• A lemon a day keeps the cold away. For a bad cold,
the juice of two lemons in ½ a litre (2½ cups) of boiling
water sweetened with honey, taken at bed time, is a very
effective remedy.
• Have ginger (adrak) tea.
• Cut ginger (adrak) into 1" _ 1½" pieces and boil with a cup
of water. Give 8-10 boils. Strain, sweeten with ½ teaspoon
sugar and drink hot.
• A tablespoon of carom seeds (ajwain) crushed and tied up
in a muslin cloth can be used for inhalation to relieve
congestion/blocked nose.
• A similar small bundle placed near the pillow of sleeping
children relieves congestion.
• A teaspoon of cumin seeds (jeera) is added to 1 glass of
boiling water. Strain and simmer for a few minutes. Let it
cool. Drink it 1-2 times a day. If sore throat is also present,
add a few small pieces of dry ginger (adrak) to the boiling water.
• Six pepper corns (saboot kali mirch) finely ground and mixed
with a glass of warm water, sweetened with 5-6 batasha
(a variation of sugar candy) can be taken for a few nights.
• In the case of the acute cold in the head, boil 1 tablespoon
full pepper powder in a cup of milk along with a pinch of
turmeric (haldi) and have once daily for at least 3 days.
cold with phlegm (balgam) and slight cough.
• Take 8-10 tulsi leaves and wash well. To 1 cup of water,
add these tulsi leaves, 1-2 cloves of garlic (lasan), ½" piece
ginger, crushed and 4-5 peppercorns (saboot kali mirch).
Boil the water and keep simmering on fire till the quantity is
reduced to ¼ cup. Cool. Strain. Add 1 teaspoon honey.
Drink this every morning.
