Take thulasi, karpuravalli and kumbakonam vetrilai (beetel leaves) and mix with a cup of water and boil till the quantity is reduced to half. Filter this and have it twice a day with palm sugar for relief from common cold.

Take a small quantity of thippili, chitharathai, modi kuchi, pepper, virali manchal (turmeric) and powder them. Mix it with a cup of water and boil till the quantity is reduced to half. Filter this and have it twice a day with palm sugar for relief from cold caught due to chill weather or getting wet in the rains. The same powder can also be added to hot rasam and eaten with rice.
 
Take ommam, Kumbakonam vetrilai and jeera and mix it with a cup of water and boil till the quantity is reduced to half. Filter this and have it twice a day for stomach upset.
 
Powder sukku and boil it in water and add jaggary to this extract and drink for lack of appetite. Alternatively boil ginger in water and add jaggary to this extract and drink it.
 
Dania and sukku boil in water and add jaggary and milk and drink for giddiness.
 
Boil adimaduram, dania and sukku in water, add jaggary and have it for common fever.
 
Tea extract with a few drops of lemon juice and a spoon of honey will help to stop loose motion immediately. For the same, mango seed powdered and taken with honey will also be very effective for the same.

Take a small quantity of tender neem leaves, omam, Garlic, thulasi and jeera, grind them  and make a paste.  Make small balls of 1/2 inch diameter, dry them in hot sun and preserve. Once in a month or two, put one ball in a cup of water, boil till the water reduces to half the quantity and filter this and give it to children. This will kill the worms and also increase the appetite.

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