Home Remedies for Asthma

              Home Remedies for Asthma

Asthma is a lung disease that causes difficulty breathing. Asthma can be either acute or chronic.Asthma attacks occur when there is an obstruction in the flow of air in the lungs. Common symptoms include coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. These simple natural remedies can also provide relief from symptoms.

1. Ginger

Ginger is a well-known natural treatment for various ailments including asthma.   

• Mix equal quantities of ginger juice, pomegranate juice and honey. Consume one tablespoon of this mixture two or three times a day.
• Alternatively, you can mix one teaspoon of ground ginger in one and a half cups of water and take one tablespoon of this mixture at bedtime.
• Cut one inch of ginger into small pieces and add it to a pot of boiling water. Let it steep for five minutes, allow it to cool down and then drink it.
• To detoxify your lungs, prepare a fenugreek decoction by boiling one tablespoon of fenugreek seeds in a cup of water and mixing one teaspoon each of ginger juice and honey in it. Drink this solution every morning and evening.
• You can also eat raw ginger mixed with salt.

2. Mustard Oil

• When having an asthma attack, massaging with mustard oil will help clear the respiratory passages and restore normal breathing.
  1. Heat some mustard oil with a little camphor.
  2. Transfer it in a bowl and when it is comfortably warm, gently rub it on the chest and upper back and massage.
  3. Do this several times a day until the symptoms subside.

3. Figs

• The nutritional properties of figs promote respiratory health and help drain phlegm and alleviate breathing difficulties.
  1. Wash three dried figs and soak them in a cup of water overnight.
  2. In the morning, eat the soaked figs and drink the fig water on an empty stomach.
  Continue this home treatment for a couple of months. This method helps the nutrients quickly enter your bloodstream and provide relief from asthma symptoms.

4. Garlic

• The following garlic remedies will clear congestion in your lungs, giving you quick relief from asthma symptoms.
  • Boil 10 to 15 cloves of garlic in one-half cup of milk. Drink this once a day.
  • You can also make garlic tea by adding three to four cloves of garlic to a pot of hot water and letting it steep for five minutes. Allow it to cool to room temperature and then drink it.

5. Coffee

• The caffeine in regular coffee can help control asthma attacks because it acts as a bronchodilator. Hot coffee also will relax and clear the airways to help you to breathe easier. The stronger the coffee, the better the result.
  But try not to drink more than three cups of black coffee in a day. If you do not like coffee, you can opt for a cup of hot black tea. Do not use caffeine as a regular treatment though.

6. Eucalyptus Oil

• Pure eucalyptus oil is an effective treatment for asthma symptoms because of its decongestant properties.  
  • Just put a few drops of eucalyptus oil on a paper towel and keep it by your head when sleeping so that you breathe in the aroma.
  • You can also put two to three drops of eucalyptus oil in a pot of boiling water and breathe in the steam. Try to take deep breaths for faster results.
    

7. Honey

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    Honey is one of the oldest natural cures for asthma. The alcohol and ethereal oils in honey help reduce asthma symptoms.
    • Just inhaling the smell of honey produces positive results for some people.
    • You can also mix one teaspoon of honey into a glass of hot water and drink it slowly about three times a day.
    • Before going to bed, swallow one teaspoon of honey with one-half teaspoon of cinnamon powder. This will help remove phlegm from your throat and allow you to sleep better.

8. Onions

Onions have anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce constriction of the airways when suffering from asthma. Also, the sulfur content in onions helps decrease inflammation in the lungs.

Simply eat raw onions to clear your air passage ways for better breathing. If you cannot bear the taste of raw onions, try eating cooked onions.

9. Lemon

People with asthma often have low levels of vitamin C. Lemons are rich in this vitamins and antioxidants that can help reduce asthma symptoms.

Squeeze the juice of half a lemon in a glass of water and add some sugar according to your taste. Drink this regularly to reduce asthma attacks.

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GARLIC SYRUP FOR CHEST INFECTIONS

This garlic recipe is for sweet and soothing syrup. In the past it was a popular remedy for asthma. It can still be used for this as well as for coughs, hoarseness and other chest complains as garlic fights against infections and helps to clear the phlegm.

