Child Health

Child health is the major focus for all mothers.  Indian mothers strongly believe in the age old home remedies especially for the new born and children.  The most concerning issue is the cough and cold in children.  Please find below some of the Indian home remedies for children

Remedies for 1 month baby:
Omam – ½ tsp, put it in a pan and allow it to splash, add ¼ tumbler water. Allow it to boil till it becomes half the quantity. Using a clean soft cloth filter it and give 1 tsp ( it should not be spicy but bitter). Burp the baby nicely.

Remedies for 4 months baby:

Omam – 1 tsp, put it in a pan and allow it to splash, add ½ tumbler water and 2 betel leaves or tulsi leaves in pieces. Allow it to boil till it becomes half the quantity. Using a clean soft cloth filter it and give to the child. Burp the baby nicely.

Remedies at 1 year:
Omam – 1 tsp, 2 – 3 pepper, clove – 2. Put it in a pan and after it splashes add ½ tumbler water and allow it to boil till it becomes half the quantity. Using a clean soft cloth filter and give to the child. If the child refuses to have, apply little honey to the child’s tongue and then give.

Common cold

Common cold is the infection of the upper respiratory tract caused by a virus.  Though there are many medicines available to cure common cold, here are some natural cough remedies.

• Add honey and a pinch of salt to orange juice and drink it to get relief from cold, cough and throat pain.


• Include cabbage regularly in food to control cold and cough.


• Add pepper to guava to get relief from phlegm.


• Having cow’s milk with honey cures cold.


• Drink fresh cow’s milk with turmeric powder early morning to get relief from dry cough

• Burn onion directly in the flame and eat to remove cough and chest congestion.


• Betel leaves juice with honey helps in getting relief from cough.


• Having a glass of milk with turmeric in the night gives relief from cold and cough.


• Karpuravalli leaf is excellent in cures for coughs and cold. Boil 3-4 leaves in water and drink the water. Repeat this for 2 – 3 days to get a good relief from cold. You can also add these leaves to rasam and eat the leaves along with the rasam.

• In bulk the following powder can be made and stored in fridge. Chitharathai – ¼ kg, Adhi madhuram – ¼ kg, turmeric – 50 gms, omam – 25 gms. Crush it and keep it in hot sun for 2 hours. Grind it in mixie, sieve it and take out the powder. This powder can be added to hot water or to hot milk before going to bed.