natural mixture consisting of the following;
Peel off the skin from 2 to 3 garlic cloves and chop down in very small pieces after which you apply 100ml of sesame or mustard. Once this process, as instructed by Ayurveda health inscriptions, is completed, boil the whole mixture for 5 minutes on low fire.
Once ready and the extract has cooled down, apply two drops in the aching ear for a maximum of two applications per day.
Or otherwise you can obtain the same results by mixing one full teaspoon with half a teaspoon of honey and applying in the same manner as before.
Place three drops of garlic oil in the ear or a mixture of onion juice and honey.

Ears - ringing :-

Place three drops of clove oil into the affected ear.

Eye Burn :-

Eye burns can be treated by applying 2 or 3 drops of pure rose water to the concerned eye or eyes for a maximum usage of three times a day. Can also be applied to itchy eyes.
Introduce four drops of pure rose water into the affected eye. Fresh aloe vera gel may also be used. You can also apply castor oil to the soles of the feet.

Boils :-

In order to suppress Boils or sometimes make them form a ‘head’ so they can be easily drained, one can apply a mix of one teaspoon of ginger powder and another of turmeric made into a paste, directly on the boil. Apply cooked onions as a poultice or a paste of ginger and turmeric powder directly to the boil. This will bring the skin boil to a head.

Exhaustion (Heat) :-

To fight exhaustion one can drink a glass (250ml) of coconut water and /or grape juice while also taking 3 to 4 dates after cooking them with one glass of milk or water.

Gum Bleeding :-

Apart from gently massaging the gum with coconut oil, one can also squeeze half a lemon and put a teaspoon of honey in a cup of water. Drink this mixture every morning for the best results.
Drink lemon juice or massage gums with coconut oil.

Menstrual Cramps :-

A tablespoon of aloe-vera mixed in half a gram of black pepper powder can be taken 2 to 3 times daily or until the cramps cease.

Acne :-

Apply a paste of turmeric and sandelwood powder to the affected area. You can use about half a teaspoon of each powder and mix it with water or rose water to make a paste. For internal treatment take a cupful of aloe vera juice two times a day until the acne clears.

Bad breath :-

Drink half a cup of aloe vera juice twice a day and eat fennel seeds. Cleanse the mouth with licorice powder until freshness is restored.

Constipation :-

Drink one glass of water boiled with one tablespoon of flax seed at bedtime or a glass of hot milk with one teaspoon of ghee.

Cough :-

Gargle one glass of warm water to which a pinch of salt and two pinches of turmeric have been added. If there is mucus production, take half teaspoon of ginger powder, one pinch of clove powder and one pinch if cinnamon powder on one cup of boiled water as a tea.

Diarrhoea :-

Mix equal parts of yogurt and water and add some fresh ginger.

Gas - abdominal :-

Mix one pinch of baking soda with one cupful of water and the juice of one-half lemon and drink.

Head ache :-

Sinus headache can be relieved by under going sudation after applying gingelly oil mixed with camphor. Temporal headache can be relieved by the application of sandalwood paste to the temples.

Hemorrhoids/Bleeding type :-

Drink one-half cup full of aloe vera juice 3 times daily. Drink one teaspoon sandal wood paste mixed with milk twice daily.

Hemorrhoids/non bleeding :-

Boil 50 grams onion with 150 ml milk and drink twice daily.

Hiccups :-

Do pranayama/take deep inhalations and exhalations.

Indigestion :-

Take one cupful of onion juice with one half-teaspoon honey and one-half teaspoon full of black pepper.

Muscle strain :-

Apply gingelly oil mixed with camphor or rock salt over the affected area.

Over eating :-

Boil 2 cupful of water with I teaspoon of coriander powder and 1 teaspoon ginger powder. Drink this one-tablespoon each at an interval of 1 hour.

Poison bites & stings :-

Apply sandal wood/turmeric paste to the affected area.

Shock :-

Inhale fresh broken onion or inhale calamus root powder.

Sleep (lack) :-

Drink one cup full of warm cow's milk with rock candy/honey. Gently massage the soles & scalp with sesame oil mixed with equal quantity of ghee.

Sore throat :-

Gargle with hot water mixed with one forth teaspoon of turmeric powder and a pinch of salt.

Tooth ache :-

Apply 3 drops of clove oil to the affected tooth. Gargle with warm sesame oil.