Kitchen & Cooking Tips

• For tiny cockroaches, pests in the kitchen.take boric powder -10 spoons,atta (flour)-2 cups,add sugar -2 tbsp, mix with water to make dough. Take small balls of the dough and place them in infected areas.This will rid the kitchen of pests. Its quite effective for three months in a row can be done again when pests reappear.(Shanti, Hyd)
• If your curry is burnt, place a few betel leaves on the curry and close lid the leaves will absorb the burnt smell. (Shanti, Hyd)
• While cooking Spinach, add a slice of potato to retain the iron in the leafy vegetable. (Shanti, Hyd)
• Store rice flour and basin in a polythene cover in refrigerator when to store it for a long time.
• Put some neem leaves and turmeric pieces or garlic flakes or dry red chilies to the container where you store rice or grains, in order to keep away insects.
• Use kitchen scissors to chop fresh mint, chillies and coriander finely and without any mess.
• To remove tea or coffee stains from pans or cups, rub the stained area with a little salt and wash it.
• To unclog a drain, mix a cup of salt with a cup of baking soda. Pour these into the drain, and then run a kettle of boiling water.
• A handful of salt added to water while washing glass ware will make them cleaner and sparkling clear.
• Arrange your kitchen cabinets with old newspapers and then arrange the bottles and spices, its easy to discard when it becomes messy and can easily replaced with fresh ones.
• Always use long handled spatula or spoon while stir-frying food in a pressure cooker. To avoid burning your hand.
• Always warm dry spices like cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, etc. on a frying pan before powdering. They will grind faster and the powder will be finer.
• Always keep chapathi or parotta or poori dough covered with a moist cloth to avoid from drying.
• To defrost chilled dishes fast, dip the container halfway into hot water for a few seconds and then it will defrost fast.
• Keep a little powdered cashewnuts or couscous (KasaKasa)handy in a bottle to add to gravies to make it thick.
• Add a pinch of salt while frying onion, it will fry soon.
• If any dish becomes salty, add a big piece of potato to the dish. Then remove the potato piece. Potato will remove salt.
• Lemon juice when added to fruit like apples, bananas after cutting, and tossed lightly will prevent them from turning blackish immediately.
• To skin whole tomatoes easily, put them in boiling water, cover and keep aside for a few Minutes. Remove and peel off the skin easily.
• Soak tamarind in warm water for making fast and smooth paste
• If kasakasa or poppy seeds ( couscous) are used in grinding, soak it in hot water for 10 to 15 minutes before grinding in a mixie.
• When boiling noodles, add some oil to it. It helps to prevent the noodles from sticking together.
• Add a little oil and turmeric powder to the dhal before placing it in the cooker. It will get done in soon.

Beauty Care tips

Natural Homemade Beauty Care

Tips for Blackheads:
Mix one teaspoon lime juice in one teaspoon finely ground cinnamon (dalchini) powder and apply on affected areas frequently. (Lakshmi, Dubai)

Herbal Scrub Gel:
Mix strawberry seed powder, with few drops of lemon juice and orange peel with aloe Vera. This is a good scrub gel.

Remedy for Bad Breath:
There are some home remedies that may help. You'll find the solution in your kitchen.

1. Take one teaspoon each of coriander. Cumin seeds, cardamom powder, and rock salt. Boil this mixture in water (one liter) till it reduces. Cool and use this to gargle at least three times a' day.
2. Chewing fennel seeds would also help to prevent bad breath.

Astringent:

Mix lemon and vinegar in equal quantity. Pour it in the bottle. Clean your face with it twice a day.

Tips for Puffy Eyes:

• Dip a cotton in salt water and keep this cotton on your eyes for 20 minutes.
• Put rose water drops in your eyes everyday.
• Do the eye exercise with the help of pencil.

Tips for Neck Cleansing:

Grind gram flour, barley, small grained pulse minutely. Mix it with milk, to make its paste. Scrub with this pack on neck and face while bathing. You will find a good texture with in few days.

Tips for Dull Skin:

• Make a paste of walnut shell powder, lemon and moisturizing papaya. Apply it on the whole body. After 10 minutes rub it like a scrubber. This will remove the dead skin of the face and body and your skin will glow. Lemon is rich in Vitamin E and therefore beneficial to the skin.
• The regular intake of pure aloe Vera juice (1/2 cup) in the morning on an empty stomach will help you a lot.
• Take supplements of vitamin A and C which will help in reducing the goose- pimply appearance of the skin.
• Apply oil before a bath and a Vaseline based body lotion after.
• Apply rosewater. Rose water stimulates the skin, increasing the flow of blood to the skin and making you look radiant.
• Skin may also look dull if it is oily. Just a good wash takes off the oil any you will feel fresh.Vitamin C will brighten the skin.
• If you smoke, than leave it. Smoking starves your skin of oxygen, so essential nutrients and vitamin's can't get to the surface, which is why it looks so dull. Try taking a multivitamin supplement.
• Mix rose and lavender essential oils. It will protect and revitalize stressed out skin.
• Peel off the apple. Mix two spoon sour milk cream in it. Apply this paste on your face properly. Wash the face after 20 minutes with lukewarm water.
• Yoghurt is one of the poplar fermented dairy product. It is considered best for digestive system. Milk and yoghurt has calcium which is necessary for health. It provides coolness during hot weather and loo. It cleans the skin and removes the bad effect of sunlight. Some special types of bacteria present in yoghurt makes the skin soft and silky.
• Turmeric is the best body scrub. It makes the skin soft, beautiful and glowing.
• By eating the sprouts of neem, blood is purified. It removes the poisonous elements of lever and skin.
• Mash the soft lemon leaves mix a pinch of turmeric in it. Apply it on face. When dried wash face it will make the skin soft and bring glow on face.
• Eat cucumber everyday in the morning. It will bring glow on the face.
• Mix gram flour, turmeric and yoghurt. Make its paste, apply it on the face and neck.
• Mix edible oil and sea salt. Make its paste and rub it on the whole body. Now bath. It will make the skin attractive, soft and beautiful.
• Eat 5 gram roasted fenugreek powder with one cup boiled milk, thrice a day. It will increase the beauty of the skin.
• Massage your face with ice cubes made from tomato juice. It provides coolness to the skin. Tightens the skin and brings glow on face.

