Cold, cough and fever home remedy

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Cold, cough and fever home remedy
This drink or kashayam is wonderfull home remedy for cold, running nose, cough and fever from our kitchen shelves

Suffering from cold or running nose or cough or fever because of cold, this kashayam will do wonder by drinking 3 or 4 times a day. This kashayam does wonders for both adults and kids too. This always works for my family and stops us from running to hospital.

Ingredients 

  • Turmeric powder - 2 tea spoon or fresh turmeric - 2inch
  • Cloves - 12 nos
  • Cinnamon - 2inch
  • Pepper - 10 nos
  • Fresh ginger - 2inch or dry ginger - 2inch
  • Jeera - 1 tea spoon (Optional)
  • Beetal leaf - 2 nos
  • Fresh Tulsi leaves - 15 nos (handful)
  • karpooravali leaf (Optional) - 1
Note: If you are preparing this kashayam for kids or infants you can add some brown sugar or jaggery to subside spiciness of this drink.

Procedure

Add all the above mentioned ingredients in 1 liter water and bring it to boiling point. Get it to low flame after water started boiling. Keep it on low flame and allow the water to reduce to 3/4.

Allow it to cool and filter the drink. Drink when it is warm. You can drink this 4 times a day. If you prefer to drink it warm, reheat and enjoy. I generally get this in my water bottle and keep drinking through out the day. Continue this for 3 days for better results even though if you feel better on the first or second day.



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