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Methods Of Naturopathy

-- COMMON COLD --

Causes and Symptoms: Common cold caused by a variety of factors, the most common being a sudden chilling because of a change of temperature, coming out of a cozy bed into a blast of cold air or walking from an air-cooled room into a blazing sun. There is an old adage that "if you take medicine, the cold is cured in a week, otherwise seven days". In the case of weak constitutions a cold may lead to more serious diseases like tonsillitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and tuberculosis. What is worse, a catarrh of the respiratory organs may degenerate into a catarrh of the alimentary system.

A cold is an extremely irritating condition. You are not sick enough to get into bed, yet not well enough to lead a normal life. A running nose, feverishness, heaviness of the head, pains and aches in the body, loss of appetite and of smell are the main features of a cold which makes life miserable.

Treatment: Like other disease to which human beings are subject, a cold is the result of inappropriate diet. It is nature's way of expelling poisonous humours from the body. We must attack the malady at its source and that is the putrifying matter in the intestines. The patient must fast till the cold is gone - it will not take more than two days - and take a warm water enema followed by a cup of warm water after every two hours. If he is unable to take the enema, Try the following method:

Take half a kilogramme of spinach, 250 grammes of turnips (along with their leaves), 250 grammes of tomatoes, 75 grammes of coriander leaves and 25 grammes of ginger. Cut them into small pieces and boil them in about one litre of water. If some of these vegetables are not available, radishes or other greens may be used. Cover the lid of the vessel with a flat dish full of water so that the water does not evaporate and there is sufficient left. When the vegetables are done, strain them through muslin or other fine cloth. Add a little salt, the juice of a lime and roasted and ground cumin seed and take it in tumblerfuls after every two to three hours. This will clear the bowels and also open the pores by producing sweat.

Chronic Cold: A cold sometimes becomes chronic. Such patients should also follow the regimen suggested above. It will clear their bowels. Let them also take some exercise so that their pores open. Those who are too weak should soak their feet in warm water for fifteen to twenty minutes the last thing at night. Let the patient wear a blanket while he is doing it; it will help open his pores and the nose will stop running.
SORE THROAT

A sore throat is usually the result of a chill. Milk, and milk products are harmful in such a condition. Take a glass of lukewarm water with a spoonful of honey in the morning and before sleep at night. Apply a cold compress to the throat and cover the compress with a woolen cloth. For a week take only bread vegetables and fruits.
WHOOPING COUGH

A whooping cough patient should do away from all foods, which produce phlegm like milk, ghee, sweets, rice, refined flour products, sugar and lentils. His diet should consist of oranges, muskmelon, tomatoes and raspberry. Vegetables like spinach, cabbage, gourds, should be taken in a boiled form without addition of any condiments. Whole meal bread and roasted potatoes could also be given. The patient should be encouraged to fast for a couple of days with the onset of the symptoms of whooping cough. The fasting period should be followed by a week of living on oranges only.
DISCHARGE OF PHLEGM

Phlegm troubles those who eat refined flour, milled rice, lentils and milk. Vegetables and fruit can reduce the amount of phlegm produced in the body. If the food is not properly digested or assimilated by the body, phlegm is abnormally high. Exercise and increasing of the vegetable contents of the food would meet this condition.

An expedient which can give quick results is the drinking of warm water (about a litre) with a tablespoonful of salt added to it. Drink it after you have gone to the toilet and then vomit it out. Most of the phlegm would be expelled.