Common Cold and Blocked Nose - Turmeric is the ultimate solution
Turmeric is well known for its medicine properties and there are many usefulness of turmeric in the day-to-day life. Turmeric (Haldi) is a root from the ginger family. It is an ideal disinfectant and an internal antiseptic. It arrests cholesteral problems, eliminates toxins and cools down the digestive and circulatory systems.
As medicine, you can use turmeric in the following ways:
1. Muscle Strain: Heat ginger paste with turmeric paste (1:1) and apply. Intestinal worms: Take quarter spoon turmeric along with a glass of hot water 2 or 5 times daily.
2. Common cold and blocked nose: Add 1 spoon turmeric powder to boiling water. Inhale the vapor and this is a very common practice and it really works for me.
3. Dry Cough and Sore throat: Drink a pinch of turmeric powder in a cup of hot milk at bedtime.
4. Common Cold: Mix 1 spoon turmeric powder along with quarter spoon ajwain powder in 3 teacups hot water. Allow to cool and take 1 spoon of this decoction along with 1 spoon honey twice daily for a few days.