Ayurvedic home remedies
Simple, traditional preparations for common, everyday complaints. Each remedy lists ingredients, preparation, how to use it and — most importantly — precautions.
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16 remedies
Heart & BP support
25 minLight lauki (bottle gourd) soup for a heart-friendly diet
Bottle gourd is one of the lightest, most cooling vegetables in the Ayurvedic kitchen. A low-salt lauki soup is a simple, satisfying dish for anyone following a heart-healthy, BP-conscious diet. It is food, not a treatment.
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10 minBP-friendly daily habits: less salt, more potassium, calmer evenings
High blood pressure often has no symptoms, yet it strains the heart, brain and kidneys. Alongside prescribed medicine, cutting hidden salt, eating more vegetables and fruit, walking daily, sleeping well and managing stress can help keep readings in range.
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15 minA cholesterol-friendly Indian kitchen: oats, flaxseed, garlic and smarter cooking
High cholesterol is common in Indian families, often alongside diabetes and BP. Small kitchen changes — more fibre from oats, dal and vegetables, a spoon of flaxseed, less deep-frying and bakery food — can support the treatment your doctor recommends.
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5 minGhee, mustard oil or refined? Using fats wisely for heart health
Few kitchen questions cause more confusion than ‘which oil is healthiest?’ The practical answer: use a variety of traditional oils, in small total quantities, avoid reusing frying oil and trans fats, and enjoy ghee in moderation.
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10 minA small diluted sip of unsalted bottle gourd
Unsalted lauki is a small diluted sip only. Blend a little bottle gourd with water and mint, taste for bitterness, and keep salt out of the glass. This does not replace blood-pressure medicine.
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25 minEveryday dal finished with one garlic clove
A familiar bowl of moong dal can be finished with one garlic clove tempered in a few drops of oil and a pinch of cumin. It is lunch, not a tablet. This does not replace blood-pressure medicine.
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10 minA small cup of unsweetened hibiscus tea
Dried hibiscus petals can be steeped in water and drunk without sugar as a tart kitchen tea. Hibiscus tea can add to blood-pressure tablets so a doctor should know. This does not replace blood-pressure medicine.
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15 minBeetroot as a salad plate, not a strong shot
Beetroot belongs on the plate as a salad with lemon and cucumber, cooked or raw. It is not a concentrated shot, and this does not replace blood-pressure medicine.
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5 minLemon, coriander and cumin instead of extra salt
When the plate already has salt from cooking, lemon, coriander and cumin can bring flavour without another pinch from the shaker. This does not replace blood-pressure medicine.
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10 minA spoon of roasted flaxseed chutney with meals
Roasted flaxseeds, a small garlic clove and a few curry leaves pound into a dry chutney. One spoon with a meal is the habit. This does not replace blood-pressure medicine.
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5 minA handful of pomegranate instead of salted namkeen
A handful of fresh pomegranate seeds can replace a packet of salted namkeen in the evening. It is a fruit snack. This does not replace blood-pressure medicine.
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2 minOne glass of fresh unsweetened coconut water
One glass of fresh coconut water can stand in for a sweet packaged drink. People with kidney disease should ask a doctor first. This does not replace blood-pressure medicine.
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20 minOne Small Flaxseed Jaggery Chikki
A small batch of flaxseed and jaggery is set into chikki, and you eat one small piece. It is kitchen food, not a blood-pressure or heart treatment.
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15 minUnsalted Oat Porridge with Cinnamon
Oats are cooked in water with no added salt and finished with a pinch of cinnamon. It is a simple bowl of food, not a heart or blood-pressure treatment.
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15 minWeak Arjuna Bark Tea
A small piece of arjuna bark is simmered into a weak tea. Ask a doctor before you drink it. It does not replace heart or blood-pressure medicine.
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10 minA Small Glass of Pomegranate Juice
Fresh pomegranate is pressed into a small glass with no sugar. It is a fruit drink, not a blood-pressure treatment and not heart medicine.
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