Made for Gujarati life in the UK.Historical remedies
The following claims come from the historical source; they are not verified treatment recommendations.
- Drinking hot water over ajwain phaki relieves stomach pain, indigestion and gas. [24]
- Adding soda bicarb to this water and drinking it two to three times a day cures bad belching and flatulence. [26]
- Taking mustard seed powder with a little sugar and drinking water over it relieves stomach pain caused by gas and phlegm. [26]
- Four to six ratibhars of ground cardamom, coriander and one ratibhar of roasted asafoetida mixed with lemon juice and licked cures flatulence, stomach ache and indigestion. [26]
- After adding jaggery and a little bit of dried ginger powder, make three-four small 7 tablets and eat it in the morning to cure monsoon common cold and gas. [34]
- When you lose sleep at night due to excessive thinking, gas or old age, eating 2 gm of powder with jaggery and ghee will help you sleep. [38]
- If there is gas, phlegm dope, back pain or stiffness of the dock, boil chilies in some water, dip a cloth in it and put a warm cloth on the painful part to relax. [48]
- Drinking a decoction of tulsi, fenugreek, pepper and ginger cures gas. [57]
- Ajwain is heated and equal parts of Singhav are collected in a bowl and three masa of it is taken with hot water to get rid of Kotha gas. [57]
- Boiling kokum with a little salt and drinking it cures flatulence. [57]