Garlic Syrup Recipe for Chest Infection

  125g Garlic, peeled and sliced
  1 tablespoon Fennel seeds, crushed
  1/4 cup  Vinegar
  250g Sugar
  1 cup Boiling Water

  Add the boiling water to the garlic, cover and let stand for 12-24 hours.. In a small pan simmer the fennel seeds in the vinegar.
. Add this to the garlic mixture and stir well.
. Heat the mixture and simmer until the garlic is soft.
. Strain through a piece of muslin and press the garlic to extract all the juices.
. Heat the liquid and gradually add the sugar.
. Stir constantly to dissolve the sugar, but don’t allow the mixture to boil.
. Allow the syrup to cool and then pour into sterilized bottles.
. Store in a cool, dark place.
. Take up to 3 teaspoons a day when needed.

GET RID OF TOOTHACHES

 Some of the main causes of toothaches are cavities, an infection, an exposed tooth root, a cracked tooth, gum disease, a loose filling. But if you are not able to make it to the dentist, you can try some natural remedies to relieve the pain.

Here are the top 10 home remedies for toothaches.

 Pepper and Salt

Salt mixed with pepper can be of great use when a tooth becomes extremely sensitive.

1. Mix equal amounts of pepper and common salt with a few drops of water to form a paste.
2. Apply the paste directly on the affected tooth and allow it to sit for a few minute.
    Do this daily for several days. 

  Cloves

No home remedy is better for toothaches than cloves. 

• Grind two cloves. Mix in a little olive oil or any vegetable oil and apply on the affected tooth.
• Dab a cotton ball in clove oil and rub it directly on the sore tooth. Alternatively, you can mix a few drops of clove oil in half a glass of water and use it as a mouth rinse.

  Onion

Onions can provide relief from pain by killing the germs causing an infection.

• At the first sign of a toothache, chew raw onion for a few minutes to relieve pain.
• If you are not able to chew it, place a piece of raw onion directly on the bad tooth or gum.

 Asafetida

 Toothaches and bleeding gums can be treated at home with the use of asafetida.

• Simply add a pinch of powdered asafetida to lemon juice and then warm it slightly. Use a cotton pad to apply the solution on the affected area. This will give you quick relief from the pain.
• Alternatively, asafetida fried in clarified butter can be put in the tooth cavity for instant relief.

  Warm Salt Water

A simple glass of warm salt water can help treat a toothache. Mix half a spoon of common salt in a glass of very warm water and use it to rinse your mouth thoroughly. This mouthwash will also fight bacteria that cause infection.

  Guava Leaves

 Fresh guava leaves can also alleviate toothache.

• Simply chew one or two tender guava leaves until the juice starts working on the affected tooth.
• Another remedy is to put four to five guava leaves in water and boil it. Allow the solution to cool to a warm temperature and add some salt. Use the solution as a mouthwash.

If you don’t have guava leaves, you can use raw spinach leaves instead.

  Ice Cube

Ice can help alleviate tooth pain by numbing the nerves and gums.

• Put a small ice cube in a plastic bag and then wrap it in a thin cotton cloth. Hold it on your cheek near the aching tooth for a few minutes.  

An acupressure technique that can ease tooth pain is to rub an ice cube between your index finger and thumb . 

 Garlic

Use of garlic can also give immense relief from toothache. Garlic has antibiotic and other medicinal properties that can be very effective in slowing down bacterial effects.

1. Mix a crushed garlic clove (or garlic powder) with some table salt or black salt and apply it directly on the affected tooth to alleviate the pain. If you prefer, you can chew one or two cloves of garlic to get relief.
2. Repeat this natural treatment for a few days.

How To Eliminate Bad Smells with Baking Soda

 If you have been plagued with bad smells in your house that you have no idea what to do about.  Now you’ll have a solution. It’s as simple as baking soda.                    

 . Really Stinky Toilet To clean the toilet, first flush the toilet. Then dump a cup of baking soda in, close the lid and let the bubbles do the scrubbing for you. Return in about an hour and flush.

 .Smelly Coolers and Thermos Bottles

 . In a thermos bottle, start with a tablespoon baking soda to up to 3 cups water. Just mix and leave in the thermos for about 20 minutes, then rinse.
 For the cooler, fill the entire cooler with water, add ½ cup baking soda, shut the lid and return in an hour. Rinse.

