Home Remedies For Cold, Cough and Body Ache !

Many of us have experienced viral infections frequently. Probably each one of us has had to deal with such infections every now and then. Changing weather puts you at a high risk of viral infections. Children are particularly vulnerable to cough and cold. But Indian grandmoms and great grandmoms were very particular about home made remedies for viral infections. They would bank heavily on home remedies for cough and cold and depend the least on prescription medications.

Instant Panjiri - My Grandma's Cold Remedy (No cooking/no heating)

Ingredients

1 cup- bhuna kala chana (roasted gram/black chickpeas)

2 tbsp- poppy seeds powder (better to take roasted to avoid raw smell)

2 tbsp- jaggery powder or more if you have sweet tooth (we like it subtly sweet)

1 tsp- black pepper powder

1 tsp- saunf powder (fennel)

1 tsp- dry ginger powder (saunth)

1/2 cup- roasted sesame seeds (til - I had black sesame)

Nuts of your choice - grandmoms used to add roasted groundnuts (I have added pumpkin seeds and almonds)

1/2 cup- Desiccated coconut powder (dad tells dadi used to add copra - my hardworking grandmom would grate copra) - optional (you may add any roasted nut powder instead or make the panjiri with the rest of the ingredients)

How to make instant cold remedy: Grandmom's Recipe

Put all the ingredients in a mixer and your instant cold remedy is ready-

This would second as panjiri for those looking for a guilt-free, guten-free winter treat.

Second Home Remedy for Cough/Cold

The recipe for cough is very simple.

She takes a few black peppercorns and grinds them to powder. Keeps chopped almonds aside.

Then she heats 1/2 tsp of ghee or clarified butter. Stirs in chopped almonds and instantly drops the pepper powder and sugar as per taste. You can have this simple, spicy yet yummy home remedy for cough with tea, milk, or even with a roti (Indian flatbread).

Remedy for cold, cough, body ache due to fever-

Ingredients
cloves 1/2 tsp
black pepper  1/2 tsp
green cardamoms  4-5
big cardamoms    4-5
cinnamon 2 small pieces
tulsi leaves 10-15
ginger  1"

METHOD
wash, peel and crush ginger
crush cardamoms
simmer 2 cups with all the ingredients, till it reduces to half
drink lukewarm just before going to bed

Home Remedy For Dry Cough

Ingredients
black peppercorns crushed 5-6
mishri / rock sugar  4-5 small ones
water 250 ml

Method
put mishri, peppercorns in water, let it simmer till it reduces to almost half
strain and drink it lukewarm twice a day.

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