Grandma’s Remedies

Ajwain (Karpooravalli or Doddapatre, Patharchur) is a medicinal herb (Coleus aromaticus) which has been in use in Ayurveda for many centuries.

Almost all parts of the plant – bark, leaves, aerial roots, buds, milky exudes, flowers and fruits are medicinal and has several health benefits.

Grandma has suggestions to use mint leaves in 12 different ways to get mint health benefits in your daily food.

We all feel thirsty for various reasons. When there is lot of fluid loss through sweating and heat we feel thirsty.

Do you know the common and inexpensive home remedy stuffs that are sitting in our kitchen cabinets can help us during common sickness?

Instead of using chemicals on the body one can use natural ways to get rid of that “unwanted” hair from various parts of the body.

Aromatic, little spicy and a great medicinal herb that all of us should keep in our kitchen cabinet is Fennel. We all know fennel seeds are good for digestion and also great to get rid of that bad mouth odor.

Blackheads form when a clog or plug develops in the opening of hair follicles in the skin. They appear on nose, ears, under lips, below shoulder, thighs and back of the body.