 . Drain with Foul Odor

Just add a few tablespoons to the drain a few times a week as a matter of habit. After about an hour, run the hot water for a few minutes. Drains will cease to smell in very little time at all.

 . Bad Smell Emanating From the Vacuum Cleaner

 Sprinkle it on the carpet – which may also be stinky. Let it sit there in the carpet, working its magic for about an hour. Then vacuum it up. With this solution, you get two things cleaned simultaneously.  

 . Smelly Shoes

Sprinkle a teaspoon in stinky shoes. You know, it’s possible you may be able to wash those tennis shoes in the washer! Then keep them clean-smelling with baking soda.

 . Bad-Smelling Refrigerator

• This one is easy – sprinkle a half cup into a bowl. Place the bowl in the refrigerator. It does help to remove the old rotting food, though. Do that first.

 . Stinky Hands After Cutting Onions

Onions are the latest miracle food and you’ll soon be reading about its cancer-killing ability. There’s every reason to eat more of them. After slicing onions, mix a few tablespoons baking soda in a cup of water and wash your hands in this mixture. Don’t forget to rinse.

 . Really Bad Breath Before an Upcoming Meeting

After eating all those onions, it’s time to rinse your mouth with the best mouthwash on the planet – baking soda and water. Take a mouthful of the same recipe in #8 and swish, swish, swish the bad sulfur smell out of your mouth once and for all. Spit it out, don’t swallow it.

10. Bad Smell Emanating From Armpit

If you need a deodorant lift during the day, mix up ½ cup baking soda with 6 drops of your favorite essential oil. The essential oil must be edible, not synthetic. You could try lavendar, rose, ylang ylang, or geranium, or even a drop of each of them. Mix together and place in a small cosmetic jar. Take this with you in your purse along with a big make up brush. Dust it on your armpits.

Baking soda is not only the best deodorizer; it’s also very economical. Be creative. Baking soda can be used for almost anything!

                Grilled   Summer   Veggie    Dip

Ingredients:

• 2 head garlic, tops cut off
• Canola oil
• Salt
• Cracked black pepper
• 1 Eggplant , sliced lengthwise into ¼” thick slices
• 1 zucchini, sliced lengthwise into ¼” thick slices (optional )
• 1 red bell pepper, stem/top and bottom sliced off, then sliced around the core into 4 thin sections
• 1 red onion, sliced into ¼” thick circles (kept intact as much as possible)
• 2 cups sour cream
• ½ cup chickpeas 
• ¼ cup feta crumbles
• Zest of one lemon
• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
• 3 green onions, green part only, finely chopped

 Preparation:

-Preheat your oven to 400°.

-Drizzle the two garlic heads with a little oil, and top with a pinch or two of salt and cracked black pepper, and wrap each head tightly in a square of foil; place into oven and roast for 40 minutes; once roasted, remove from foil and allow them cool until they can be handled, at which point you will squeeze the softened cloves out of the papers, and set them aside.

-In the meantime, heat grill while that heats, drizzle a little oil, plus a couple of pinches of salt and cracked black pepper over the sliced veggies.

-When the grill/grill pan is hot, add a batch of the veggies, and grill about 2 minutes per side, or until well-charred and slightly tender; flip the veggies over, and grill on the other side for roughly another 2 minutes; repeat until all veggies are charred/grilled, and set them aside to allow them to cool.

-Once the veggies are cool, chop them fairly finely, and set them aside for a moment.

-Into the bowl of a food processor, add the roasted garlic cloves, the sour cream, the chickpeas, the feta crumbles and the lemon zest and juice, plus about ¾ teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon of the cracked black pepper; process until smooth and well-blended.

-Scrape the sour cream mixture out into a large bowl, and fold in the finely chopped grilled veggies, plus the fresh herbs; check the seasoning to see if any additional salt or pepper if needed, then cover with plastic wrap and place into the fridge for at least 2 hours, or ideally overnight for the flavors to intensify.

-Enjoy cold with pita chips, veggie spears, chips or crackers, or spread over toast-rounds.

