Ayurvedic first aids.

Partap S. Chauhan

AYURVEDIC FIRSTAID TREATMENTS

By Kaviraj Partap S. Chauhan.

Simple Ayurvedic remedies can play a very effective role as first aid treatments. Below are some simple treatments which have been effectively used for thousands of years, for treating some common problems. You can

also try them and stay healthy in a natural way.

ASTHMA:

Take one teaspoonful of ginger powder and one teaspoonful of licorice powder. Add half litre water and boil the mixture till it reduces to one fourth (about 125 ml.). Strain it and drink it warm. Adding a teaspoonful of honey or one gram of common salt is beneficial.

BACKACHE:

Make a paste of ginger, and apply to the affected area. Massaging with eucalyptus oil is very effective. You can also make your own massaging oil. Take 23 cloves of garlic, and cut them into small pieces. Put them in 100 ml. of sesame oil or mustard oil (or any other oil if these two are not available). Boil on slow fire for about five minutes. This oil is very good for massaging the area of backache.

BLEEDING (EXTERNAL):

Applying a paste of sandalwood powder is helpful in the cases of external bleeding. It stops the bleeding and also heals the wound. Drinking a cup of warm milk with half teaspoonful turmeric powder and a pinch of saffron or alum, added to it is also very good healing drink. It also acts as pain reliever.

BURNS:

Make a paste of fresh gel of aloe vera with a pinch of turmeric powder. Adding one 12 grams of Ghee or coconut oil to this paste makes it more effective. This paste can be applied to the burnt area.

COMMON COLD:

Take one tablespoon of grated fresh ginger, one teaspoonful of cinnamon powder and one teaspoonful of licorice powder. Add all these together to one litre water and boil on slow fire for ten minutes till it remains one fourth (250 ml.) This drink can be taken three times in a day. Honey can added as sweetener.

DIARRHEA:

Add one teaspoon of fresh grated ginger and one gram nutmeg powder to half cup of water. Blend them together for few minutes in a mixture. Drinking this twice or three times day helps to stop diarrhea.

EARACHE:

Take 23 cloves of garlic. Peel off the skin and cut them into small pieces. Add 100 ml. of sesame or mustard oil and boil on slow fire for five minutes. Strain and when it becomes cool, drop two drops in the aching ear. Can be used two times a day.

Make a mixture of one teaspoonful of onion juice and half teaspoonful of honey. This mixture is also helpful in earache. Two drops in each ear can be used two times a day.

EYE BURNING:

Put 23 drops of pure rose water into the affected eye. This can be used two or three times a day. It also helps in itchy eyes and reduces the redness in the eyes.

BOILS :

Apply cooked onion as a poultice on the boil. A paste of ginger powder (one teaspoonful) and turmeric powder (one teaspoonful) is also good to apply on the boil. Either the boil will be suppressed or a head will appear so that the pus can be drained out easily.

EXHAUSTION (HEAT) :

Drink one glass (250 ml.) of coconut water or grape juice. Take 34 pieces of dates and cook them with one glass of milk or water. Eat the dates and drink the milk or water. It is also good to blend them in a mixture before taking. This drink is very good and gives instant energy.

BLEEDING OF GUMS:

Squeeze the juice of half lemon into a cup of water and add one teaspoonful of honey. This drink should be taken every morning. Massaging the gums gently with coconut oil also helps.

MENSTRUAL CRAMPS:

Take one tablespoon of aloevera gel and mix in half a gram of black pepper powder. Such a mixture can be taken 23 times during the day or until the cramps disappear.

Try out some these simple Ayurvedic first aid remedies and stay healthy.

For any further questions or for ordering specific

Ayurvedic medicines for your chronic problems, please feel

free to contact me.

So till we meet next, best of health!

Dr. Partap S. Chauhan.

email: partap@ayurvedic.org

Phone: 91129296174 Fax: 91129295547

NEXT COURSE OF AYURVEDA STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1997

The next group of level 1 of our Online Ayurvedic Course will start on

September 20, 1997. The course is of four weeks duration, and will be

taught by Dr.Partap S. Chauhan. The level 2 of the course is expected

to start in October. For more details about the courses, you can

contact Dr.Partap through email: partap@ayurvedic.org.