Tips for Dull hair:

Oiliness of the scalp, makes the hair limp and lifeless. Take supplements of Vitamin A, one of two capsules a day of 25,000 1U for two months. This dries the oil, shrinks the pores, benefits the eyes stops hair fall. Eat well and make sure that your diet is high in protein. Also get plenty of anti oxidants in your diet in the form of fresh, green foods.

Tips for Open pores:

• 1) Apply rose water, it controls and balances the sebum production, making it useful for both dry and oily skin. It can balance and restore the skin's acidic balance and help tighten pores.
• 2) Give steam to face. Than mix 8-10 drops of lime juice in multani mitti and apply it on face.
• 3) Apply yoghurt on face.
• 4) Citrus fruits or tomato is best for people who have open pores. Apply them on face.
• 5) Mix tomato pulp, multani mitti, sandal powder and a pinch of turmeric. Apply it on face.
• 6) Cucumber is the best medicine for the open pores. Mix rose water, cucumber juice and lemon juice. It is the best natural homemade remedy from open pores.
• 7) Apply the sheel of tomato on face for 10-15 minutes. It will close the open pores.
• 8) Mix tomato and lemon juice. Apply it on face. It will close the open pores.

Tips for Dark Circles Treatment:

• 1) Try out the dark circle treatment simultaneously by adding almond oil to the paste you made for the face. Add 1/2 tsp of cucumber juice to it. Dip a cotton wool in the mixture and place it one each eye, covering the lower area. Lie down for five minutes. Wash your face with cold water.
• 2) Apply rose water near the eyes. Its gentleness, cooling nature and astringent properties make rose water great for nurturing the sensitive skin surrounding the eyes. Take care to dilute it properly before using, because under eye area is very delicate.
• 3) To lighten the dark circles use a cream called Glyco-6 or one that contains natural skin lightening agents. Take supplements of folic acid, antioxidants and plenty of vitamin C.
• 4) Apply mint leaves after mashing it, around the eyes.

Tips for Soft Skin:

Mix tomato juice, lemon juice and glycerin in equal quantity. Apply it on hands. It will make the hands soft.

Tips for Dry Skin:

• 1) Spray cool rose water on your face at night to moisture your skin and revitalize your spirits.
• 2) Mix the extracts of apricot and peach. Apply it on face for few minutes. Rub it on the face like a scrubber. This is a good scrubber. Apricot exfoliates the skin and peach extract is good for skin conditioning. This paste is rich in alpha and beta hydroxyl acids and vitamins.
• 3) Cucumber mixed with oats and almonds kept in the fridge can be applied to give a cooling effect.
• 4) Banana pack is good for dry skin. Mix one spoon milk powder, one spoon multani mitti and sandal powder in raw milk. Apply it on face. Wash your face after some time. It will provide moisture to the skin.
• 5) Almond pack is best for dry skin. Dip few almonds in water for some time. Mash them. Mix raw milk and sandal powder in it. Apply it on face.
• 6) Mix two spoon fresh cream, almond oil and rose water. Apply it on face for 1/2 an hour.
• 7) Take two spoon gram flour, one spoon raw milk and one spoon rose water. Make its paste. Apply it on the face.

Tips for Normal Skin:

• 1) Mix sandal powder, multani mitti and calamine powder in cucumber juice. Make its paste and apply it on face.
• 2) Dip almond in milk for the whole night. Mix orange juice in it. Apply it on face for 20-25 minutes.
• 3) Mix one small spoon rose water, and one small spoon sandal powder in two table spoon yoghurt. Apply it on the face for 30 minutes. Wash your face.

Beauty Care Toner:

You can use rose water or curd water as a toner. For a home- made remedy, you can boil 50 gm of 'neem' leaves and 50 gm of 'amla' leaves in two liters of water. Reduce this solution to half a liter. Let it cool and then store in the refrigerator. You can apply this mixture before going to bad every night.

Tips for Healthy and lustrous hair:

If you want healthy and lustrous hair, it is advisable to use oil every day. This maintain strength and lustre. It is also quite nourishing to apply a small amount of oil to your hair after shower.

Tips for Tooth whitening:

The texture of teeth and gums vary from person to person. I would suggest using mustard to reduce yellowness of teeth.Grind the bark of neem with clove. Use it as a paste. It protects the tooth from cavity and makes the gums strong. It keeps the breathing fresh.

