For Cracked voice
If you are used to giving lectures you might have experienced your voice cracking and at times you are left absolutely speechless.
The next seminar is tomorrow and you are absolutely tongue tied.
If this description fits your symptoms you can try this home remedy.
Ingredients
raisin (draksh) 500gm
sugar crystal (kalkandu, misri) 150 gms
saffron (kesar, kungumappoo) 1 gm
cardamom (ilaayichi, elakkai) 10 gm
a bowl and pestle to powder the things
You will need a small container and a pestle (usually used by asians) to prepare this remedy. It will not be possible to do it as well in a grinder.
You can use the grinder to powder the sugar crystal. Once it is powdered pass it through a sieve so that you get a very fine powder without lumps.
Take the raisins in the bowl and mash it with the pestle. Don't add water to the raisins. Go on hitting the raisin with the pestle. It will get mashed and appear like a sticky paste.
Take the sugar crystal powder, add a spoon full to the raisin and mash it with the pestle. Keep on repeating the process. That is, add a little bit of sugar crystal powder to the mashed raisins and pound it with the pestle.
This is a slow process. It will take about an hour for you to do this. The longer you pound the raisins with the crystal powder the better it will be.
Once they are are mashed together and mixed well take a bit in hand and make small balls or pellets.
The pellets have to be made immediately. Otherwise the mixture will turn too hard and cannot be rolled into balls.
Spread out the little balls ( about the size of marbles) in such a way that they do not touch each other. Spread them out on a tray.
Let them dry in shade for about an hour. They will get hardened and will not stick together once they are dry.
Store them in an air tight bottle.
Take a pellet and keep it in the mouth three times a day. This will clear your throat.
If you are a musician, actor or need to speak in a seminar, keep a pellet in your mouth just 15 minutes before the programme. Do not chew it and swallow it. Let it be in your mouth as long as you can keep it. And you will be able to speak or sing in a clear voice.
You can also keep it in your mouth just before going to bed. You will wake up with a great relief and clear voice.
COUGH
A wonderful natural solution to a cough is garlic (or onion) and honey. Chop up an entire bulb of garlic (or onion) and put it in a bowl. Cover the garlic (or onion) with honey and let the mixture sit overnight. In the morning, remove the garlic (or onion) and take two teaspons of the honey mixture. The honey is instantly soothing to the throat, and the garlic (or onion) has wonderful immune-boosting (and some say cancer-preventing) powers. It is, of course, very aromatic! Your loved ones should eat it too, so no one will mind the scent!
LARYNGITIS (loss of voice)
Causative factors:
Signs and symptoms
Home remedies for hoarse voice
Diet:
Ginger, black pepper, salt, garlic, dry grapes and ghee are useful in this condition. Food stuffs like pickles, curds, spicy food, all kinds of sour food, spicy food should be avoided.
Smoking and alcohol consumption are a strict no-no.
Other regimens:
Don’t expose the throat to cold wind or cold water. Avoid taking head bath for a few days.
When the pipes get scratchy, you could use this:
3 tablespoons liquid honey
2 ounces of lemon juice (pure)
2 teasponns of granulated sugar
1 Xtra large cup
Boil water, add ingredients, pour hot water in cup, stir until honey is disolved....drink it while it is hot and drink it as hot as you can stand without burning your mouth. Do this once every 2 hours on gig day and your scrathy throat will be clear.
If you are used to giving lectures you might have experienced your voice cracking and at times you are left absolutely speechless.
The next seminar is tomorrow and you are absolutely tongue tied.
If this description fits your symptoms you can try this home remedy.
Ingredients
raisin (draksh) 500gm
sugar crystal (kalkandu, misri) 150 gms
saffron (kesar, kungumappoo) 1 gm
cardamom (ilaayichi, elakkai) 10 gm
a bowl and pestle to powder the things
You will need a small container and a pestle (usually used by asians) to prepare this remedy. It will not be possible to do it as well in a grinder.
You can use the grinder to powder the sugar crystal. Once it is powdered pass it through a sieve so that you get a very fine powder without lumps.
Take the raisins in the bowl and mash it with the pestle. Don't add water to the raisins. Go on hitting the raisin with the pestle. It will get mashed and appear like a sticky paste.
