Home Remedies

1. Home Remedies
A home remedy is a treatment to cure a disease or ailment that employs certain
spices, vegetables, or other common items. Home remedies may or may not
have medicinal properties that treat or cure the disease or ailment in question, as
they are typically passed along by laypersons (which has been facilitated in recent
years by the Internet). Many are merely used as a result of tradition or habit or
because they are effective in inducing the placebo effect.[A significant
number, however, have been demonstrated to effectively treat ailments such
as sprains, minor lacerations, headaches, fevers, and even the common cold.
One of the more popular examples of a home remedy is the use of chicken soup to
treat respiratory infections such as a cold or mild flu, and according to one in
vitro study, there may be benefit from this use.[Other examples of medically
successful home remedies include willow bark tea to cure headaches and fevers
(willow bark contains salicylic acid, which is chemically similar toacetylsalicylic
acid, also known as aspirin); duct tape to help with setting broken bones; and duct
tape or superglue to treat plantar warts; and Kogel mogel to treat sore throat.
In earlier times, mothers were entrusted with all but serious remedies.
Historic cookbooks are frequently full of remedies for dyspepsia, fevers, and female
complaints. Many European liqueurs or digest ifs were originally medicinal
remedies. In Chinese folk medicine, medicinal congees (long cooked rice soups with
herbs), foods, and soups are part of the healing repertoire . A common error is to
confuse home remedies with homeopathic remedies. In fact, the two concepts are
unrelated.

2. Home Remedies for Mouth

3. Herbalism
Herbal medicine (or "herbalism") is the study and use of medicinal properties
of plants. The scope of herbal medicine is sometimes extended to
include fungal and bee products, as well asminerals, shells and certain animal
parts. Pharmacognosy is the study of all medicines that are Plants have the ability to
synthesize a wide variety of chemical compounds that are used to perform important
biological functions, and to defend against attack from predators such
as insects, fungi and herbivorous mammals. Many of these phytochemicals have
beneficial effects on long-term health when consumed by humans, and can be used to
effectively treat human diseases. At least 12,000 such compounds have been isolated
so far; a number estimated to be less than 10% of the total. Chemical compounds in
plants mediate their effects on the human body through processes identical to those
already well understood for the chemical compounds in conventional drugs; thus
herbal medicines do not differ greatly from conventional drugs in terms of how they
work. This enables herbal medicines to be as effective as conventional medicines, but
also gives them the same potential to cause harmful side effects.[
The use of plants as medicines predates written human history. Ethnobotany (the
study of traditional human uses of plants) is recognized as an effective way to discover
future medicines. In 2001, researchers identified 122 compounds used in modern
medicine which were derived from "ethnomedical" plant sources; 80% of these have
had an ethnomedical use identical or related to the current use of the active elements
of the plant.Many of the pharmaceuticals currently available to physicians have a long
history of use as herbal remedies, including aspirin, digitalis, quinine, andopium.

4. Role of Plants in Home Remedies
Many herbs have shown positive results in-vitro, animal model or
small-scale clinical tests,while studies on some herbal treatments
have found negative results. In 2002, the U.S. National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes
of Health began funding clinical trials into the effectiveness of
herbal medicine. In a 2010 survey of 1000 plants, 356 had clinical
trials published evaluating their "pharmacological activities and
therapeutic applications" while 12% of the plants, although
available in the Western market, had "no substantial studies" of
their properties.
Herbalists criticize the manner in which many scientific studies
make insufficient use of historical knowledge, which has been
shown useful in drug discovery and development in the past and
present. They maintain that this traditional knowledge can guide
the selection of factors such as optimal dose, species, time of
harvesting and target population.

6. HERBAL PREPRATION
Many herbs are applied topically to the skin in a variety of
forms. Essential oil extracts can be applied to the skin, usually
diluted in a carrier oil (many essential oils can burn the skin or are
simply too high dose used straight – diluting in olive oil or another
food grade oil such as almond oil can allow these to be used safely
as a topical). Salves, oils, balms, creams and lotions are other forms
of topical delivery mechanisms.Most topical applications are oil
extractions of herbs. Taking a food grade oil and soaking herbs in it
for anywhere from weeks to months allows certain phytochemicals
to be extracted into the oil. This oil can then be made into
salves, creams, lotions, or simply used as an oil for topical
application. Any massage oils, antibacterial salves and wound
healing compounds are made this way. One can also make
a poultice or compress using whole herb (or the appropriate part of
the plant) usually crushed or dried and re-hydrated with a small
amount of water and then applied directly in a bandage, cloth or
just as is.

7. Role of Animals in Home
Remedies
Having a sick dog can make you feel powerless. While there's no
substitute for the care of a veterinarian, there are things you can
do at home to make your pup feel better. Knowing the symptoms
of common illnesses, as well as when it's time to get professional
help, could mean a longer, happier life for your dog. Read on to
learn how to evaluate, diagnose and even treat some conditions
that might plague your pooch.
How familiar are you with your dog's health? Knowing when your
dog needs to go to the vet and when a home remedy will do the
trick can save you time and money, and it can also save your dog
discomfort and pain. In Evaluating Your Dog's Health, you'll find
out how taking the time to examine your dog's eyes, ears, mouth
and more can help you recognize common maladies.

8. Advantage of Home Remedies
Home remedies are life savers. Isn’t it just cool when remedies are
actually lurking inside our kitchen cabinets? Amazingly, it always keeps
us surprised to know that a warm tea bag can help heal boils and that a
glass of water with baking soda can help soothe an upset tummy and
ease a bee sting. And what’s even better is that they are actually way
cheaper and readily available. Who knew beer can be a great furniture
polisher and that milk can compress minor burns? Moreover, peanut
butter can be used a lubricant and it can clean leather as well. Totally
awesome!
Homeowners get a relief knowing that it won’t be such a scary
experience anymore when someone’s sick or is injured. Organic and
herbal remedies make waves as well and many people swear by their
effectiveness, claiming little to no side effects.
But you may also be surprised to know that home remedies may not be
for everybody. Let’s discuss both the good things and bad things about
home remedies.

9. Submitted to :- Mrs. SANGEETA AVASTI MAM
Submitted by:-Raman Madaan