Made for Gujarati life in the UK.Historical remedies
The following claims come from the historical source; they are not verified treatment recommendations.
- Squeezing a lemon in a bucket of warm or cold water makes the skin smooth and glowing. [52]
- Applying the juice of the leaves cures any chronic skin disease. [52]
- Massage slightly warmed sesame oil daily to brighten dull skin. [52]
- Grating the cucumber and applying its juice makes the skin smooth as well as dry. [52]
- When the skin of the feet is cracked, it heals quickly by applying the milk. [52]
- Mixing gram flour with water and a little ghee and massaging it on the body and mouth makes the skin fairer and brighter. [52]
- A white scar is left on the burned skin. [52]
- Drinking Babbe tola (original units) honey in cold water every morning cures skin diseases like burns, itching, blisters. [53]
- Rubbing potato peel on the body makes the skin smooth. [53]
- Rubbing the juiced lemon on the torn face soothes the skin, but the redness of the face is quite noticeable. [53]
- Bathing with water boiled with amla powder in warm water makes the skin smooth. [53]
- This mixture does not irritate the skin in cold weather and keeps it cool in hot weather. [53]
- Instead, rub a couple of drops of Sukhad oil on the mouth after bathing to give fragrance and cool the skin. [53]
- In winter, if there is a rash between the fingers of the extremities and there is a cut in the skin, adding a spoonful of salt to the wheat bran and heating the water to boiling water and shaking the hands and feet in this water will cure the rash. [54]