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: 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: 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: 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