Month: August 2017

First-Aid: Emergency Medical Aid from Your Kitchen Shelf and Garden for Ulcers in the Mouth, Fever, Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Asthma and Bronchitis

□ ULCERS IN THE MOUTH

• Local application of glycerine on ulcers causes intense salivation and gives relief from pain.
• Gargles with alum water (2-3 grams to a cup of water) removes soreness.
• Catechu or katha powder found in Indian homes as an ingredient for paan or betel leaf preparation — a paste made with a few drops of water and applied locally soothes the ulcer.
• If there is a banyan tree in your garden, grind a little piece of the bark with few drops of water or break a leaf/stem and apply a drop of the sap and then gargle with fresh water. It relieves the pain.

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First-Aid: Emergency Medical Aid from Your Kitchen Shelf and Garden for Worm Infestations, Headache, Toothache and Dental Problems

□ WORM INFESTATIONS

When a person has worms, the doctor prescribe a deworming dose. However, in practice it is often seen that a child/person does not get rid of worm infestations with one deworming dose. Repeated doses have their own hazards.

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First-Aid: Emergency Medical Aid from Your Kitchen Shelf and Garden for Scabies, Jaundice and Urinary Complaints

SCABIES

• If there is a localized scabies infection, dry and powder neem leaves. Half a teaspoon of this powder can be taken as a morning drink in a glass of hot water with sugar added to taste for ten days.
• A decoction made from neem leaves, neem tree bark can be used to wash the effected area.
• A paste of neem leaves with an equal amount of turmeric powder mixed with a little mustard oil can be applied over the area. Leave it for 45 minutes to an hour. Wash the area. Continue the process for a week.
• Alternatively, the bark of the neem tree dried and burnt to make washes, mixed with a little coconut oil to make paste and applied on the affected area after a bath, morning and evening, gets rid of the condition.

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First-Aid: Emergency Medical Aid from Your Kitchen Shelf and Garden for Boils, Minor Burns and Scalds, Sunburn and Conjectivitis and Watering of Eyes

□ BOILS

Betel leaf

Gently warm a betel leaf over a flame, coat it with castor oil on one side. Place it on the boil which has not yet come to a head and bandage lightly. Repeat this every few hours with a fresh leaf. This helps the boil to come to a head and rupture. Once that happens express the collected pus out by putting pressure from the periphery inwards and then apply a clean dressing. The leaf does not stick to the boil and is easy to remove.

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First-Aid: Handy Herbal Ingredients

□ HANDY HERBAL INGREDIENTS IN THE KITCHEN

• Ajwain, anise, hing, betelnut, black pepper, caraway, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, dill seeds, fenugreek, mustard, nutmeg, poppy.
• Alum, camphor, catechu, honey, isabgol, salt, turmeric, sandalwood, dried ginger, liquorice, tamarind, walnuts.
• Barley, rice, castor oil, mustard oil, linseed oil and til oil.
• Milk, buttermilk, yogurt.

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First-Aid: Emergency Medical Aid from Your Kitchen Shelf and Garden for Pain And Discomfort During Menstruation, Insomnia, High Blood Pressure and Diabetes

Pain And Discomfort During Menstruation

Herbal teas made of saunf (fennel), parsley, mint, and liquorice. These actually cause diuresis which gets rid of the water retention in the pelvic organs thus relieving the bloated feeling.

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Dental Care: Anatomy of a Tooth

What is Dentistry?

The science and art of preventing and controlling the dental disease. It promotes dental health through education, personal discussion with your dentist and information to public in general. The scope of dentistry is increasing rapidly. Previously the dentist was concerned only with removal of painful teeth and their artificial replacement.

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Dental Care: What are the Functions of Teeth?

In Indian Ayurvedic literature record of decayed teeth and gum diseases have been described. Sushruta, an ancient old surgeon has given a wonderful description of teeth and gum diseases. He states that pyorrhoea is due to obstruction of blood-flow to the teeth and their supporting structures. It causes oozing of pus and looseness of tooth, it should be treated with herbal medicines. If the treatment is inadequate, the tooth should be removed. These methods indicate that he knew the gum-disease treatment including removal of tooth. This proves that he was not only a general surgeon but also a dentist. To my knowledge Sushruta is the first dentist of the world.

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