Hello friends,
Hope all of u are enjoying ur pregnancy. Here are some homemade medicines, which is safe during pregnancy. These are medicines used by our grand parents. You can also contribute if u know something.

· Stomach ache and gastric problems:
1) Fry cumin seeds (Jeera) in a pan (with out oil) until it starts popping. Then pour 1 cup of water and boil it for 10 minutes. Drain it and drink it. If u want u can add a pinch of sugar also.
2) Put 1 tsp of Cardamom powder (Elachi) in 1 cup of water and boil it fir a minute. Drink this as and when required.
3) You can put cumin powder (Fry with out oil and then powder it) In your drinking water and boil it.

· Cold and Cough:

1) Take 5-6 Basil leaves (Tulsi), A pinch of Pepper powder, a pinch of Cumin powder (Jeera), a pinch of Turmeric powder (Haldi), and a pinch of sugar. Put these in a pan and add 1 cup of water and boil it for 10 minutes. Drain it and then drink it.
2) Put 2 tsp of turmeric powder (Haldi) in boiling water, and then inhale the same.
3) Small onions (Raw) will help in throat pain. Smash small onions with a pinch of sugar and eat it.

Diarrhea:
1) Fry 5 tsp of Sago in a pan (With out oil) for 8 minutes. Pour 2 cups of water and boil it until the Sago becomes transparent. Add a pinch of salt or sugar and drink it.
2) Make I cup of black tea (With out milk) and pour 2 tsp of lemon juice.

Take care and keep in touch. I will let u know if I get something useful like this.


Diya
jenn replied. thanks for sharing the info with all of us. i think these remedies will be very useful to us as we would be very scared to take many antibiotic medicines during this time,,,
three cheers to you..
jenn Smiley replied. Hey Diya
So i was rite..u r a Mallu :-)Nice to meet ntoher' Mallu on board.
My dd is feb 4th.
I was born and brought up in C.b.e,TN. My native in Kerala is Palghat. I am now in California,U.S. So r u in Singapore for ur delivery or u r in Calicut? I feel like bein in India mainly coz i miss the yummy food ..my mouth waters thinking of kerala fish fry my favourite being \";Mathi\"; but we dont get it here...grrr....
Smiley replied. Hi Diya and Mansi
I am from the Feb 04 dd club. But just hopped on to this msg. board too.I was wondering if u two are Mallu ? I am a Mallu. And hey Diya great tips !! I have also tried the 1st tip and it works like a charm. In fact i do it quite often coz of my hearburn...
okie baiiiiii and have a great pregnancy !!! mansi replied.
Diya,

Thank you for that great remedies. I have tried the first one - fried cumin seed remedy. It works great. If you can get the auyvedic medicine 'dhanvantharam' tab, dilute it in this water and drink once a day. Its also good for you during pregnancy.

take care,
~ mansi