Natural Healing  
Guide

Cold Running Nose or Blocked Congestion Nose Bleeding Sneezing

Remedy (Nuskhe)

• Before going to bed chew 7 peppercorns (sabut kali mirch) and 1 teaspoon sugar candy (mishri).
• Tulsi tea – When making tea, add 2 cloves (laung), 1 green cardamom (chhoti illaichi), ½ teaspoon dried ginger powder (saunth) and 6 basil (tulsi) leaves, while boiling the water.
• Boil 7 peppercorns (sabut kali mirch) and 7 batashas in 1 cup water till ¼ cup water is left.  Drink it hot and cover your head and body properly and rest for 10 minutes.  Have it twice a day – once on empty stomach in the morning and once at night just before going to bed, for 2-3 days.  If you have fever with the cold, add 7 leaves of tulsi also.
• Rub a nutmeg (jaiphal) on a smooth grinding stone along with some cow's milk.  Apply this paste on forehead and nose.
• Crush a fistful of carom seeds (ajwain) and tie up in a cotton napkin and place it near the pillow.
• Put 1 teaspoon cardamom (chhoti illaichi) seeds on burning coal and inhale the smoke.
• Make into a very fine powder equal quantities of the following: green cardamom (chhoti illaichi) seeds, cinnamom (dalchini), black pepper (kali mirch) and cumin (jeera).  Sniff this powder frequently to induce sneezing.