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Cumin- One of the most common spices

Posted on November 14th, 2007 in Nature Cure by admin

You must find the use of cumin in most of the dishes and it is one of the most common spices. But have you ever thought about the uses of cumin in medical field? It has many great medicinal values. The seeds contains between 2.5 and 4.5 percent essential oils, the principal component of which is cumaldehyde. The oil is used in perfumery, for flavoring a variety of liquors, and used for medicinal purposes.

As medicine it can be used in the following ways:

1. Diabetes: Take 1/2 spoon of crushed jeera with water twice daily.

2. Constipation, indigestion: Add equal quantities of jeera, black pepper dried ginger and dried curry leaves and powder them together. Add a little salt to taste. Add this mixture to hot ghee and eat with steamed rice.

3. Gas, Nausea: Mix equal quantities of jeera, black pepper and ginger. Make an infusion by boiling it in some water. Drink thrice a day for a few days.

4. Heaviness in stomach, indigestion: Mix 1/4 spoon each powdered jeera and black pepper in a glass of buttermilk. Drink two or three times a day for 2-3 days.

5. Fatigue: Mix 1/2 spoon each jeera, coriander seeds, black pepper and tuvar dal. Boil in water and drink with salt to taste.

6. Insomnia: Mix 1 spoon powder of roasted jeera with a mashed ripe banana. Eat after dinner regularly.

Orange Juice can diagnose the fever

Posted on November 1st, 2007 in Nature Cure by admin

When I was child enough I thought eating and drinking juice during fever would result in severe fever. Oranges contain high amounts of vitamins C and A. Sweet orange juice as a mild laxative and is very effective during cough and cold, fevers, general debility, dimness of vision, anaemia, lassitude, constipation, scurvy and headache. It cures vomiting and checks carsickness. It is very useful in low blood pressure.

It is an excellent food for children as a supplement for those who must drink because it seems to help in the retention of calcium in the body. Ripe oranges contain as much as ten percent in the body. Ripe oranges contain as much as ten percent fruit sugar which can be immediately assimilated by the body.

You can use orange to cure fever:

1. Fever: Orange is an excellent food in all types of fever when the digestion power of the body is seriously distributed. Orange juice is the most ideal liquid food in fevers like typhoid, T.B. and measles. It gives energy, increases urinary output and promotes body resistance against infections, thereby helping to recover fast.

For other diseases like Dyspepsia, bones and teeth, heart disease and Acne:

A) Dyspepsia: Orange is a good remedy for chronic dyspepsia. it stimulates the flow of digestive juices thereby improving digestion and increasing appetite. It also creates suitable conditions for the development of friendly bacteria in the intestines.

B) Bones and Teeth: As it is a good source of vitamin C, it works well in the diseases of the bones and teeth. Giving large amounts of orange juice can cure pyorrhoea and dental caries. Regular intake of oranges also helps in prevention of arthritis.

C) Heart Disease: Orange juice sweetened with honey, is highly useful in heart diseases.

D) Acne: The orange peel is valuable in the treatment of pimples and acne. The peel, pounded well with water, should be applied on the affected areas.