Sore throat?

Drinking a glass of milk in which 1 tsp. "haldi" has been added and boiled will relieve and cure a sore throat.

For painful body joints or muscles.

Use frozen peas in polythene bags as they act like small iceballs and help in giving a good massage.

To remove stains from teeth.

Add a drop of clove oil to the toothpaste before brushing your teeth.

For clearing sinuses and blocked nasal passages.

Boil Eucalyptus leaves and steam with the same water. Alternately, add a few drops of eucalyptus oil to hot water and steam.

Suffering from acidity?

Chewing on a few tulsi leaves will relieve burning, nausea and gas. For those with a sensitive stomach - add tulsi in any recipe using tomatoes.

Constipated?

Have an apple to cure constipation.

Have honey for an itchy throat?

Having honey will relieve the itchiness as it moisturizes the throat passage and has curative properties.

To make the taste of medicine palatable for children.

Make them suck an ice cube before taking the medicine as the cold chills the taste buds and the child will take the medicine without any difficulty.

Bite a clove to ease a toothache.

Biting on a clove or rubbing clove oil on the tooth cavity itself will relieve the pain.

Slim fast

By eating a tomato everyday before your breakfast for two months and it will help you slim down.

Painful gums and bleeding teeth?

Apply a powdered mixture of 500g. of green guava peel with 10g. each of phitkari (alum), kali mirch (black salt) and sendha namak (black salt) on your teeth twice a day and this will provide relief in less than a week.

Cure for constipation in babies.

Give them ½ tsp. to one teaspoon of homemade ghee with a few granules of sugar and juice of black currents(draksh) soaked overnight in water can be given to the baby in the morning. Both, the ghee-sugar mixture and currant juice, can be given once a day.

Stomachache due to dehydration ?

Chew betel leaves with a few rock salt crystals. It gives immediate relief.

Indigestion?

1 tsp. of mint juice mixed with an equal amount of honey and lemon juice is a good cure for indigestion.

Suffering from bad breath?

Chewing on "saunf" makes your breath fresh and removes strong odours.