                                                 VAADA PAV

• " Vada Pav - The Great Indian Burger" , must be one of the most loved street foods. Vada is a spicy potato mixture with a coating of gram flour, deep fried in oil. Pav is a special kind of soft bread, almost square or round in shape. The chutneys for this were very easy to make. I made all the three chutneys even though the green chutney and the red garlic chutney are the most frequently used ones. Sweet chutney is not always a part of it. 

Serves : 4-5 Portion
Preparation time : 40mins


Ingredients for Vada stuffing:


3 cups boiled, peeled and mashed potatoes (that is about 4 big potatoes)
1/2 tea spn cumin seeds
1/2 tea spn mustard seeds
4-5 curry leaves
1/2 tea spn ginger garlic paste
2 green chilies
3-4 strands coriander leaves
1/2 cup chopped onion
A pinch turmeric
Oil for frying
Salt to taste


Method:


1. Heat a little oil and add mustard, cumin seeds.
2. When it starts popping, add curry leaves, green chilies, ginger garlic paste, onions and fry till onions turn translucent.
3. Add the potatoes, turmeric, salt and mix well. If there are any big pieces of potatoes, add a little water and close and cook for few minutes, then mash and mixed well.
4. Add chopped coriander leaves and mix. Let it cool a bit.


Ingredients for Vada coating:


1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
1 tbl spn rice flour (added for crispiness)
1/2 tea spn chili powder
Salt


Method:


1. Mix all the above ingredients with water to make a smooth paste.
2. As soon as water it added to the flours, it starts becoming lumps, so mix it with hand to remove lumps or use a egg whisk.
3. Do not make it too thin, the coating does not hold on to the stuffing it is too thin.


Making Vadas:


1. Heat oil for deep frying.
2. Make a ping-pong ball sized round from the stuffing.
3. Dip the ball into the coating batter and deep fry in hot oil.
4. Take out on a paper towel.


Ingredients for Green chutney:


9-10 strands coriander leaves
Few mint leaves (optional, I didn’t use it)
3 green chilies
1″ piece ginger (optional)
Salt


Method:


1. Grind all to a smooth paste.
2. Do not make too watery.


Ingredients for Red chutney:


1 cup dried coconut (or dessicated coconut)
2 tbl spns chili powder
1 tea spn chopped garlic
1/4 tea spn tamarind extract or 1-2 pieces of tamarind (optional, added for tanginess)
Salt


Method:


1. Dry roast coconut and tamarind till it turns slightly brownish.
2. Grind together with all other ingredients.
3. This is dry powder, so do not add water.
4. It can be stored in air tight containers for about a month.


Making Vada Pav:


1. Take a Pav , Cut open the rolls horizontally, taking care one end is still connected.
2. Apply chutneys to pav as desired.
3. Slightly press the vada to flatten it.

4. Keep it on one half of the pav and cover with other half. Slightly press down.ADA     PAV
5. Serve hot with Green Chili

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• 1: Warn your Girl Child Never to sit on anyone's laps no matter the situation includinguncles.
• 2: Avoid Getting Dressed in front of your child once he/she is 2 years old. Learn to excuse them or yourself.
• 3. Never allow any adult refer to your child as 'my wife' or 'my husband'
• 4. Whenever your child goes out to play with friends make sure you look for a way to find out what kind of play they do, because young people now sexually abuse themselves.
• 5. Never force your child to visit any adult he or she is not comfortable with and also be observant if your child becomes too fond of a particular adult.
• 6. Once a very lively child suddenly becomes withdrawn you may need to patiently ask lots of questions from your child.
• 7. Carefully educate your grown ups about the right values of sex . If you don't, the society will teach them the wrong values.
• 8: It is always advisable you go through any new Material like cartoons you just bought for them before they start seeing it themselves.
• 9. Ensure you activate parental controls on your cable networks and advice your friends especially those your child(ren) visit(s) often.
• 10. Teach your 3 year olds how to wash their private parts properly and warn them never to allow anyone touch those areas and that
• includes you (remember, charity begins from home and with you).
• 11: Blacklist some materials/associates you think could threaten the sanity of your child (this includes music, movies and even friends and families).
• 12. Let your child(ren) understand the value of standing out of the
• crowd.
• 13: Once your child complains about a particular person, don't keep quiet about it.
• Take up the case and show them you can defend them.
• Remember, we are either parents or parents-to-be.