Beauty Care Face Cleanser:

• 1) Deep cleanse your face to give it a fair chance to breathe. Use a lipid, or soap- free cleanser to remove the grime that clogs the pores, yet helps retain the skin's natural radiance.
• 2) Mix one spoon cucumber juice, one spoon milk and 1/4 spoon lemon juice. Apply it on face for 15 minutes. It open all the closed pores of the skin, which is necessary for the cleansing of the face.

Face Pigmentation Pack:

• 1) Shoo away the tan. mix 2 tsp oatmeal powder, 2 tsp almond powder and 2 tsp orange juice. Apply it to the face and leave on. After 10 minutes wash your face.
• 2) Mix papaya pulp, sandal powder and multani mitti. Apply it on face. It will remove the pigmentation from face.
• 3) Mix cucumber juice, lemon juice and turmeric. Apply it on face and neck.
• 4) Mix cucumber juice, milk and rose water. Apply it on face and neck.

Remedy for Foot Fetish:

Heal the heel. Soak feet in a tub of water to which lemon juice, two drops tea tree oil and two drops neem oil have been added. Massage the area with 2 tsp spoon coconut oil and 1 tsp turmeric. This also helps soothe and heal your cracked heels.

Remedy for Yellow Stain on Nails:

• 1) Get rid of the yellow stains on your nails. These usually occur due to overuse of nail varnish, especially darker colors. Remove varnish and rub lime on nails. Dim in warm water to which two drops each of lavender and tea tree oil are added. Now sock both hand in warm soapy water. Rub hand with a homemade scrub or any other scrub products to exfoliate skin, follow up with a massage with olive oil and cocoa butter cream. Push cuticles back gently with a towel or cuticles pusher 'stick' and shape the nails.
• 2) Apply iodine on nails with the help of cotton. It will make the nails strong.

Hair flair:

Massage your hair with the cushion of your fingers at the pressure points, from the nape of the head to the back to the ear. Move upwards from the back of the cranium to the temple. Press your fingers in for 30 seconds and continue passing your fingers through your hair for another 30 seconds. This increases the blood circulation and releases the tension. Untangle your hair with the wide toothed comb. Place a few Velcro rollers at the top of your head and around the face, than mist with hair spray. This is very easy to do and really gives you the biggest bang for your time.

Remedy for Rheumatism:

Treat your feet to warm rose water bath. They will thank you for it. After all roses have been known to cure rheumatism.

Remedy for Color Contrast:

It happens more among fair skin people. If the skin of the face is fair but the base of the neck is dark. This usually happens if the person is obese. Use scrubs of a paste like milk cream, lime juice and sugar and scrub the dark areas twice a week. You can also bleach the dark parts once a month. If the person is suffering from color contrast than ask him to lose weight, if he is obese. At night use creams containing natural lightening agents like vitamin C and Kojic acid or those containing glycolic acid.

Waxing Grays:

When you remove hair from the hands and legs by waxing or with an epilator, you find that hair does not grow out of the skin but grows inside the skin. This gives the skin a grayish black tinge and it seems like having black spots all over the body.Make a scrub with wheat bran, gram powder and a pinch of turmeric. Mix it with fresh cream and use on your body. This will help to reduce the further growth of hair on your body and also reduce the grayish black tinge.

Tips to Thicken Eye lashes:

• Apply a smear of almond or olive oil on eye lashes to thicken them.
• Expressive eyes'Trataka Kriya' and moving of your eye balls left, right, up down and in a circular way will certainly improve the condition of your eyes. But please consult a yoga teacher before you try the 'kriya'.

Remedy for Stretch Marks:

• 1) Mix apricot, walnut and jojoba. Make its paste with the help of fresh cream. This is a good scrub. It boost the skin's natural ability to exfoliate. The jojoba is a thoughtful addition, because it not only moisturizes the skin but has also been known to reduce the appearance of stretch marks.
• 2) Mix walnut shell powder, healing calendula and aloe Vera. Make a paste. This is a ayurvedic formulation. It will remove the marks on the skin.
• 3) If you are thinking to have a child than apply the paste of milk and turmeric or turmeric and yoghurt on stomach and back before bathing. Keep it for 15 minutes. Wash it with clean water. If you want you can use this mixture after bathing also. It will make the skin soft and flexible. There will be no stretch marks after the birth of baby.

Exfoliating Facial Scrub:

• 1) Mix apricot with fresh cream. It will deep clean your skin and leave it silky and smooth.
• 2) Make a powder of the bark of sandal wood, arjun, neem, orange peel, walnut, almond powder. Mix them with rose water. Apply it for few minutes. After getting dry rub it like a scrubber. It will provide the coarse texture necessary for exfoliation.

Tips for Bushy Eyebrows:

You will be surprised what paying a little attention to your eyebrows will do for your eyes. If your are looking unruly, here are our tips on how to keep them in check:

• 1) Brush the brows upward with a toothbrush or brow comb.
• 2) Follow your natural brow line, only plucking from under the brow. Remember too little is better than too much.
• 3) Brush remaining hair into place and set with Vaseline. You may need a little eye shadow to define the brows.

