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 

Home Remedies from south India: Skin care

 Posted on April 6, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  99 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

*’Hair bath’ is a term used in colloquial Indian English (Indianism) which means having a regular bath as well as washing one’s hair. Many people don’t wash their hair every day. [Read More]
acne  anthimanthaarai  bath from a bucket  block camphor  boils  bucket bath  calotropis gigantia  castor oil  cinnamon  clear skin  cream  cream of curd  crystalised camphor  curd  datura  eczema  erukku  erukku elai  heat  home remedies  honey  infections  injury  karboga arisi  katti karpooram  latex  luke-warm water  multani mitti  nallennai  oomathai  opens pores  pimples  pores  red brick powder  ring worms  river bath  semmann  sesame oil  shower  skin care  skin infections  steam inhalation  tulasi  tulsi  turmeric  vellakennai  vicco turmeric 

Home Remedies from south India: Feet

 Posted on March 25, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  70 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This is the fourth in a series which started with Hair Care. The other two posts cover Colds and Coughs. 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]
castor oil  coconut leaves  coconut oil  cotton  feet  foot ache  heated brick  home remedies  injury  joints  lime juice  lumps  medicinal plants  mustard  mustart paste  otharam  rice batter  rock salt  salt water  sesame oil  shoe bites  swelling  thorns  vellakkennai  water 

Home Remedies from south India: Coughs

 Posted on March 23, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  25 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Disclaimer:

The pictures used in this series are inserted from other websites. I have used them only to illustrate the ingredients used in the remedies.

adathoda  athimadhuram  chithirathai  cold  coriander  coughs  fever  ginger  home remedies  honey  kadukka  kashayam  manjapodi  medicinal plants  milk  palm sugar  panakalkandu  panakarkandu  pepper  sukku  sukkumalli  sukkumalli kashayam  turmeric  vaalmelagu  wheezing 

Home Remedies from south India: Colds

 Posted on March 18, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  25 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Disclaimer:

The pictures used in this series are inserted from other websites. I have used them only to illustrate the ingredients used in the remedies.

burning turmeric  calcium oxide  camphor  cane  chest congestion  child birth  chilli  coconut oil  cold  cough  cow dung  dal  garlic  ginger  honey  inji  jaggery  karpooram  karpuram  lentils  malaga  melagu  milagu  nallennai  omavalli  pepper  salt water  salt water gargling  sambrani  sesame oil  sinus  sour throat  steam inhalation  sunnambu  tulasi  vaalmilagu  vellam  vibhuthi  vibhuti 

Home Remedies from flora in south India: Hair Care

 Posted on March 17, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  25 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Disclaimer:

The pictures used in this series are inserted from other websites. I have used them only to illustrate the ingredients used in the remedies.

alum  amla  castor oil  coconut oilt  cow dung  curry leaves  fenugreek  ginger  green gram  hair shaft  henna  hibiscus  home remedies  karusilankanni  karuvepellai  karuveppelai  long hair growth  manjal  marudani  medicinal plants  mehendi  nallennai  neem  nellikai  pasipayiru  ponnanganni  poo  roja mottu  rose buds  sambrani  seka podi  sembarathi  sesame oil  shikakai  sukku  thenga ennai  tulasi  turmeric  velakkennai  vendayam 

LfE 24: Volcano Sunset

 Posted on February 24, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

20/04/2010  Hello, As you all probably know, the Iceland Volcano continues to erupt disrupting flights all over northern Europe. My flatmate who was supposed to go to Germany for part of her PhD has been grounded here. [Read More]
Arthur's seat  Edinburgh  flight disruption  Holland  hugging the planet  Iceland Volcano  letters from edinburgh  northern europe  rolling around in the grass  sunset