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Home Remedies
Inexpensive, effective and easy to make home remedies
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Important note to our patients
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Below is a list of some home
remedies. Please use only the ones that are prescribed for you (if
any) in your diet plan. Some of these remedies might not be
appropriate for your specific condition.
Example, if
you have diarrhea, chicory tea will make your condition worse.
Another example,
if you have heart disease or arterial blockage, radish leaf tea
will make your condition worse.
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Radish leaf tea
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1 cup of chopped green radish
leaves
1 cup of water
1 tablespoon of soy sauce or a dash of salt and a squeeze of lemon juice
Boil the radish leaves in water
for about 5 minutes with soy sauce or salt and lemon juice
Allow to cool for about 15 minutes
Drain and drink as tea |
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Radish tea
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4-5 medium size red radishes (or
their equivalent of white radish, daikon), grated
1 cup of water
1 tablespoon of soy sauce or a
dash of salt and a squeeze of lemon juice
Boil the grated radishes in water
for about 5 minutes with soy sauce or salt and lemon juice
Allow to cool for about 15 minutes
Drain and drink as tea |
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Mint tea
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1 table spoon of dried mint
1 cup of water
1 tea spoon honey (only when
permissible in your diet plan)
Bring to a boil
Allow to cool for 15 minutes
Drain and drink as tea |
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Cumin Tea
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1 table spoon of ground cumin
1 cup of water
a dash of salt or a little soy
sauce
a squeeze of lemon (not needed
with soy sauce)
Bring to a boil
Allow to cool for 15 minutes
Drain and drink as tea |
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Chicory tea
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1 cup of finely chopped
chicory leaves
1 cup of water
a dash of salt or a little soy
sauce
a squeeze of lemon (not needed
with soy sauce)
Bring to a boil
Allow to cool for 15 minutes
Drain and drink as tea |
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Brown rice cream
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2 cups of precooked brown rice
1 cup water
1 thin cotton cloth
Place precooked rice and water in
a cooking pan
Bring to a boil
Let cool for 30 minutes
Place the cooked rice into the
cotton cloth
Squeeze the cooked rice well into a bowl |
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Cabbage tea
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2-3 large cabbage leaves finely
chopped
2 cups of water
a dash of salt or a little soy
sauce
a squeeze of lemon (not needed
with soy sauce)
Boil the cabbage leaves in water
for 20 minutes
Allow to cool for 15 minutes
Drain and drink as tea |
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Potato compress
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4-5 medium size raw potatoes
1 thin cotton linen sheet
2-3 liters of warm water in a pan
Finely grate the potatoes
wrap the grated potatoes in the
linen sheet
Dip the wrapped potato-in linen
compress in the warm water pan for a few seconds
Place the compress on the affected area for 20-30 minutes then remove |
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Radish compress
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1 bowl of grated raw red or white
radish
1 thin cotton linen sheet
2-3 liters of warm water in a pan
wrap the grated radish in the
linen sheet
Dip the wrapped radish-in linen
compress in the warm water pan for a few seconds
Place the compress on the affected area for 10-20 minutes then remove |
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Ginger compress
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1 table spoon of dry ginger powder
or 1 piece of raw ginger the size of an apricot
1 thick cotton linen sheet
2-3 liters of warm water in a pan
If you are using raw ginger then
grate it finely
Place the ginger in the water pan
and bring to a boil
Let cool to about 45 degrees
Celsius
Dip the cotton sheet into the warm water and place on the affected area
for about 10 minutes |