Here are a few age old, tried and tested, super home remedies for sore throats, stomach ache and headaches.
Sore throat:
- Salt water gargling – 3 times a day – morning, afternoon and night
- Deep steam inhalation (only under adult supervision especially for children)
- Eating or chewing pieces of pineapple (bromelain in pineapple relieves sore throat. Not recommended for those who get an itchy throat after eating a pineapple)
Stomach ache:
- Ginger tea:Boil an inch of ginger in hot water. Let it brew. Turn off gas. Sip this at regular intervals.
- Chamomile tea or brew fresh chamomile flowers in water and sip warm.
- Peppermint tea or brew fresh peppermint leaves in hot water.
Head ache:
- Carry lavender oil and rub it on your temples whenever you experience a headache.
- Install a diffuser at home or office and diffuse lavender essential oil.
- Rub ice cubes over the temple region.
Hot black tea toddy (for cold, cough, fever, flus):
- 2 cups water
- 2 cloves
- 1 stick Ceylon cinnamon
- 1-piece star anise
- 1/2 tablespoon loose black tea leaves
- Raw honey (optional)
- 1 wedge lemon
Method:
- Add the ingredients (except honey and tea leaves) to 2 cups of water in a pan.
- Bring water to just below boiling and then remove from burner
- Add tea leaves and steep for 4 minutes.
- Turn off the gas.
- Add a tsp o 1 tbsp raw honey (optional) and serve hot with a lemon wedge
(Please note: If you have a certain medical condition and/or are on medicines, please discuss the ingredients with your healthcare professional before consuming them)
Luke Coutinho
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My 19 year old daughter suffers from headaches. What is a natural way to cure it.
Hi Glenda,
Before sharing any generic advice it is always important to seek the right help, get the right tests done and address the root cause. Is it posture, eye strain, excess screen exposure, migraine, stress headache, toxin build up or any other condition? We will need assess the case history to find the root cause and a personalized approach can then be suggested. Please get in touch with my team by writing to us [email protected] or calling 1800 102 0253.
You can also watch this video on holistic management of migraines and headaches on my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00j6z7DAn08