Remedy for Pimple:

• The morning spot: If you feel a spot erupting before bedtime, dab on a little tea tree oil. This will help to draw out the impurities and reduce the inflammation.
• Eat the new bud of neem. Apply it on the pimples. It will bring glow on the face and removes the pimple.
• Make a paste of 20 leaves of tulsi, neem and peppermint and one tablespoon curd. Apply it on pimples wash face after 15 minutes.
• Antiseptic pack is good for pimples. Fort this peppermint is best. Mix one spoon multani mitti, one spoon sandal powder, rose water and peppermint juice. Apply it on face.
• Mix multani litti, peppermint juice and tomato pulp. Apply this pack on face. It will remove pimples and scars of pimples from the face.

Tips for Oily Skin:

• Make a pack with grated cucumber and multani mitti and apply on the face. Leave this pack on the face for 15 minutes and wash off gently.
• If the skin is oily and you have the problem of open pores during adolescence age than mix rose water in grinded granules of rice. Apply this on face. After getting it dry, sprinkle water on face, to make the pack wet again. Massage in a circular movement on face with water. Now wash the face.
• Mix multanni mitti in dry shells of orange powder. Put sandal powder also in it. Make its paste with the help of cucumber juice. Apply it on the skin. Let it dry for few minutes. Wash your face.
• Mix multani mitti and kaolin powder in rose water. Apply it on face.
• Mix 4 spoon cucumber juice, 2 spoon peppermint, 2 spoon lemon juice, 1/2 spoon rose water, 3 spoon sandal powder and one spoon raw milk. Make its paste. Apply it on the whole face for 30 minutes.
• Take 3 table spoon neem leaves, 2 small spoon peppermint juice and 1/2 spoon rose water. Make its paste. Apply it on the face for 15 minutes.
• Take two spoon barley, one spoon tomato juice and one spoon rose water. Make its paste. Apply it on the face for 15 minutes.
• Take two spoon gram flour, one spoon yoghurt, one spoon lemon juice. Make its paste and apply it on the face. Rub it with hands to remove the paste. It will remove the dead skin and cells. Now wash your face.
• Dip 4-5 almonds in water for few hours. Now grind it with lemon juice. Apply it on the face for 30minutes. Wash your face with water.
  

Remedy for Chicken Pox:

Mix rose water in dry shells of orange powder. Apply it on face. It will remove the scars of chicken pox.

Remedy for Wrinkles:

• First, check out if you are really ageing prematurely or not. Stand in front of the mirror and bend your arm over your head, so your hand touches the opposite ear and your inner arm is next to your cheek. Now compare the color and texture of the skin on your inner arm with your face. The greater the difference the more damaged the skin is( you inner arm won't have nearly as much exposure to the sun as the skin of your face). Irregular splotches on the cheekbone and jaw are the signs of premature ageing due to sun exposure. We will get lines when we make facial expressions, but if you see any wrinkles when you are not making expression, it is a sign that you are ageing too fast. It is not too late to take care of your skin. You can prevent it from getting worse. Always cleanse and moisturize, make sure your moisturizer has SPF, and keep out of the sun.
• At the age of 35 wrinkles are formed near the eyes, that is why regular exercise of eyes should be done. Keep your head straight and rotate your eyes in clockwise and anti clockwise direction.
• Give relax to your eyes by keeping your palms on your eyes.
• Before sleeping at night, massage your eyes with almond or olive oil in clockwise and anti clockwise direction. Wipe off the extra oil.
• If eyes are swollen than apply the cucumber juice on eyes.
• Cut orange shells in minute pieces. Dip them in water for 24 hours. Wash the face with this water. It will remove the wrinkles and spots from the face.
• Mix lemon juice and castor oil. Apply it on face. Wash the face with water after 45 minutes. If castor oil is not available you can use olive oil also.
• Take any one kind of pulse. Mash it in a mixer. Mix a little olive oil or almond oil in it. Mix half spoon multani mitti and rose water in it. Make its paste and apply it on face.
• Mix lemon juice and fresh cream. Apply it on wrinkle area.
• Mix wheat flour in fresh cream. Apply this paste on face.
• Dry the shells of orange. Make its powder after getting dry. Mix multani mitti or gram flour in it. Dip them in water for 10-15 minutes. Apply it on face after some time. Wash the face after 1/2 hour with water.
• Mash banana. Mix baby milk powder and rose water in it. Apply it on face for 20 minutes. Now wash your face. This pack can be used once in a week.

Remedy for Blemishes and scars:

• Dried orange peels mixed with curd also help reduce blemishes and scars. Wash off this mixture with cold water after 15 minutes.
• Take two spoon barley powder, 1/4 spoon dry peppermint powder, 1/4 spoon peppermint leaves. Mix them with hot water. Make its paste. Apply it on face. Wash with lukewarm water.
• Apply the juice of peppermint leaves, tulsi and fenugreek on face. Keep it for 5-6 hours.
• Massage the area with the pimple spot with olive oil. It will remove the scar.

Body Scrub:

Increasing pollution, dirt, dry air and many problems related to it makes the skin dull and dry. Thus proper care is necessary to make the skin healthy. Dead cells are removed by scrubbing. It removes the dirt of face and face becomes fresh. Cleansing is also necessary for the skin. According to the skin specialist soap which has high level of pH, should not be used in scrubbing. Minute and crushed particles of almond and barley should be there. One thing that should be understood while doing scrubbing is that it should not be done rapidly. Scrubbing done with pressure has bad effects on skin.Scrubbing can be done with these products at home.

