A headache – grind some coriander leaves and make a paste, mix it with water and take everyday morning. The headache will be gone.
Stomach irritation/pain – Take a glass of water which was used for making rice – mix it with a little butter and a pinch of salt. Drink. There will be a quick cure.
Tingling sensation in teeth – Take some mint seeds and keep chewing. This would get rid of the sensation in the teeth. Otherwise, dry some mint leaves in the sun, power, mix with salt, use it to brush the teeth. Cure in 1 or 2 days.
Mouth Ulcer – Take some copra, mix it with some poppy seeds. Chew this mixture. And eat. Or keep a piece of haritaki (‘kadukkai’ in Tamil) on the side of the mouth for some time. The ulcerous mouth will get cured.
Uneasiness in the stomach – Take some Acorus calamus – ‘Vasambu’ in Tamil – heat directly and char it. Mix this with some gingelly oil, coconut oil, and castor oil. Apply this to the lower part of the stomach and rub. The complaint will be gone.
Indigestion – Take a cup of water used for making rice. Add a quarter-teaspoon of turmeric powder and drink. Indigestion will get cured. Otherwise. Make a powder some quantity of dry ginger, palm jaggery, and 4 pepper pieces and take this mixture twice a day. The cure is certain. Otherwise, make a decoction of fennel seeds, palm jaggery and water and drink. Indigestion will get cured.
Waist pain – Use some quantity of the gruel available after cooking rice., allow it to cool, mix it with a spoon of ghee (clarified butter) and some cumin seeds. Waist pain will get cured.
Bad odour from perspiration – Add some alum in the water before using it to take bath. The bad odour caused by perspiration will get reduced.
Body ache – Make a concoction from a mixture of some quantity of frankincense, turmeric, and sugar, with some jaggery and milk and drink. Body-ache will be gone.
Unhealed wounds – Take some ‘virali manjal’ (Curcuma Longa), heat directly under fire – char it. Mix it with some coconut oil and make a paste. Apply on the unhealed boils./wounds/etc. twice a day. They will heal quickly.