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]
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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]
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