The cold is coming, with it, a surge in several viral and respiratory infections. Worsening pollution levels and new Omicron sub-variants could also lead to symptoms like fever, sore throat, cough and cold. While it’s best to see your trusted doctor when you develop these above-mentioned symptoms, one can also, in addition, try a few Ayurvedic home remedies that could manage flu-like symptoms effectively.
Ayurveda expert Dr. Dixa Bhavsar shared four remedies to relieve cough, cold, and sore throat.
She wrote: 1. Drink Shunthi Siddha Jala (water boiled with dry ginger powder) throughout the day. It helps improve metabolism, digestion and soothes your throat. It also helps in relieving accumulated cough.
Here’s the recipe: Take 1 liter water, add half tsp dry ginger powder (shunthi) or a small stalk of fresh ginger, and boil it for 10 mins on a medium flame. Then strain and let it come to room temperature and store it in a steel bottle.
2. Have this DIY herbal mixture
- Take half tsp of turmeric, - Half tsp dry ginger powder, one black pepper (freshly crushed) or 1/4th tsp black pepper powder, one tsp pure honey. Mix it well and have it 2-3 times per day, one hour before or after meals.
3. Do steam inhalation with this Ayurvedic concoction twice a day
Recipe: - Take 2 glasses of water, Add a handful of tulsi leaves, 5-7 pudina (mint leaves), one tsp ajwain (carom seeds), half tsp methi (fenugreek seeds), half tsp haldi (turmeric). Boil it for 7-10 mins on a medium flame. And the magical concoction is ready.
4. Gargle with turmeric water
Take a glass of water, add one tsp of turmeric and boil it for 3-5 mins. Gargle with this water 2-3 times per day. This works for everyone (the dosage for kids is half that mentioned above).
