Respiration means that we exhale and inhale properly. There are lots of diseases related with our respiratory system.
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.
Cough (Dry)
250 gms. of 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 for cough.
Mix 8-10 tablespoons of coconut milk with 1 tablespoon poppy seeds (khuskhus) and 1 tablespoon pure honey. Take every night before going to bed.
Mix equal amounts of honey and ginger juice for better results, warm the mixture a little and then have it. Have 1 teaspoon, 2-3 times a day.
Three pepper corns sucked with a pinch of black cumin and a pinch of salt gives relief.
Mix 1 teaspoon pepper powder with 4 teaspoon gur (jaggery). Make small balls. Suck 3-4 balls/tablets during the day.
Mix equal amounts of pepper powder and sugar candy (mishri) by weight, mix enough pure ghee to make small balls. Suck one ball/tablet 3-4 times a day. Avoid curd, bananas, ice, rice, fried and cold foods.
Give 1 teaspoon of basil 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 a pinch of turmeric with warm 1 cup milk and take it at night.
Whooping Cough
Take about 10 gms. of tulsi leaves and even amount of black pepper. Now grind them together to homogeneous powder form. Now adding a little of honey to the combination and make small tablets. These astringent tasting tablets should be taken at least four times a day. Don’t swallow these tablets but suck them slowly.
If the accompanying cough be of dry type, add a little of honey then additionally, make the patient have the combined juice extracted from the even amount of tulsi seeds, ginger and onion. In case of wet cough add sugar candy also in the combination.
Crush about 50 gms. of radish and add equal amount of sugar cane juice. It would be advisable to add a piece of ginger’s juice also in the concoction. Have this combination at least twice a day for speedier relief.
A child suffering from this trouble should kept away from all foods which produce phlegm like milk, ghee, sweets, rice, refined flour products, sugar and lentils. Give the child citrus but sweet fruits.
Burn the plantain leaves to ashes and ask the child to lick about 5 gms. of this ash daily. In about two weeks time this trouble shall be over.
If the child is also afflicted with constipation, make him lick the combination of pure honey 6 gms. and castor oil 6 gms; followed by the combination of cumin seeds, licorice, munnakka 3, boiled in water, mixed with pure honey.
Chew a clove with a pinch of salt to ease expectoration and relieve irritation in throat.
Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1/2 teaspoon each of ginger powder, clove powder and cinnamon powder. Filter it. Sweeten with 1 teaspoon honey and drink.
Asthma
Mix equal amounts of fresh ginger juice, honey and pomegranate juice. Take 1 tablespoon, 1-2 times a day.
Figs 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 first in the morning and also drink the water. Do this for at least 2 months.
Take ‘Alshi’ (10 gms) and after coarsely grinding it, boil in about 250 gms. of water. When water remains half due to evaporation, add 20 gms. of honey to it. Honey is a very effective expectorant.
Extract about 200 gms. of carrot juice and add about 100 gms. of spinach juice with it. Have this combined juice at least thrice a day for getting relief. But one must continue this treatment at least for three months for total cure. Have carrot and spinach also as salad in addition.
An expectorant and a very effective remedy for asthma is prepared by boiling 6 cloves in 3 tablespoons of water. Take 1 teaspoon of this decoction with a little honey, thrice daily.
Juice of onions 50 gms. juice of gwarpatha 50 gms. ginger juice 50 gms. and pure honey 10 gms. Mix them all in a glass container. Close it with the lid and dig it underground for 72 hours. Then take it out and let the patient lick it 6 gms. each time, at least twice daily, preferably in the morning and evening.
If available then take indigenous wax, resin and ghee . Mix the three and put it over the live charcoal. The smoke emitted by the mixture should be inhaled deeply by the patient of asthma. This smoke clears the chest congestion and relieves the tension in the lungs.
Mix 1 teaspoon honey with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder and have it at night before going to bed.
Boil carom seeds in water and inhale the steam.
Boil 8-10 flakes of garlic in 1/2 cup of milk. Have this every night. It gives excellent results in early stages of asthma.
Add a handful of drumstick leaves 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 everyday, once or twice a day.
Mix 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida, 2 teaspoons honey, 1/2 teaspoon juice from betel leaf 1/2 teaspoon white onion juice. Have it 2-5 times a day. To take out juice from betel, crush to a paste and squeeze through a clean muslin cloth. For onion juice, grate the onion and squeeze through a clean muslin cloth.
Breathing Problem
Mix 1 teaspoon camphor in 1/2 cup slightly warm coconut oil and apply on the chest.
Boil 2 tablespoon fennel seeds in 1 cup water till it is reduced to half. Filter. Take 1 tablespoon every morning evening for a few days.
Boil 3 tablespoon powdered nutmeg in 1 cup sesame oil. Cool it and apply on affected parts.
q Mix 1 teaspoon oil of garlic and 3 teaspoons honey and take a small amount three times a day.
Chest Congestion
Add to 1/2 litre of boiling water, 1 teaspoon carom seeds powder along with 1 teaspoon turmeric powder. Cool it and take 1 tablespoon of this mixture alongwith 1 teaspoon honey.
Chest Congestion Causing Breathing Problem
Grind 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds to a smooth paste. Mix with honey and eat.
Mix equal quantities of mustard powder and rice flour. Add some water and boil until it reaches a paste like consistency. Spread on a handkerchief and foment the chest and neck when bearably hot.
Pneumonia
Get the pure tulsi oil from a recognised Ayurvedic medicine shop. Put this oil on the chest of the afflicted person. Together with this treatment, extract the juice of five tulsi leaves, Mix it with a few grind grains of black pepper at 6 hourly interval. This combined treatment will produce enough heat in the body to make the person sweat. With sweat all the effect of cold inside the body shall vanish and the patient will be cured.
Take a thick cloth and make four folds of it. Between the third and fourth fold, spread a layer of turmeric. Now mix turmeric in lukewarm water and sprinkle over the cloth to make it partially wet. Now put this cloth on the chest of the patient, heat a brick and put it over the chest of the patient to foment his chest, when the heat from the brick reaches the chest, it would nullify the pneumonia effect. Also take 1 gm. of black pepper, five cloves and 1 gm. of edible soda. Boil it in 15 ml. of water. When it is drinkable, make the patient sip it for early relief.
