Home Remedies from south India: Dental tips

 Posted on April 24, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  79 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This is a continuation of the series which started with Hair Care. The other posts covered Eye care, Coughs, Digestive disorders, Head aches, and Skin care among other topics. [Read More]
antibacterial  bad breath  banyan roots  bitter  charcoal  cinnamon  cinnamon and honey  clove oil  dental  health  home remedies  honey  husk  hygiene  neem sticks  neem toothbrushes  oral  oral ulcers  powder  salt  teeth  tooth aches  umikkari  vela maram 

Little Baby Ten Days Old

 Posted on April 18, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  83 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

May 2008, dedicated to my niece. . Little baby 10 days old You squirm around in my lap Frown and smile without reason Pee and poo without warning [Read More]
baby  niece  poetry 

Home Remedies from south India: Digestive Disorders

 Posted on April 16, 2012  |  0 minutes  |  0 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

aches  acidity  ajvain  apple  areca nut  asafotida  ash  baby  banana  beetle leaf  beetle leave  beetle nut  belly  browning  buttermilk  car  carom  castor oil  children  cinnamon  cloth  constipation  culter  curry leaf  diarrhoea  digestion  digestive health  drinking water  fenugreek  garlic  gas  ginger  grandmother's knowledge  grating  grind  ground  health  heat  hing  home remedies  honey  jaggery  jeera  jeeraham  juice  kadukkai  karuvepellai  kashayam  laxative  maadhulam  maadhulam pinju  natural medicine  neem leaves  omam  peacock feather  pepper  perungayam  pomegranate  pooja lamp  powder  puja lamp  raw pomegranate  shredding  stomach  stress  tualsi  ushnam  vasambu  vellakkennai  vellam  vendhayam  vomiting  water  wet  wet cloth  worms 

Home Remedies from south India: Ulcers

 Posted on April 13, 2012  |  0 minutes  |  0 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

broken coconut pieces  cabbage  coconut water  daniya  duodenal ulcer  eleneer  eleni  fenugreek  gastic ulcer  gravy  green gram  greengram  health  heat  home remedies  koottu  lentils  manathakali keerai  mouth  muttaikose  nallennai  oral ulcer  paasi  paasi paruppu  pasi payiru  ponnanganni keerai  sesame oil  thenga thanni  thengai  ulcer  ulcers  venthayam 

Home Remedies from south India: Eye care

 Posted on April 7, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  88 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This is a continuation of the series which started with Hair Care. The other posts include information about Colds, Coughs, Foot problems and Headaches. The information in this series is the knowledge of my grandmother, which I documented as part of a project on medicinal plants and home remedies. [Read More]
butter  castor oil  clay lap  copper place  cow butter  dosa karandi  dosai  ginger oil  gopi chandanam  home remedies  kadukku  kajal  mai  majal podi  medicinal plants  namakatti  sandlewood  turmeric  turmeric powder  vetthelai 

Senthamizh Naatu Thamizhachiye: Lyrics and Translation

 Posted on April 6, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  305 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Here is a song from the movie Vandicholai Chinraasu. For the light comical tune it keeps, the last verse is incongruously preachy. It reflects the morals and values of the early 90s especially in smaller towns. [Read More]
comical song  kungumam  lyrics  patriarchal  preachy lyrics  sthyaraj  tamil songs  translated  values  Vandicholai Chinraasu