Home Remedies from South India: Miscellaneous

 Posted on January 10, 2013  |  2 minutes  |  225 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 Careamong other topics. [Read More]
asthma  beetroot  black grapes  blood  bronchial tubes  burns  constriction  ginger  grandmother  hair  health  home remedies  honey  lady's fingers  lime  neem leaves  nose bleeds  oil  okra  onions  rheumatism  salt  skin  tulasi  unconscious  vepaelai  water 

Home Remedies from south India: Fertility and reproductive troubles

 Posted on January 3, 2013  |  1 minutes  |  120 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 Careamong other topics. [Read More]
cinnamon  fertility  grandmother  gums  health  home remedies  honey  honey and cinnamon  infertility  labour pains  lime juice  salt  semen  sleep  sombu kashaayam  uterus 

Home Remedies from South India: Honey and Cinnamon's other uses

 Posted on January 3, 2013  |  2 minutes  |  339 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 Careamong other topics. [Read More]
arthritis  bladder infections  breath  cholesterol  chronic arthritis  cinnamon  cinnamon powder  fertility  fresh breath  grandmother  grandmother's knowledge  health  home remedies  honey  honey and cinnamon  impotent men  insomnia  loss of breath  lukewarm water  pain  paste  semen  strengthen  tea water  teaspoon  transquillizer  uterus 

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 

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: 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: Headaches

 Posted on April 1, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  70 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This is a continuation of the series which started with Hair Care. The other posts covered Colds, Coughsand Foot problems. 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]
coconut oil  ginger  head aches  home remedies  honey  lemon juice  medicinal plants  nallennai  neem  neem seeds  sesame oil  sinus  sukku  thenga ennai 

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