Lets start the Mother’s Aushadhi section with home remedies for Cold and Cough. With Ayurved/ home remedies, do not expect to see the result overnight. It takes time but yes, they do not have any side effects.
Cold and Cough is the most common thing kids go through with seasonal change. My daughter catches cold quite easily with seasonal changes. Whenever I see any such symptoms, I first start with these remedies. And touch wood, I don’t have to give her antibiotics. When she was very young, that time also, I hardly gave her antibiotics. Especially, before they turn ONE, you cannot give them medicines. That time these remedies are very useful. In most of them, you will see that Turmeric is the key ingredient. Referred as the Queen of Spices, Turmeric is the principal herb in Ayurveda. We will discuss more about these herbs in another post. Most probably, I will write my next post on the herbs since many of the names are quite different.
I am sharing few of them that worked (and still works) for me. They have given me good results so far. It is totally up to you if you want to try them or you want to continue with your current method. Bottom line is whatever suits your child, continue with that.
For Cough:
- Turmeric powder (Haldi)+Salt, mix it with Luke warm water.
- Turmeric powder+Clarified butter (Ghee)+Jaggery (Gur)+Dry ginger powder (Sauth), mix everything together and make small balls.
- Turmeric powder+Warm Milk.
- Dry roasted Ginger+Honey, mix it together and simply lick it. (For Dry Cough)
- Saltwater gargle, Lukewarm water+Salt, temporarily relives sore throat. (Just remember to spit the water out after gargling, rather than swallowing!)
- 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds+ 10-12 leaves of Basil (Tulsi)+ 1 leaf of Lemon Grass (Gavati Chaha),+2 Cloves+ 3-4 Black Pepper (whole),+1/2″ Ginger+ Sugar to taste (if adding milk), mix everything together and boil in 2 cups of Water. Reduce it to one cup. Drink it when warm. If you want to add milk then add very little. Else, replace sugar with salt.
Remedies for Infants and young one’s:
At this age they are not able to express. Also, when they get congested, they don’t know how to take it out.
- Carom seeds (Ajwain)+Black Salt,Heat it. Tie it in a small bag. Apply mustard oil on the chest and gently rub this bag. It loosens up their cough and makes them feel better.
- Mustard oil+Crushed garlic (let it release its juices and get mixed with oil), heat it. Apply to the bottom of the foot and also to the sides of forehead.
- Sweet flag powder (Vekhand)+Luke warm water, mix it. Make a paste. Directly hold the spoon on stove top. Apply on chest and to the sides of forehead. If you can find Vekhand, then great. For Infants, this works. I am telling from my own experience.
That’s it for today. These are the remedies that I use for cough and cold and I had a good experience using them. Hope they will work for you too.
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for cough, cold and fever and pain in the throat cut one onion and inhale that, within 10mins pain in the throat will disappear. and within one hour heaviness and sinus headache and cold will go.
and in the night time keep these onion pieces next to your kid’s bed. kid will sleep well and get relief from cold, cough and fever.
That’s interesting. Thank you so much,for your suggestion.I truly appreciate it.
Usha, I was watching Fox6 news today morning. They have mentioned the use of Onion as a remedy for flu, cold and cough. They mixed onion slices with Honey and boiled it…:)
Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you writing this article and the rest of the website is also very good.
Thanks for checking the post. Glad that you liked it. Turmeric is truly the queen of spices. May be because of which it has taken the front seat and people have started realizing its important and magic.
I have checked your website. I really liked the Turmeric Side Effects post. We all need to consider the other side too.
Great going!! And keep on visiting Mothers Gurukul.
Thanks for sharing such wonderful and useful tips! Just a correction – Cold and flu are caused by Virus and not Bacteria – So antibiotics can never cure cold/flu. So even if you decide to give your child medicines for flu – never give them antibiotics, only over the counter cold/cough medications are ok.
Thanks Vidya for checking the post and writing your comment.I agree giving antibiotics is not a long term option when your child has a tendency of catching cold quite often.
What is velkhand. Where can I get this in Gurgaon /online
Pl help.
Urgent
Lo suffering from cold
Sugandh, VEKHAND is also known as SWEET FLAG or CALAMUS. You can try out Herbal Stores for it.
hi…alpana
I really appreciate your effort to share herbs and home remedies
I really want to know more usage of vekhand powder…is it useful to massage for infants or kids for hair removal purpose..
Jyoti maheshwari. I am glad you liked the Aushadhi section.To me Home remedies is a first option to consider. Talking about Vekhand powder usage as a hair removal ingredients, I have never tried it but I have read about it that it is one of the natural remedies for hair removal. Here is one link http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=67&table_name=dis_skin_talk
Infant’s skin is very delicate so I will definitely say that be very careful before you think of applying anything new. Consult physician’s or someone who has knowledge of herbs..
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