Home Remedies- For Curing Common Ailments

About the Book Home remedies and treatment of diseases by domestic plants have been prevalent since the time immemorial in India. The knowledge about the miraculous curing properties of plants is limited to certain people and is passed from one generation to another.

In the present book, the authors describe medicinal uses of various plants, which are used in daily life in the kitchen of Indian homes. The book will serve as a guide of home remedies as practiced by our grandmothers, in the middle of night or at odd hours when drug stores are closed. This book gives some alternate ways of controlling earaches, insomnia, minor burns, coughs, eczema, sore throats etc.

About the Authors Dr. Shiv Charan Sharma did his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Agra University and Ph.D. from Rohilkhand University. He published about 30 research papers at national and international journals of repute and presented 13/ papers in different conferences and seminars. He is supervising research scholars for their Ph.D. degree in the fields of Eco Physiology and Taxonomy of medicinal plants and Ethno botany. Presently he is Senior Reader in the Post-graduate Department of Botany, G.F. College, and Shahjahanpur (U.P.).

Dr. Syed Aziz Ahmad did his M.Sc. from Gorakhpur University and M.Phil and Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University. He published 25 research papers and attended several conferences and seminars. He is supervising Ph.D. students in Organic Chemistry. His fields of specialisation are chemical analysis of medicinal plants and folk medicines. Presently he is Senior Reader in the Post-graduate Department of Chemistry, G.F. College, Shahjahanpur (U.P.).

Introduction K where raw materials are used to prepare food, domestic dishes, non-alcoholic beverages etc. Most of raw material are plants and their products, such as chilli, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, turmeric, cloves, wheat flour, vegetables, onion etc. Majority of them have therapeutic value and provide fairly reliable remedies that are safe and less expensive. They can be used in odd hours of night and in emergency to cure coughs, cuts, sore throats, various types of pains, earache, toothache etc. as alternative medicines.

Today, pollution has played havoc with our lives, causing innumerable diseases, mental tension and stress. Therefore, nature's cure or herbal medicines are quite fruitful and beneficial to human health. Recently, there has been a great liking for anything herbal, as it is deemed pure, fresh and without any side effects. Unfortunately, we are gradually forgetting the use of these indigenous herbs and medicines, as they are not commonly used by us. The information contained in this book is author's interesting, fruitful and based on our traditional knowledge and extensive experience down the centuries.

It is hoped that our readers will cure the ailments of the members of their family, neighbours and friends with the prescriptions contained in this book.

The information available in this book has been collected from experienced people, sadhus, hakims, vaidyas and others, who worked as folk-healers in the past.

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