| A diet rich in fresh fruits, vegetables, | | | | liquorice as it can retain sodium and deplete |
| salads, low saturated fats and whole cereals | | | | potassium in the body. |
| will ensure near adequate protection against | | | | |
| infective organism. Raw fruits and vegetables | | | | Try to steer clear of anyone who smokes or |
| are better than the cooked one. Still with | | | | who has a cold. Virus particles can travel up |
| all these precautions if you get cold try out | | | | to 12 feet (3.7 meters) through the air when |
| these simple remedies, which are used by our | | | | someone with a cold coughs or sneezes, and |
| grand mothers and found to be very effective. | | | | even secondhand smoke can make your child |
| Try out these harmless traditional medicines | | | | more likely to get sick. |
| before swallowing the chemicals. Remember | | | | |
| these remedies are part of our tradition and | | | | Prevent upper respiratory infections by |
| not many scientific studies are carried out. | | | | enjoying the common cold remedies on a |
| | | | regular basis. |
| There's no real proof that eating this | | | | |
| soothing, warm concoction can cure a cold, | | | | Use the remedies ingredients for spa and |
| but sick people have been swearing by it for | | | | beauty treatments. Directions are included in |
| more than 800 years. Why? Chicken soup | | | | your book. |
| contains a mucus-thinning amino acid called | | | | |
| cysteine, and some research shows that | | | | Cassia roots are effective in treating cold. |
| chicken soup helps control congestion-causing | | | | The roots are burnt and the smoke from them |
| white cells, called neutrophils. | | | | is inhaled. The mucus discharge will increase |
| | | | after such a treatment, but within a while it |
| Mix 1tsp of black pepper powder, 1tsp dried | | | | will stop completely. |
| ginger powder, 1tsp long pepper powder, 1tsp | | | | |
| liquorice root powder and 3- 4 sugar candy. | | | | Common cold patients are typically advised to |
| It can be had when cough is there. People | | | | fast for one day so that the body toxins wash |
| with high blood pressure should avoid eating | | | | out. Then the patients can have hot vegetable |
| liquorice as it can retain sodium and deplete | | | | soups, or steamed vegetables with little or |
| potassium in the body. | | | | no spices in them. Foods that are difficult |
| | | | to digest such as cheese, yoghurt, milk, oily |
| A tablespoon of ajwain crushed in the palms | | | | and spicy foods and sweets must be avoided. |
| and tied up in a thin kerchief and can be | | | | |
| used for inhalation to relieve nasal block. | | | | The beauty of home remedies is that they are |
| This can be used for small children also. | | | | accessible and easy to prepare. Many of the |
| This tied bundle can be kept on the pillow | | | | remedies contained in this section have been |
| while sleeping and is found very effective. | | | | passed down through the generations by word |
| | | | of mouth - others have surpassed all |
| Take 1 tbsp of fresh gooseberry with 1/2 tsp | | | | expectations in clinical trials. Some you |
| ginger juice added to it is also found to be | | | | will remember from the old nursery rhymes. |
| very effective. This can be taken regularly | | | | Remember when Jack fell down and broke his |
| to prevent recurrence of cold. Gooseberry has | | | | crown and Jill fixed it with vinegar and |
| got the highest vitamin C. | | | | brown paper? It may have sounded a strange |
| | | | remedy for a bad head, but in fact this used |
| Mix 1tsp of black pepper powder, 1tsp dried | | | | to be a remedy for headaches and migraine |
| ginger powder, 1tsp long pepper powder, 1tsp | | | | |
| liquorice root powder and 3- 4 sugar candy. | | | | Read about Diet and Recipes and Upload and |
| It can be had when cough is there. People | | | | Share Videos, Photos. |
| with high blood pressure should avoid eating | | | | |