First Aid
Simple Ayurvedic remedies can
play a very effective role as first aid for many common ailments, such
as earache, backache and diarrhea. Try these simple treatments and stay
healthy in a natural way.
Asthma
Take one teaspoonful of ginger powder and one teaspoonful of licorice
powder. Add half a litre of water and boil the mixture till it reduces
to one fourth (about 125 ml.). Strain it and drink it warm. Adding a
teaspoonful of honey or one gram of common salt is beneficial.
Backache
Make a paste of ginger, and apply to the affected area. Massaging with
eucalyptus oil is very effective. You can also make your own massaging
oil. Take 2-3 cloves of garlic, and cut them into small pieces. Put them
in 100 ml. of sesame oil or mustard oil (or any other oil if these two
are not available). Boil on slow fire for about five minutes. This oil
is very good for massaging the area of backache.
Bleeding (External)
Applying a paste of sandalwood powder is helpful in the cases of
external bleeding. It stops the bleeding and also heals the wound.
Drinking a cup of warm milk with half teaspoonful turmeric powder and a
pinch of saffron or alum, added to it is also very good healing drink.
It also acts as pain reliever.
Burns
Make a paste of fresh gel of aloe-vera with a pinch of turmeric powder.
Adding one 1-2 grams of ghee or coconut oil to this paste makes it more
effective. This paste can be applied to the burnt area.
Cold
Take one tablespoon of grated fresh ginger, one teaspoonful of cinnamon
powder and one teaspoonful of licorice powder. Add all these together to
one litre water and boil on slow fire for ten minutes till about one
fourth (250 ml.) of it is left. This drink can be taken three times in a
day. Honey can added as a sweetener.
Diarrhea
Add one teaspoon of fresh grated ginger and one gram of nutmeg powder
to half a cup of water. Blend them together for few minutes into a
mixture. Drinking this twice or thrice a day helps to stop diarrhea.
Earache
Take 2-3 cloves of garlic. Peel off the skin and cut them into small
pieces. Add 100 ml. of sesame or mustard oil and boil on a slow fire for
about five minutes. Strain and when it becomes cool, drop two drops in
the aching ear. Can be used two times a day.
Make a mixture of one teaspoonful of onion juice and half teaspoonful
of honey. This mixture is also helpful in earache. Two drops in each ear
can be used two times a day.
Eye Burn
Put 2-3 drops of pure rose water into the affected eye. This can be
used two or three times a day. It also helps in itchy eyes and reduces
the redness in the eyes.
Boils
Apply cooked onion as a poultice on the boil. A paste of ginger powder
(one teaspoonful) and turmeric powder (one teaspoonful) is also good to
apply on the boil. Either the boil will be suppressed or a head will
appear so that the pus can be drained out easily.
Exhaution (Heat)
Drink one glass (250 ml.) of coconut water or grape juice. Take 3-4
pieces of dates and cook them with one glass of milk or water. Eat the
dates and drink the milk or water. It is also good to blend them in a
mixture before taking. This drink is very good and gives instant energy.
Gum Bleeding
Squeeze the juice of half lemon into a cup of water and add one
teaspoonful of honey. This drink should be taken every morning.
Massaging the gums gently with coconut oil also helps.
Menstrual Cramps
Take one tablespoon of aloe-vera gel and mix in half a gram of black
pepper powder. Such a mixture can be taken 2-3 times during the day or
until the cramps disappear. Try out some these simple Ayurvedic first
aid remedies and stay healthy.
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