• Take crushed gram flour, powder milk and rose water. Make a paste. Rub it on the whole body before bathing. Wash after 20 minutes with water. Skin becomes soft through this paste.
• To remove the wrinkles from face, make the paste of pulses (grinded), curd and pinch of turmeric and rub on the face. It removes wrinkle from face.

Dandruff Remedy:

• Yoghurt is use to clean the hair. It also removes the dandruff from hair.
• Mix multani mitti and yoghurt. Keep it for 2 hours. Now apply this pack in hair. It will remove the dandruff.
• Soak two tablespoon fenugreek seeds (methi dana) in water overnight. In the morning grind into a fine paste. Apply all over scalp and leave for half an hour. Wash with Shikakai or mild shampoo. (Lakshmi, Dubai)

Medicine for Osteoporosis:

• Makes the bones strong: Boil a piece of turmeric in 1/2 glass milk. As the color of milk changes to yellow take off from the gas flame. Make the milk lukewarm. This mixture relaxes from many physical problems. Especially the women should drink this milk everyday. It makes the bones strong and protects from the problem of osteoporosis.

Tips for Tanning, lighten skin tone, lighter complexion:

• Mix one tea spoon milk powder, one tea spoon lemon juice and 1/2 tea spoon almond oil. Apply on the face and wash off after 10-15 minutes. This pack helps to bring shine on the skin and also removes the tan.
• Mix oatmeal with curd and tomato juice and apply on the face. Keep it on for 20 minutes and than wash it off with cold water. It helps to remove the tan and lightens the skin.
• Applying turmeric powder along with lime juice removes the tan. Lime juice is a natural bleach.
• Soak 4 Almonds overnight. Grind into a fine paste using milk. Apply on face and neck and leave it overnight. Wash with cold water in the morning. Do this daily for 15 days, followed by twice a week.
• A tea big spoon of gram flour mixed with 2 tea spoon of raw milk and 2-3 drops of lime juice works well for lightening the dark skin. Apply this mixture and leave it for 15 minutes before washing off. Repeat for 4 weeks and follow up with once a week.
• Apply a paste of fresh ground mint leaves and leave it for about 20 minutes. Wash off with cold water, continue for 15 days.
• Apply a mixture of grated tomato with 2-3 drops of lime juice on the face. Leave it for 20 minutes before washing off. Do this twice a day for 15-20 days, for best results.
• There are black spots on skin because of pigmentation. Turmeric has the power to improve the complexion and skin tone. Grind the cucumber excrete its juice and take some lemon juice and mix some turmeric powder in it. Apply it on face for 15 minutes. It will improve the complexion gradually.
• In case of skin diseases apply the neem oil and bath with neem water.
• Mix barley in water. Make its paste and apply on face. Wash after some time.
• Mix lemon juice, yoghurt, multani mitti and gram flour. Apply this pate on face and neck. Wash your face after some time.
• Apply orange pack on face. Mix orange juice, multani mitti and kaolin powder. Apply it on face.
• Mix two spoon milk in one spoon salt. Apply it on face.
• Mix milk, yoghurt and chiraunji in equal quantity. Apply it on face for 20 minutes.
• Mix gram flour, milk, turmeric and lemon juice. Apply it on face.
• Mash cucumber and bottle gourd in equal quantity. Mix it with yoghurt or milk. Mix it and apply it on face. Wash it with water.

Medicine For Injury:

• Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of a ginger family. It is also known as kunyit or haldi in some Asian countries. It is obtained from dried, grounded, underground stem rhizome Drink the turmeric milk when injured. It will heal the injury soon. Eat a spoon of turmeric powder and drink milk. It is a best antiseptic.
• Fresh rose petals help in the healing of festering wounds and burns, they can also alleviate allergic itching. Gently place a cloth saturated with cooled rose water on the inflamed area for the immediate relief.

Tips for Gray Hair

• Green bark of apricot 10 gram, white alum 2 gram and cotton seed oil (250gram) take them and mix them. Now boil them together when the water is burned than litter the oil in a container. Apply this oil in hair. It will make the hair black, dense and shiny.
• Apply maha bhringraj oil, or sesame oil or coconut oil at night before sleeping. Massage it in hair with light hands. It will protect the hair from graying.
• Take fresh amla juice 500 gm and coconut oil (500gm). Mix them and heat them together when only the oil remains as a residue than filter it in a bottle. Apply this oil juice in a week and give steam to hair.

Hair Pack:

• Mix curd. tomato, lemon and multani mitti make a hair pack. Apply it in hair for 20 minutes. Wash hair it will provide nutrition to hair. Hair will become dense and prevent premature graying.
• Chew few pieces of myrobalan after the lunch and dinner.
• Massage the sole of foot with ghee before sleeping do it regularly.
• Boil ammel in water. When the amla is warm. Mash it and take oil the seed from it. Mix sugar, cumin, black pepper and salt in it. Eat it with food. It provides nutrition to hair.
• Don't change the soap and oil again and again. It can damage the hair.
• Pour 2 spoon amla juice in 1 glass of water drink it. It will remove.
• During the cold season, make the paste of neem and apply it in hair. Keep the hair for one hour. It removes the dandruff from hair and stops the falling of hair.
• It keeps the nail and hair healthy. It has antiseptics.

Cleanser:

Boil neem leaves. Keep it at home in a refrigerator. It is a best cleanser for oily skin. It will bring glow on face.

