Home Remedies for Cough & Cold

Manjal (Turmeric) and Chukku (dried Ginger) taken in equal amount and decoction is prepared. Then honey and some powdered thippili (Piper longum) is added and taken.
Thulasi leaves (Oscimum sanctum), Pepper (Piper nigrum) , Onion (Allium cepa) and Kodampuli (Gambagia gareena) are taken, crushed and boiled in water, decoction is prepared and given after it gets cooled.
Thulasi leaves, puli leaves (Tamarind), pepper , and salt is taken in a mud pot and boiled.After the fumes start coming out, the the pot is removed and patient is exposed to the fumes coming out from the mud pot.
Massage the either sides of the nose with mustard oil. (Brassicca Juncea).
A piece of Arattai( Alpinia galanga) is chewed to get cured from cough.
Leaf juice of Adathodai( Adathoda vasica) is taken in amount of 10- 20 drops, mixed with honey and given.
Leaf juice of Adathodai – 1 part is mixed with half part of ginger juice or honey and boiled to mezhugu patham or state and given in dose of two to four Kuntri alavu.
Leaves of Adathodai is crushed and decoction is prepared, honey is mixed and given.
A piece of Athimathuram(Glycyrrhiza glabra) is chewed to get cured from cough.
The root bark of Adathodai is prepared as kudineer or decoction and given.