Our respiratory system is very sensitive and get infected by polluted or toxins containing air and atmospheric changes.
Asthma
- Mix 1 teaspoon honey with ½ teaspoon dalchini powder and have it in night before going to bed.
- Boil 8-10 flakes of lahsun in ½ cup of milk. Have it every night. It gives excellent results in early stages of asthma.
- Boil ajwain in water and inhale the steam.
- Add a handful of sahijan to 1 cup water. Boil. Simmer on low flame for 3-4 minutes. Cool and strain. Add salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste. Have every day, once or twice.
- Mix ¼ teaspoon heeng, 2 teaspoon honey, ½ teaspoon juice from paan ka patta, ½ teaspoon white onion juice. Have it 2-3 times a day. To take out juice from paan, crush it to a paste and sqeeze through a clean muslin cloth. For onion juice grate the onion and squeeze through a clean muslin cloth.
- Anjeer are known to give relief by draining the phlegm. Take 3-4 dry figs, wash them well with warm water. Soak overnight in a cup of water. Eat them early in the morning and also drink the water. Do this for at least 2 months.
- An expectorant and very effective remedy for asthma is prepared by boiling laung in 3 tablespoon of water. Take 1 teaspoon of this decoction with a little honey, thrice daily.
- Mix equal amounts of fresh adrak juice, honey and anar juice. Take 1 tablespoon, 1-2 times a day.
Breathing Problem
Boil 3 tablespoons powdered jaiphal in 1 cup til ka tel. Cool and apply on affected parts.
Mix 1 teaspoon kapoor in ½ cup slightly warmed coconut oil and apply on the chest.
Boil 2 tablespoons saunf in 1 cup water till it is reduced to half. Filter. Take 1 tablespoon every morning and evening for a few days.
Chest Congestion
Add to ½ litre (2½ cups) of boiling water 1 teaspoon ajwain powder alongwith 1 teaspoon haldi powder. Cool. Take
1 tablespoon on this mixture alongwith 1 teaspoon honey.
Cough
Give 1 teaspoon of tulsi leaves juice, 2-3 times a day to children having cough. Tulsi leaves can be crushed to a paste and the paste squeezed through a clean muslin cloth to get juice.
Mix equal amounts of honey and adrak juice. For better results warm the mixture a little and then have it. Have 1 teaspoon, 3-4 times a day.
Three saboot kali mirch sucked with a pinch of syah jeera and pinch of salt gives relief.
Mix 1 teaspoon pepper powder with 4 teaspoon gur. Make small tablets. Suck 3-4 tablets during the day.
Mix equal amounts of pepper powder and mishri by weight. Mix enough pure ghee to form small tablets. Suck one tablet 3-4 times a day. Avoid curd, bananas, ice rice, fried and cold foods.
Mix a pinch of haldi with 1 cup warm milk and have at night.
Cough (Dry)
Mix 8-10 tablespoons of coconut milk with 1 tablespoon khuskhus and 1 tablespoon pure honey. Take every night before going to bed.
Nearly 250 gms sweet apples should be taken daily for a week to obtain relief.
A glass of warm water with juice of 1 lime and 1-2 teaspoon of honey is very good remedy for cough.
Cough with Phlegm
Mix equal amounts of onion juice and honey. Have 1 teaspoon, 3-4 times a day. This is a preventive medicine against cold in winter.
Chew a laung with a pinch of salt to ease expectoration and relieve irritation in throat.
Mucus in Cough
Pour 1 cup boiling water over ½ teaspoon each of adrak powder, laung powder and powder of tulsi leaves. Filter. Sweeten with a teaspoon honey and drink.
