| Causes and Symptoms: | | | | is the putrifying mater in the intestines. |
| | | | The patient must fast till the cold is |
| Call it corya or catarrh of the nose; a | | | | gone-it will not take more than two days-and |
| common cold is a very irritating condition. | | | | take a warm water enema followed by a cup of |
| It may be caused by a variety of factors, the | | | | warm water after every two hours. |
| most common being a sudden chilling because | | | | |
| of a change of temperature, coming out of the | | | | If he is unable to take the enema, let him |
| cozy bed into a blast of cold air or walking | | | | try the following method: |
| form an air-cooled room into a blazing sun. | | | | |
| According to allopathy, these are only pre | | | | Take half a kilogramme of spinach, 250 |
| disposing factors, the real culprit being a | | | | grammes of turnips (along with their leaves), |
| virus, which incidentally has not yet been | | | | 250 grammes of tomatoes, 75 grammes of |
| separated or counteracted. Traditional | | | | coriander leaves and boil them in about one |
| remedies fail to cure the cold as a apparent | | | | litre of water. If some of these vegetables |
| form the old adage that if you take | | | | are not available, radishes or other greens |
| medicines, the cold is cured in a week, | | | | may be used. Cover the lid of the vessel with |
| otherwise seven days." But in the case of | | | | a flat dish full of water so that the water |
| weak constitutions a cold may lead to more | | | | does not evaporate and there is sufficient |
| serious diseases like tonsillitis, | | | | left. When the vegetables are done, strain |
| laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and | | | | them through muslin or other fine cloth. Add |
| tuberculosis. What is worse, a catarrh of the | | | | a little salt, the juice of lime and roasted |
| respiratory organs may degenerate into a | | | | and ground cumin seed and take it in |
| catarrh of the alimentary system. | | | | tumblerfuls after every two to three hours. |
| | | | This will clear the bowels and also open the |
| A cold is an extremely irritating condition: | | | | pores by producing sweat. |
| You are not sick enough to get into bed, yet | | | | |
| not well enough to lead a normal life. A | | | | Chronic Cold: |
| running nose, feverishness, heaviness of the | | | | |
| head, pains and aches in the body, loss of | | | | A cold sometimes becomes chronic. Such |
| appetite and of smell are the main features | | | | patients should also follow the regimen |
| of a cold which makes life miserable. | | | | suggested above. It will clear their bowels. |
| | | | Let them also take some exercise so that |
| Treatment: | | | | their pores open. Those who are too weak |
| | | | should soak their feet in warm water for |
| Like other diseases to which human beings are | | | | fifteen to twenty minutes the last thing at |
| subject, a cold is the result of | | | | night. Let the patient wear a blanket while |
| inappropriate diet. It is nature's way of | | | | he is doing it; it will help open his pores |
| expelling poisonous humours from the body. We | | | | and the nose will stop running. |
| must attack the malady at its source and that | | | | |