Traditional medicines have been in use since time immemorial. Years back in ancient times when our ancestors just ate, drank and slept, they used traditional medicines to cure their ailments. These traditional medicines are still used as home remedies. A very simple such medicine is the basil leaf and its juice that is very effective for a common cough and cold when taken with honey. I was advised by one traditional medicine practitioner to chew some basil leaves early in the morning in empty stomach to cure sleep apnea from which I suffer. I did take his advice and am much better now.
Mint leaves taken at regular intervals keeps stomach ailments at bay and is also good for our digestive system. That's why I have planted them in my kitchen garden and use them often to prepare sauces that can be taken with sandwiches and pancakes. My garden has a whole lot of plants and trees like guava, mango, pomegranate, curry leaves, hibiscus(shoe flower) whose leaves and fruit extracts can be used as traditional medicines.
Leaves of the guava can be applied as a paste to arrest hair fall. The soft new leaves can be chewed to cure an upset stomach. A drink (Aam Panna) prepared from the pulp of roasted raw mango keeps you cool during summer. Pomegranate juice restores iron deficiency in our body as well as a chronic digestive problem like dysentery. Curry leaves when used for seasoning acts as an appetizer and also gives you a long flowing hair lock when massaged mixed with coconut oil.
Apart from these plant or herbal medicine, a teaspoonful of clarified butter keeps our brain active. Ancient practitioners prescribed tiger's oil(burnt tiger's fat) as a massage for rheumatism and other ailments related to bones. Some boneless fishes are taken to cure anemia.
Traditional medicine, when taken under the advice of a practitioner, are beneficial. However, animal products when taken from endangered animals like the tiger can be treated as a disadvantage.
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Traditional medicines are anytime good for one's health. All these also known as functional foods have beneficial effects in curing and preventing many diseases and infections. Commonly known as "Dadi Maa ke Nuskhe", we follow some or the other traditional medicine in our day to day life.
Traditional medicines are good for health-is one common advice which we receive from our grandparents. Let it be any continent around this globe, people counsel to approach the traditional methods of curing diseases. The main concern towards the usage of the traditional approach is either followed and suggested by the grandparents and also by the countryside population.
The curing procedure followed under the recovery of the traditional medicinal healing is always natural and beneficial for health. The recent surveys haves showed that there is an increase in the population practicing Ayurveda. Now-a-days, more people have developed an aptitude towards the conventional approaches when it comes to health.
Ayurveda, is an ancient medicinal practice that has its roots evolved from the Indian sub-continent. The well-served results and the cures have made it a renowned practice among the modern mob around the globe.
Due to the healing approaches and their successful results, the western world has imbibed the Ayurveda therapies as in their wellness applications. People also follow the fitness routine which has Yoga exercises to keep themselves healthy and fit.
Yoga, an another long-established exercise which was a part of daily routine to be of the best shape and size. This was followed by the people of India in the past years to maintain a balanced health. This practice had various sessions and procedures which is named as asana.
It ha different poses (asanas) for different body parts. This practice is also to heal the internal wounds and keep a perfect shaped healthy body.
Talking about both Ayurveda and Yoga, these are most renowned healing and exercise practices followed everywhere. And at present, the outcomes of these traditional approaches have proved that the Traditional curing approach serves you life long with the positive and healthy outcomes.