Tips for Dull Hair:

Mix juice of fenugreek leaves, amla juice and coconut oil. Apply it in hair. It will provide nutrition to hair. Hair will shine.

Remedy from Black Heads:

• Clean your face twice or thrice with the skin toner.
• Take husks of wheat. Mix dry shells of orange and multani mitti in rose water. Apply this paste on face. After getting dry, rub it on face with little water. It will remove the black heads and clean the face.

Remedy for Cracked Heels:

Mix glycerin, rose water and lemon juice in equal quantity. Apply it on legs. Wear sox and sleep at night.

Tips to Remove White Heads:

• Mix cucumber and lemon juice. Apply it on face.
• Apply multani mitti face pack on face.

Remedy from Prickly Heat:

Mash neem leaves. Mix them with multani mitti. Make a past with water. Apply it on the areas having prickly heat. It is a good remedy.

Remedy from Stench and sweat in legs:

If there is stench and a lot of sweat in legs than apply the paste of multani mitti and rose water in legs. You will find relief.

Home Remedies (A-Z)

ACNE, BLACKHEADS, AND PIMPLES:

• Dab a small amount of toothpaste (paste, not gel) on pimples before bed; this helps dry out the pimples.
• Mix equal amounts of lemon juice and rose water, apply to face with a cotton ball, and allow to sit for 30 minutes before rinsing. 15-20 days of this application helps cure pimples and also helps to remove blemishes and scars.
• Apply fresh lemon juice on the affected area overnight. Wash off with warm water next morning.
• For acne that hasn't seemed to respond to anything, steep 2-3 tsp. dried basil leaves in 1 cup boiling water for 10-20 minutes, cool, and apply to affected area with a cotton ball.

ANEMIA:

• Avoid drinking tea (regular, not herbal varieties) and coffee immediately after meals, as the tannin present in these interferes in the absorption of iron from the food.
• Drink a cup of herbal tea mixed with 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses each day. This provides 80% of the iron needed in one day.
• Foods high in iron: egg yolks, chick peas, black-eyed peas, lentils, split peas, green peas, spinach, beet greens, broccoli, raisins, prunes, figs, dates, dried peaches, dried apricots, nuts, peanut butter, whole grain breads.
• Your body absorbs iron from meats easier than fruits and vegetables. To aid in the absorption of iron from fruits and vegetables, eat them with a good source of vitamin C.

ARTHRITIS:

• A daily serving of fresh fish or fish oil capsules helps to give relief of arthritis and other joint pains.
• 3-4 walnuts eaten daily, on an empty stomach, will help.

ASTHMA:

• Mix 1 tsp. honey with 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and take it at night before going to bed.
• Avoid taking aspirin, as this may invoke an asthma attack.

BAD BREATH:

• Boil some cinnamon bark in a cup of water. Store it in a clean bottle in your bathroom. Use it as a mouthwash frequently.
• Parsley leaves are rich in chlorophyll, nature's own deodorizer. Chew some leaves regularly and your breath will remain fresh.
• You can chew some cardamom seeds to sweeten your breath.

BLADDER INFECTION:

Take a bag of fresh or frozen cranberries and boil them in water (they will fall apart). Cool and drink. Don't add sugar! This remedy is also useful for people with kidney problems.

BLADDER STONES:

Boil 2 figs in 1 cup of water. Drink daily for a month.

BRUISES:

Slice a raw onion and place over the bruise. Do not apply this to broken skin.

CONSTIPATION (IN ADULTS):

• Eat a few black licorice sticks.
• Take apple pectin.
• Make sure you're getting enough Folic Acid in your diet.
• Drinking ginger tea will help start a bowel movement.

CONSTIPATION (IN SMALL CHILDREN):

• Soak 6-8 raisins in hot water. When cool, crush well and strain. When given routinely even to little infants, it helps to regulate bowel movement.

COUGHS AND ASTHMA:

• Steep 3-4 cloves of garlic in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks. Use several drops at a time, several times a day for coughs or asthma. Garlic is an exceptional cleanser for the body and has antimicrobial action similar to other antibiotics.

DAMAGED, DRY HAIR:

• A nourishing conditioner for dry or damaged hair which can be used for all hair types: Separate the white of an egg from the yolk, whip it to a peak.
• Add 1 Tbls. water to the yolk and blend until the mixture is creamy. Then mix the white and yolk together. Wet your hair with warm water, remove the excess moisture, and apply the mixture to your scalp with your fingertips. Massage gently until the froth is worked into your scalp, then rinse the hair with cool water.
• Keep applying the mixture until it is used up and then rinsed until all of the egg is washed away.

DANDRUFF:

Pour distilled white vinegar onto the hair, as close to the scalp as you can manage; massage into the scalp; and allow to dry for several minutes before washing as usual. Repeat daily until the dandruff disappears, usually within a few days.

DARK CIRCLES AROUND EYES:

Make a paste out of 1 tsp. tomato juice, 1/2 tsp. lemon juice, a pinch of turmeric powder, and 1 tsp. of flour. Apply around eyes. Leave on for 10 minutes before rinsing.

DEPRESSION:

3/4 cup of cooked spinach a day is enough to give dramatic relief from depression if you are deficient in B vitamins.

DIARRHEA:

Eat boiled sweet potatoes seasoned with salt and pepper before bedtime to cure chronic diarrhea.

