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Draft translation of claims made by the source. This is unverified historical material, not treatment advice.

The source claims:

Rubbing yellow teeth with ground salt and baking soda removes yellowing.

Nosebleeds
1. Pouring a stream of cold water on the palate and splashing cold water into the nose stops bleeding.
2. Moving a piece of ice over the head, forehead and neck stops bleeding.
3. Introducing lemon juice into the nose with a syringe permanently eliminates nosebleeds.
4. Putting drops of any one of sugarcane juice, onion juice, cow's ghee, milk, sugar water, grape water or cold water into the nose stops bleeding.
5. Sniffing powdered alum and putting alum water into the nose immediately stops bleeding.
6. Drinking wheat flour mixed with sugar and milk stops bleeding from the nose.
7. Drinking ground black pepper mixed with old jaggery stops bleeding from the nose. The source does not specify a liquid.
8. Sniffing mango-kernel juice through the nose stops nasal bleeding.
9. Putting oil heated with black pepper or ajwain into the nose, sniffing it, or rubbing it on the nose opens a blocked nose.
10. Mixing amla powder with milk and applying it to the head at bedtime stops recurrent nosebleeds.
11. Putting 3–4 drops of ardusi leaf juice into the nose stops nosebleeds; drinking that leaf juice stops bleeding through the nose or mouth.

Abdominal complaints
Taking ajwain followed by warm water relieves stomach pain, indigestion and gas.