We make our Children Sick.

I was brought up in a small town,no, a big village, where I  used to play at least for six hours a day.

Not a day passed without me getting some injury, generally somewhere beneath the knee.

This is apart from the hits I used to receive from friends, generally a black-eye.

Twice a month , at least, I remember having had Fever.

English: Photograph of “Tulasi” pods – a common household plant in India. The plant is worshiped amongst Hindus in India as a deity. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Running nose was perpetual.

For knee and other injuries,my mother used to apply Turmeric heated in Gingelly Oil (as a paste)  -Nallennai

For Cough,a fistful of Tulasi leaves  with powdered pepper boiled in water.

Running Nose was generally ignored.

We were not aware of antiseptics, hand washes,Dettol and the like.

I have a grand son .about 3 years.

My daughter, right from the day he was born will never allow any one to touch him without sanitizing their hands.

He would be bathed in water with anti  septic mixed in water.

If he catches the slightest of cold, he will be treated with anti-biotic, under a Paediatrician..

If he runs a mild temperature, he will be given paracetamol.

I am sixty-two .

I recall with difficulty that I was seriously sick not even once.

Now my grand son has infections every other day.

This is not about me and my grand son.

I  find the present children being cared more for their own good.

Why not leave Mother nature to tend to its children?

One may take unavoidable medication.

For minor ailments like Fever, Cough allow the body to fight for  72 hours

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Dry Cough-immediate Relief.

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Take a pinch of white pepper(grounded).Add this to one tea spoon of honey and take thrice a day.

Add a gram of turmeric (haldi) powder to a teaspoon of honey for curing dry cough. Also chew

a cardamom for a fairly a long   time.

Take a glass of warm milk ,addblack pepper(qty 10 peppers powdered)

and turmeric powder a pinch and drink till you are cured, preferably before going to bed.

Related:

There are many different causes for dry cough including allergies, illness and certain medications. Coughing is what the body does when it is trying to remove mucus or a foreign material from the upper airway passages or lungs. A person may also cough if their airway is irritated. A dry cough, also sometimes referred to as a nonproductive cough, does not result in any sputum coming up. 

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