DRY SKIN:

Combine 1 cup oatmeal, 1 cup warm water, 1 Tbls. vanilla extract, and 1/2 cup baking soda in a blender or food processor until you have a smooth paste. Pour this paste under the running water while drawing the bath. Very soothing to dry, itchy skin.

ENERGIZER:

• Simmer 1 cup honey and 3 cup water together slowly.
• Allow 1 cup of the water to evaporate. Strain off the top surface, and put the remaining liquid into a stoneware crock or dark bottle.
• Put a towel over it so it can breathe, yet be free of dirt. Place in a cool place. You can add cinnamon, clove, or the juice of 2 lemons, if you like.

EYE PROBLEMS:

Simmer 1 cup water and 1 tsp. honey for 5 minutes. Dip a cloth in the liquid and apply to the closed eye.

FACIAL CLEANSER:

• Mix 2 Tbls. cornstarch, 2 Tbls. glycerin, and 1/2 cup water until smooth.
• Heat in a small pan placed in a water bath inside another pan. Heat until thick and clear; it will have the consistency of pudding.
• Do not boil. Cool completely, Use in place of soap to cleanse your skin. (If mixture is too thick, you may thin it by adding a little water, 1 Tbls. at a time, until you reach the desired consistency.)

FATIGUE:

Take a glass of grapefruit and lemon juice in equal parts to dispel fatigue and general tiredness after a day's work.

GUM IN HAIR: Soak the gum-coated hair in Coke® and it should wipe out easily.

HAY FEVER: Steep 1 tsp. fenugreek seed in 1 cup water, covered, for 10 minutes. Drink 1 cup a day to help hay fever symptoms.

HEADACHE: Eat 10-12 almonds, the equivalent of two aspirins, for a migraine headache. Almonds are far less likely to upset the stomach.

HICCUPS:

• Only 2 remedies have I ever know to actually work.
• The first listed makes the most sense, since a hiccough is simply a spasm of the diaphragm, and you need to disrupt this spasm.
• The second offers no rhyme or reason, but works nonetheless.
• Breath in as deeply as you can, then exhale as hard as you can; repeat 10 times; when exhaling the last time, keep the air pushed out, not taking another breath for as long as you can stand. This normally works the first try, but repeat if necessary. Be sure to sit down when doing this.
• This is a remedy only feasible when sitting at a bar. Have the bartender fill a small glass with club soda. Light a match and drop it, then drink the water quickly (being careful not to drink the match). It works, but I don't know why!
• Drink 1/2 glass water, slowly.
• Keep a tsp. of sugar in your month and suck slowly.
• Suck 2-3 small pieces of fresh ginger.
• Take a large mouthful of water with out swallowing, plug both ears, and slowly begin to swallow the water. Unplug your ears and you're hiccup free!

INSECT BITES:

Mix water with cornstarch into a paste and apply. This is effective in drawing out the poisons of most insect bites and is also an effective remedy for diaper rash.

MORNING SICKNESS:

Mix 1 tsp. each fresh juice of mint and lime, and 1 Tbls. honey. Take 3 times a day.

MOSQUITO BITES: Apply lime juice diluted with water on bites with cotton ball.

MUCUS IN COUGH: Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1/2 tsp. each of ginger, ground cloves, and cinnamon. Filter. Sweeten with 1 tsp. honey and drink.

MUSCLE CRAMPS: Apply clove oil on the affected body parts.

NAUSEA: Boil 1/2 cup of rice in 1 cup of water for about 10-20 minutes. After it is boiled, drain the water into a cup and sip at the rice water until symptoms are gone.

OBESITY:

• Mix lime juice with honey and water; drink a glass of this every morning.
• Mix 3 tsp. lime juice, 1/4 tsp. black pepper, 1 tsp. honey, and 1 cup water; drink a glass a day for 3 months.
• Mix 1 tsp. lime juice with 1 cup water and drink each morning.
• Eat a tomato before breakfast.

OILY SKIN:

For oily skin, mix 1/2 cup cooked oatmeal, 1 egg white, 1 Tbls. lemon juice, and 1/2 cup mashed apple into a smooth paste. Apply to face and leave on 15 minutes. Rinse.

OVERWEIGHT: Effective at getting rid of fat, drink up to 3 cups of green tea daily. Regular tea can also be used with a lesser effect.

PAIN RELIEVER: Mix 3 Tbls. of honey in boiled water and drink. Honey has natural pain-relieving powers.

SMELLY FEET:

Soak feet in strong tea for 20 minutes every day until the smell disappears. To prepare your footbath, brew two tea bags in 2 1/2 cups of water for 15 minutes and pour the tea into a basin containing two liters of cool water.

SORE THROAT:

Mix 1 tsp. lime juice and 1 Tbls. honey. Swallow tiny amounts slowly 2-3 times a day.

STOMACH ACHE:

A simple cure for a stomachache is to dissolve 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon in 1 cup warm water, cover and let sit for 15 minutes, then drink it like tea. This remedy can also ease diarrhea and flatulence.

STOMACH ACIDITY:

• Drink coconut water 3-4 times a day.
• Have a plateful of watermelon and/or cucumber every hour.

SUNBURN:

Mix 2 tsp. tomato juice and 1/4 cup buttermilk. Apply to affected area. Rinse after 1/2 hour.

