Coriander help in summers

Some people suffer from headaches during summers because of the heat.This tip reduces the head pain to a great extent.
Coriander seeds (dhaniya) are made into a paste and the paste is applied on the forehead.
If fresh green coriander is available,then the leaves are made into a fine paste and rubbed on the forehead.
This relieves the pain.

Jack fruit leaves for heat boils

The heat boils lose their size and intensity when jack fruit leaves paste is applied on them.

Neti kriya

The neti pot -picture released into the public domain by author Madhavi

Neti kriya is also known as nasal irrigation, where the nasal passages are washed with lukewarm salt water .
The technique is tricky and must be learnt from an expert. The ideal temperature and amount of salt in the water varies with each guru. Each person may have to work out the ratio on their own.
Benefits of Jal neti:

• reduces the symptoms of sinus problems
• cures nasal congestion
• reduces the symptoms of most problems associated with nasal passages.

(This kriya is to be learnt from an expert)

(The picture above is a copper neti pot. It is quite difficult to clean )

A simple aid for rectal prolapse with onions

Onion pieces are fried in a small amount of  ghee.A little sugar is sprinkled on it as garnish.Eating this mixture for 21 days improves the symptoms faced by people suffering from rectal prolapse.

The steel soap oxymoron

A steel soap -image released into the public domain by author Madhavi.

I bought this cute little stainless steel soap to check whether it really works in removing unpleasant smells from the hands.I rubbed this soap well on my palms after crushing and peeling a lot of garlic, amazingly the garlicky odor disappeared.
More water and scrubbing was needed to wash off the smell without the soap.
I am not sure about the chemistry behind this-I heard that the steel faucet would work just fine instead of the soap-but I like this shiny soap with this glinting arc sitting pretty in my kitchen.

Dried dates for the heart

50 gm of dried dates * are washed well and soaked in 250 ml of drinking water.In the mornings the dates are made into a paste and the paste is diluted with the water which was used for soaking.The seeds are discarded.Drinking this in the mornings for 2 months on an empty stomach strengthens the heart.

* dried dates also known as chuhara in Hindi ,Endu karjuram in Telugu.

(as read in the magazine Rishi prasad in the ayurveda section)

A good tip for dandruff with Neem seeds.

Ingredients needed:
25 gm of crushed Neem seeds.
100 gm of mustard oil.
The oil is heated in a vessel and the pounded seeds are added to the oil and stirred till the seeds become black.The heat is turned off and the mixture is cooled and filtered.
The dandruff slowly disappears when this oil is massaged well into the scalp.The oil is better absorbed if it is lukewarm.