5 Simple & Effective Home Remedies for Cold

Its Cold Morning here pals!!! Soon comes the Cold n Flu Season. So here we provide 5  Simple effective home remedies for Cold. The following ways are practiced by South Indians till date as a good remedy against Cold. Its natural and no side effects. Hope it helps you.

1. Burn Turmeric in fire and deeply inhale the smoke. It gives better results against cold. Else you can take hot coal then sprinkle turmeric powder over the coal and inhale the fragrance/smoke.

2. Mix Pomegranate and lemon juice and drink for Cold.

3. Boil the Purple Fruited Pea Eggplant along with Cumin seeds. Then Filter out and drink.
Solanum trilobatum (Biological name), Purple Fruited Pea Eggplant(English Name) otherwise called as Climbing Brinjal. In tamil its தூதுவளை

4. Drinking Bermuda Grass juice will help in relieving congestion.

Bermuda Grass juice- அருகம்புல் சாறு

5. Boil a cup of milk with 4 cloves of Garlic . Then add a pinch of Turmeric Powder and a tbsp. of Pepper. Drinking this mixture also relieves cold.


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10 Food Stuffs that you need to avoid in Empty Stomach

There are certain food stuffs that needs to be avoided in empty stomach. Following are those food stuffs that needs to be taken out from your diet chart when you are in empty stomach.

1.Soda
As Soda contains excess amount of Carbonate Acid, it reacts with other acids in empty stomach and causes Vomiting sensation.(This may be a known one!!!)

2.Tomato
Consuming tomatoes in empty stomach can result in stone formation.

3. Medicines
Always Medicines needs to be taken after good food. Else it may imbalance your body. Even today, doctors advise the same when they write the prescription.

4. Alcohol
Consumption of alcohol itself a idea for healthy life. In that, Alcohol in empty stomach may cause stomach burns.

5. Spicy Foods
Spicy foods severely damages your stomach when taken in empty stomach.

6. Coffee
Drinking coffee in empty stomach is not advisable. The caffeine present in coffee may cause serious  trouble to your stomach. So prefer drinking a cup of water before you have coffee. (I personally experienced stomach ache when I drank coffee in empty stomach)

7. Tea
Like Coffee, Tea also contains desirable amount of caffeine so say NO to tea in empty stomach.

8. Banana
Banana is rich in Magnesium, so consuming banana in empty stomach may increase Magnesium content in your body. Hence resulting imbalance in Calcium- Magnesium content in your body.

9. Curd
Curd contains good bacteria that is essential for your health but consumption of curd in empty stomach may cause bacterial reaction in stomach.

10. Sweet Potato
Tannins and  Betaine vitamins present in sweet potato may increase the acid level when taken in empty stomach and may result in heartburn.

Reference from Vikatan Tamil Magazine