Take the sugar crystal powder, add a spoon full to the raisin and mash it with the pestle. Keep on repeating the process. That is, add a little bit of sugar crystal powder to the mashed raisins and pound it with the pestle.
This is a slow process. It will take about an hour for you to do this. The longer you pound the raisins with the crystal powder the better it will be.
Once they are are mashed together and mixed well take a bit in hand and make small balls or pellets.
The pellets have to be made immediately. Otherwise the mixture will turn too hard and cannot be rolled into balls.
Spread out the little balls ( about the size of marbles) in such a way that they do not touch each other. Spread them out on a tray.
Let them dry in shade for about an hour. They will get hardened and will not stick together once they are dry.
Store them in an air tight bottle.
Take a pellet and keep it in the mouth three times a day. This will clear your throat.
If you are a musician, actor or need to speak in a seminar, keep a pellet in your mouth just 15 minutes before the programme. Do not chew it and swallow it. Let it be in your mouth as long as you can keep it. And you will be able to speak or sing in a clear voice.
You can also keep it in your mouth just before going to bed. You will wake up with a great relief and clear voice.
COUGH
A wonderful natural solution to a cough is garlic (or onion) and honey. Chop up an entire bulb of garlic (or onion) and put it in a bowl. Cover the garlic (or onion) with honey and let the mixture sit overnight. In the morning, remove the garlic (or onion) and take two teaspons of the honey mixture. The honey is instantly soothing to the throat, and the garlic (or onion) has wonderful immune-boosting (and some say cancer-preventing) powers. It is, of course, very aromatic! Your loved ones should eat it too, so no one will mind the scent!
LARYNGITIS (loss of voice)
Causative factors:
- Short term viral or bacterial infection due to an attack of cold.
- Intake of exceedingly hot and cold drinks.
- Drinking ice-cold water or any other cold beverage, eating an ice-cream immediately after taking fried food.
- May also be caused by some other irritants like smoking, pan chewing, gutka, alcohol etc.
- People working in dusty environments or those who use their voices continuously like singers, speakers etc.
- Abnormal growth in the throat, infection of lungs due to tuberculosis may be some other factors.
Signs and symptoms
- The characteristic sign is a hoarse voice, which may lead to total voice loss.
- A sore throat and difficulty in swallowing is also common. Fever and cough may also follow.
- The tongue may develop tastelessness.
- Chronic laryngitis develops over a period of time and sufferers may cough and clear their throats regularly and always have a hoarse voice.
Home remedies for hoarse voice
- Inhale the vapors coming out of hot water in which a few drops of eucalyptus oil have been added, for about 10 minutes.
- Add some black pepper powder to a cup of warm milk, and drink the mixture twice a day. A little bit of sugar can also be added.
- The fresh juice of tulsi(basil) leaves and 1 tsp of honey well mixed should be taken 3 to 4 times a day.
- Akkarakara (root of Anacyclus pyrethrum). Make a fine powder of Akkarakara, and use in small doses of 300 to 600 mg twice a day with warm water. This increases the secretion of saliva, and thereby useful in hoarse voice.
- Steam inhalation of turmeric water. Add a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi) to 15 to 20 ml of water.
- Boil a cup of water. Add a tsp of salt to it and gargle with this water as many times as possible during the day.
- Ayurvedic remedy: Jeshta madhu(liqorice) is found to be useful. 2 gm of powder well mixed in a cup of milk should be taken twice a day.
Diet:
Ginger, black pepper, salt, garlic, dry grapes and ghee are useful in this condition. Food stuffs like pickles, curds, spicy food, all kinds of sour food, spicy food should be avoided.
Smoking and alcohol consumption are a strict no-no.
Other regimens:
Don’t expose the throat to cold wind or cold water. Avoid taking head bath for a few days.
When the pipes get scratchy, you could use this:
3 tablespoons liquid honey
2 ounces of lemon juice (pure)
2 teasponns of granulated sugar
1 Xtra large cup
Boil water, add ingredients, pour hot water in cup, stir until honey is disolved....drink it while it is hot and drink it as hot as you can stand without burning your mouth. Do this once every 2 hours on gig day and your scrathy throat will be clear.
