Local treatments (home remedies)

Local treatments are named as “athbeheth” this supposed to be the treatment we had in the early stage of our history of medicine.
It is said that the local treatments were very successful during olden days.

Influenza (cold) :- This seems to be general disease that almost every one get.
In Ayurveda there is a preventive system and a controlling system for this.
1) Use warm water for drinking and washing.
2) Internally:- Ginger, Coriander decoction can be take four or five times a day.

Quath, Ginger, Coriander, Thippili (long pepper), pathpadagam (Mollugo cerviana).
Normal dose (1/2 a cup) take two hourly or as desired.

Remedy for cough and phlem
Preparation – Ginger juice, bee honey, sugar add 05 grains of” Buddharaja Kalka”
Can taste 1/@ a teaspoonful when cough and phlem arises.

Fever:-
Remedy:- Quath prepared out of the following ingredients.
Adatoda (5 parts) (Adhatoda vasica)
• Beli leaves
• Pepper leaves
• Ginger
• Coriander
Can be taken with orange juice and buddharaja Kalkaya.

Another Drink: Dried kuppamenia ( Acalypha indica) leaves and pawatta leaves can be taken, Prepared as coffee with sugar.