Home Remedies

Home Remedies for Acidity

1. Bananas : Banana is a low-acid fruit that neutralizes stomach acid by coating an irritated esophageal lining. They are alkaline in nature and are also rich in fiber that helps in digestion.
2. Tulsi (Basil) : Chewing 4-5 Tulsi leaves or having light Tulsi tea can give immediate relief from acidity.
3. Cold Milk : Cold milk is one of the simple remedy to combat acidity. Drinking a glass of cold fat free milk without any additives, neutralises any kind of acid formation in the stomach and prevents acid reflux.
4. Saunf (Fennel seeds) : Chewing few fennel seeds will help you get relief from acidity by soothing acid refluxes & helps in digestion as it adds fiber to your diet.
5. Jeera (Cumin) : Jeera water helps in getting rid of acidity and bloating thereby providing relief from indigestion.

6. Clove : Chewing 2-3 cloves can give you instant relief from acidity. It soothes inflammation, prevents acid reflux and improves digestion.
7. Elaichi (Cardamom) : Cardamom is believed to be one food that balances all three doshas – kapha, pitta and vata. It helps in reducing acidity by stimulating digestion and relieving stomach spasms.
8. Pudina (Mint) : Eating a few pudina leaves can help in getting relief from acidity as it soothers acid reflux problems and helps in the digestion of food.

1. Taking Celery and Sonamukhi powder (Seena Powder/Indian Senna powder/ Cassia angustifolia powder) with warm water helps cure Constipation
2. Drinking a cup of ripened tomato juice helps reducing constipation.
3. Drinking hot water on empty stomach in the morning helps reduce constipation.
4. Taking lemon juice in cold or hot water in the morning and night helps cure constipation.
5. Soak dates at night, mash them in the morning, strain and drink this water, this can help relieve constipation.
6. Take one teaspoon of ginger juice, one teaspoon of lemon juice and two teaspoons of honey, mix it in hot water for relief from constipation.
7. Eating one or two oranges at night helps in curing constipation.

1. Mix Ajwain (Carom seeds/Owa) and jaggery in equal quantity and eat it in the morning and evening to get relief from back pain.
2. Take dried ginger (Saunth/Suntha) powder with hot water to cure back pain.
3. Take a mixture of cumin, Asafoetida (Hing) & sindhav salt (Himalayan Rock Salt/Pink Salt) powder with pure clarified butter(Ghee) to cure back pain.
4. Drink warm water with one tablespoon of Asafoetida (Hing) to get relief from pain of either side of the spine around the lower back.

1. Sniffing hot chickpeas helps cure cold.
2. Drink Hot water mixed with lemon juice at night before going to bed to cure cold.
3. Mix one tablespoon of ginger juice with honey and take it in the morning and evening to help cure cold.
4. Take Mustard (Rai) powder with honey to cure cold.
5. Putting onion juice drops in nostrils will cure cold.
6. Taking few drops of clove oil on handkerchief and sniffing it helps cure cold.
7. Make a mixture of Black pepper with roasted turmeric powder and take it with hot milk for curing cold.
8. Boil dried ginger in hot water and drink the same to cure cold.
9. Mix Black pepper and sugar in hot milk and drink it will to cure cold.

1. Drinking crushed garlic water helps control diabetes.
2. Taking Amla (Indian gooseberry) powder provides relief in diabetes.
3. Mixing one spoon each of turmeric and Amla (Indian gooseberry) powder and taking it every day morning and evening provides relief in diabetes.
4. Every day night soak Fenugreek seeds in water at night, crush it and have a teaspoon of it every morning.

1. Drinking decoction of Pudina (Mint) & ginger juice helps stop frequent fever.
2. Mixing turmeric and pepper in hot milk and drinking the same helps stop chill fever.
3. During flu fever frequently drinking onion juice helps fever subside.
4. 10gram basil juice, 5 gram Ginger juice mixing and drinking helps reduce malaria fever.
5. Drinking dily mint and basil decoction helps stop frequent fever.