Home Remedies from south India: Chicken pox

 Posted on May 5, 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]
avoid salt  castor seeds  chicken pox  coconut water  cotton seeds  cumin  curd  elani  health  home remedies  jeera  jeeragam  jeeraham  malai vazhai  neem leaves  raisins  turmeric 

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: 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 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