Dalchini has its effect on digestive system, skin and mouth. It’s curative properties are described hereunder.
Digestive Disorders and other Common Complaints
Pound and pulver cinnamon and boil in the water (glassful), adding a pinch of black pepper and honey. The content should be taken (a tsp) ½ an hour after each meal to allay nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, to stimulate digestive process. If you want, you can omit black pepper and honey. But, in case of malarial fever, influenza, sore throat all the ingredients must be mixed to prevent seasonal effects of influenza. To seek relief in cold, mix honey with cinnamon oil.
Acne and Blackheads
Mix a few drops of lime juice to paste of cinnamon and locally apply over blackheads and pimples.
Bad Breath
Chew small pieces of cinnamon to refresh mouth and ward off foul odour of breath.
Miscellaneous Uses
Cinnamon powder is highly beneficial in disorders like asthma, constipation, spasmodic afflictions, excessive bleeding and uterus problems, gonorrhoea etc. It is used as preventive (Prophylatic) measure to control surfacing of German Measles. It also clears lungs and expels trapped phlegm in the throat and/or lungs.
Fenugreek (Methi)
- This is a home remedy with controlling power of diabetes and joint pains.
- Serves as efficient cleansers within the body.
- Arrests excessive secretions and bleeding.
- Serves as an aphrodisiac agent.
- Increases quantity of urine and regulates secretions.
- Seeds exert soothing effect on mucus membrane, skin by relieving skin irritation, pain and swelling.
- Used to reduce percentage of sugar content in urine and blood for which they serve as both curative and preventive of diabetes.
- They are mucus solvents and expectorants.
- Used for backache, pain in joints, hands and feet, especially after child birth.
- Remove indigestion, flatulence, and improve liver (of sluggish liver) functioning.
- Dispel body odour and foul breath.
- Relieve sore throat, mouth ulcers and dandruff.
- Used as douche for vaginal cleansing, in case of leucorrhoea discharge.
- Used as beauty aid to get rid of blackheads, pimples, wrinkles and dryness of skin.
Diabetes
Take fenugreek seeds or in powder form (2 tsp) with water, or soak them in a cup of water at night and consume the water, after mashing the seeds in the same. A Vaidya had suggested the following prescription:
Fenugreek Powder 100 gms.
Turmeric Powder 25 gms.
White Pepper Powder 5 gms.
Take a tsp each in the morning and evening with glass of milk (without sugar). As soon level reaches to normal reduce the dose accordingly. In certain persons, fenugreek seeds may cause high blood pressure or further cause its rise in established cases of hypertension, hence use with due caution.
Dandruff
Highly chronic dandruff is not curable, but if the disease is a consequence of some other disorder, the same can be cured. Soak 1 tsp. of seeds in water and keep soaked overnight. In the morning prepare a paste using the same water and apply over scalp, and let paste remain for ½ hour whereafter the paste should be washed off with shikakai soap, nut (reetha) solution. Alternatively, apply paste of fresh leaves of fenugreek and apply over scalp before taking bath.
Fever and Respiratory Disorders
When moistened with water, fenugreek seeds soften which should be used while making tea. It is an almost alternative to quinine and can melt sticky substances also. The tea so prepared is also useful in initial disorders of respiratory passage. It also shortens incubation period and dispels suspected pneumonia, sinusitis, catarrh, bronchitis and influenza. Fenugreek tea also induces body perspiration and expels toxic elements. If a few drops of lemon juice are added to the beverage, it will hasten effects and add flavour also. To derive even still quicker results, keep on complete fast.
Stomach and Digestive Disorders
Fenugreek tea is great cleanser. It ably cleanses bowels, intestines, stomach, kidneys (rather whole urinary tract) and organs of respiration. As the mild coating provided by fenugreek, a protective layer is formed, as a result of which it is useful in ulcers also.
Body Odour and Foul Breath
These conditions emanate from the body, simply due to deposit of toxins or/and mucus in gastro-intestinal tract, nasal cavities, vaginal passage, blood stream other oral passages which can be removed by using fenugreek tea as a mouth wash (which can penetrate far deeper into the said body parts).
The volatile oil of fenugreek are still far more powerful and effective, as they have capacity to penetrate deep into cell tissues and sweat glands, thereby removing general indolence. In a way whole body is rejuvenated.
