½ tsp haldi in a cup of warm milk or warm water, once or twice a day. A pinch of black pepper with it helps the body absorb it.
Traditional
CautionThe amount used in cooking is safe. In tablet or extract form it does not go with blood-thinning medicines. Avoid larger amounts if you have gallstones. Stop before surgery.
अदरक · Ginger
A thin slice of fresh adrak chewed before meals, or ½ tsp dried sonth in warm water twice a day.
Traditional
CautionNot in large amounts alongside blood-thinning medicine. Stop before surgery.
शहद · Honey
A teaspoon of raw honey, taken as is or in water that is warm but never hot — heat destroys its value.
Traditional
CautionNever give honey to a baby under one year — the risk is infant botulism. This rule has no exceptions.
तिल का तेल · Sesame oil
Warm til oil, massaged into the affected part with the palm and left for twenty minutes before a warm bath.
Traditional
वासक · Vasaka
Vasaka decoction twice daily for six weeks in long-standing phlegm.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Steam inhalation three times daily; hot chest pack every night.
Deep breathing twenty rounds; two hours in open air.
Foods that help
हल्दी · Turmericअदरक · Gingerशहद · Honeyतिल का तेल · Sesame oilवासक · Vasaka
Limit these
ठंडे भोजन · Cold foods
Pick what's in your kitchen and see which remedy fits you best.
Bhojanveda
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