for pregnent mothers

An excellent tip for morning sickness in pregnant mothers

Nausea or vomiting in pregnant ladies is very common.This can be prevented with this very simple recipe.
40 gm Coriander seeds * is boiled in 250 ml water.It must be boiled till the water is reduced to half. This decoction is cooled and filtered .
This must be taken twice a day by the lady who is suffering from morning sickness symptoms.This also increases the appetite in the lady

A tip for pregnant ladies...

This is for the general overall health of the pregnant mother :
Eating very little butter (3-4 pinches) mixed with candy sugar * after lunch helps the lady.

* Candy sugar-mishri in Hindi
Patika bellam in Telugu
Kalkandu in Tamil.

• Prickly chaff plant or Apamarga or Uttareni plant-an intro-part 1

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    *Rough chaff plant has many medicinal properties and used in many different schools of medicine and folklore.
• This is also a 'potherb' (green leafy vegetable) .
• However pregnant ladies must avoid using the leaves juice either internally or for external application.It may induce abortion .
• Different parts of the plant are used to expel the foetus,to clean up the uterus,to induce labor pains in a lady, to treat a lady's menstrual problems, to treat habitual abortions and also to increase fertility in women.
• The infusion of the whole plant is used to treat coughs,colds.
• The powder comes in useful to treat different kinds of urinary tract infections,digestive disorders and also to treat high BP.The juice of the plant is also used to treat skin infections.
• Some studies have shown that this plant when taken internally it increases the thyroid hormone in rats.
• There is also a claim that' Renal dropsy '- (a condition where there is an accumulation of watery fluid beneath the skin due to a malfunction of kidneys.) can be cured with the help of the plant's infusion.
  

  Prickly chaff plant or Apamarga or Uttareni plant-an intro-part 1

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    Uttareni plant-Rough chaff.

  
  

  Latin name : Achyranthes aspera

  
  

  English : Prickly chaff ,Rough chaff,devil's horse whip

  
  

  Hindi : Latjeera,Chitchita

  
  

  Sanskrit : Apamarga

  
  

  Telugu : Uttareni

  
  

  Tamil: Katalati nayuruvi

(the subsequent posts will describe some of the medicinal uses