Health Recipes

Not just therapies, but house-hold ingredients do miracles too!

a.     Lemon for life

Unlike the lemon juice you normally consume,

Lemon + hot water + rock salt 

is a magical recipe with an array of 

health benefits.

Nutritional Value

• A glass of lemon juice contains less than 25 calories.

• Rich source of calcium, potassium, vitamin C and pectin fibre.

• It also has medicinal values and antibacterial properties.

• It also contains traces of iron and vitamin A.

Health Benefits:

•  It's a good source of vitamin C.

•  It improves your skin quality.

• Increases alkalinity of the body (required to be disease-free)

• It supports weight loss.

• It aids in digestion by enabling produce of bile juice.

• It freshens breath.

• It helps prevent kidney stones.

• Alleviates colon health.

• Eases bowel movement, hence a remedy for constipation.

• Rehydrates after diarrhoea, vomiting.

• Flushes Out Toxins

• Anti-addiction remedy, anti-cancerous, and anti-acidic.

• Strengthens immune system

• Protection against infections and flu.

• High potassium content works wonders in heart patients.

• Anti-inflammatory, reduces pain and inflammation in joints and knees as it dissolves uric acid

• Cure for common cold, cough, Fever, Stress and Vertigo too.

• The potassium content helps nourish brain and nerve cells

• It strengthens the liver (by providing energy to the liver enzymes when they are too dilute).

• Relieves heartburn (by balancing the calcium and oxygen levels in the liver).

• Anti-wrinkle, anti-acne and anti-ageing properties.

• Maintains eye health and helps fight against eye problems

• Helps to replenish body salts especially after a strenuous workout session

• Cleansing effect on organs.

Preparation:

1. Boil water

2. Squeeze lemon into cup of hot water

3. Add ROCK salt/Himalayan Rock Salt (NOT iodized table salt) to taste

Note that sour and salt should be felt at same time on your tongue

Side Effects of Lemon Water:

Lemon juice is potentially dangerous to 

be consumed WITHOUT Salt and Hot water. 

The possible threats could be,

• Increased acidity that erodes tooth enamel & causes tooth sensitivity.

• To limit the risk, drink lemon water through a straw, and rinse your mouth afterwards.

• The acidic citric acid may stimulate heartburn in some people, where Others may experience relief from heartburn since lemons become alkaline in the digestive tract.

• If lemons aggravate your heartburn, avoid drinking lemon water.

• Frequent urination in few cases. (to be compensated with higher water intake.

B.    Ginger for life

Features:

• Anti-inflammatory and anti-pyretic properties of ginger help fight against all inflammations and fever.

• The perfect stability of the acid-base combination optimizes the benefit of all the 3 ingredients – ginger, lemon & jaggery/country sugar.

Benefits:

• Best remedy for common cold, flu, fever, indigestion and constipation.

• Improves gut health.

• Boosts immunity.

• Aids in fighting against flu causing viruses inclusing Covid 19.

• Eliminates toxins.

• Protects from / delays cell damage.

Preparation: (per head)

• Peel an inch of ginger.

• Crush it and add to one tumbler of water and allow it to boil for 2 minutes.

• Add jaggerry as required (usually 1 tbspoon) and boil for 30 seconds.

• Switch off the flame and squeeze lemon over the mixture (usually ¼ lemon per head).

• Filter and enjoy a hot, healthy, refreshing and curative drink everyday!  

•  You may preferably have this twice a day or thrice in case of need to ease any of the health issues mentioned in ‘Benefits’.

C.    Expectorant milk

Features:

•  Expectorant property that helps thinning of flem and easy discharge through nose and sputum.

• Eases throat and chest congestion.

• Helps in decongestion of lungs, thus doesn’t allow Phlegm to accumulate.

Benefits:

• Speedy recovery from flu, common-cold and cough.

• Prevents lung diseases that occur as a result of phlegm accumulation.

Preparation: (per head)

•   Peel ½ inch of ginger and crush.

•   Crush 3-4 pepper corns.

•   Add to one glass of thin milk and allow it to boil for 2 minutes.

•   Put off the flame and add a spoon of jaggery.

•  Enjoy the soothing and curative drink before bed-time as the last one to consume.

•  Stop consumption once you feel better and out of your flu-symptoms.