TOOTHACHE & MOUTH PAIN:

To ease toothache or other mouth pain, make a tea by boiling 1 Tbls. fresh peppermint in 1 cup water and adding a little salt. Peppermint is an antiseptic and contains menthol, which relieves pain when applied to skin surfaces.

VOMITING AND NAUSEA:

• Sucking a piece of ice controls vomiting.
• Eat 1/2 tsp. ground cumin seeds.
• Cinnamon and sliced ginger work by interrupting nausea signals sent from the stomach to the brain. If you are an herbal tea drinker, simply sprinkle cinnamon on the tea and drink.
• To make ginger tea, simmer a few slices of ginger in hot tea water.

WEAK NAILS:

To strengthen and shine nails, combine 2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. castor oil, and 1 tsp. wheat germ oil and mix thoroughly. Pour into bottle. Shake before using. To use, rub a small amount into your nails. Leave on 3-5 minutes and tissue off. Follow up with more plain castor oil, if desired.

WRINKLES & SKIN FRESHENER:

Apply coconut oil on the portions of skin and face where wrinkles set in and gently massage every night at bed time.

YELLOW TEETH:

Mix salt with finely powdered rind of lime. Use this as toothpowder frequently.

Household Tips (A-Z)

Bathtub:
The film that accumulates in your bathtub, shower tray and washbasin can be removed by soaking and scrubbing with Vinegar.

Brass:
Rub with a lemon half dipped in salt. It will not only clean but also leaves a great shine.

Chopping boards:
Use a scrubbing brush with bicarbonate of soda and table salt and then rinse thoroughly with hot water to clean wooden chopping boards. Also use bicarbonate of soda on plastic cutting boards before washing with dishwashing soap and hot water. Sprinkle with bicarbonate of soda. Wipe with a damp cloth.

Coffee pots:
Use bicarbonate of soda to clean your coffee pot, run dissolved through coffee maker then two more runs with fresh water.

Cooker & tiles:
Use bicarbonate of soda to clean the cooker and tiles behind it. It does a great job on grease!!

Coffee Stains
Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.

Copper:
Rub vigorously with half a lemon dipped in mixture of salt and white vinegar.

Cups & Mugs:
Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda directly on coffee or tea stains in cups and mugs, rub gently with sponge or washcloth and rinse. Stains are gone!

Cutlery:
Rub with the cut side of a raw potato, then wash in warm water and polish.

Crystal:
Wash in a solution of 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water.

Dishes:
Vinegar cuts grease and freshens dishes when washing them.

Dishwasher:
Put some bicarbonate of soda in the dishwasher to help eliminate streaks and spots from the extremely hard water.

Drains:
Cover slow drains with bicarbonate of soda and pour a pot of boiling water over it and it cleans the drains. Do this at least twice a monthDrains Use a sink strainer to avoid blocked drains. To unblock, try a plunger and boiling water. Or pour in a quarter cup of bicarbonate of soda and add a quarter cup of white vinegar. Hold the plug in while the drain fizzes.

Fridges:
Put an opened box of bicarbonate of soda in the fridge to absorb odours. Use it with warm water to wash the inside of the refrigerator.

Glassware:
Half fill container with cold water add 1 tablespoon of dry mustard, shake, leave for 30 minutes then rinse. Also removes odours.Mix grated peeled potato with warm water, allow the solution to stand in container, swirl occasionally and rinse.Place raw rice, dash of vinegar and salt with water in the container. Swish , empty, then rinse.

Plastic:
Some bicarbonate of soda on a damp cloth removes dust from the plastic parts of electronic equipment.

Plastic crockery and plates:
Remove stain by rubbing with a paste of equal parts bicarbonate of soda and coarse salt.

Plastic food containers:
To remove odours, fill the containers with scrunched up balls of newspaper, and then place in the freezer for a few days, or soak in a solution of bicarbonate of soda and water, and then scrub with a damp cloth and bicarbonate of soda.

Shower curtains:
Bicarbonate of soda is excellent for cleaning shower curtains - in or out of the washing machine

Silver:
Clean with a solution made from one and a half teaspoons of salt and one and a half teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda dissolved in one litre of water, bring to the boil and drop silver cutlery in, boil for 3 minutes and then polish with a soft cloth. If the silver is badly tarnished, add a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil. This will react with the soda to lift the tarnish.

Sinks & baths
Bicarbonate of soda cleans porcelain sinks and bath.

Stainless Steel
Vinegar cleans stainless steel & Copper pots

Stainless Steel
Use bicarbonate of soda as a pot scrubber. Make it into a paste and scrub stainless steel, iron or copper pots and bottoms with itSurfaces Soapy water or a small amount of bicarbonate of soda. Thermos flask Soak thermos flasks with about 3 tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda and hot water. It takes out coffee and tea stains. Also sprinkle bicarbonate of soda into the dry thermos before putting the cover back on and storing it. It keeps it fresh. JUST remember to rinse out the bicarbonate of soda before you fill it next time

Wallpaper remover
You can use vinegar to remove wall paper. First remove top layer of wallpaper. Then spray vinegar on and let stand for a minute or two. Then pull backing away. Scrape excess glue off wall. Wipe remaining glue off with vinegar and rinse with water.

Washing machine & dishwasher
Add vinegar to the soap container and run through a regular cycle to dissolve detergent residues.Use vinegar in place of rinse aid. Fill powder holder with bicarbonate soda.