How you can use Honey, Garlic, Asafoetida and Onion ?

A teaspoon of honey, a few cloves of garlic, a pinch of asafoetida, a slice of onion -- besides adding flavor to your cooking, they also serve as home remedies that give relief from certain health ailments.

Yesterday, we shared remedies for sore throat, common cold and acidity.

Here are some homemade remedies to help you deal with constipation, hiccups, diarrhea and more.

Hiccups

1. Take a spoonful of sugar and keep under your tongue until the sugar melts.
2. Suck two to three pieces of ginger. This helps stop hiccups from recurring.
3. Hold your breath for 30 seconds. If the hiccups do not stop, repeat again two more times.
4. Take a glass of water and gulp it down non-stop.
5. Boil 1/2 tsp of cardamom in 1 cup of water and sip like tea.

• Soak four to five dried pieces of Gooseberry overnight in water. Drink the resulting solution in the morning on an empty stomach. Repeat this process for at least one month.

1. Add a pinch of Black Salt to 1 tsp of Carom Seeds, chew and swallow with one glass of lukewarm water.
2. Boil 1 tsp of Carom in one glass of water and keep sipping it through the day.
3. Take 1 tsp of mint juice, add 1 tsp of honey to it and have with a spoon.
4. Sip cinnamon tea throughout the day. Boil 1 tsp of powdered cinnamon in 1 cup of water and sip.
5. Chew one betel leaf with one small crystal of rock salt for instant relief.
6. Make a paste with 1/2 tsp of Asafoetida and few drops of water and apply on the navel. It helps release the gas.

1. Take 1 tsp of mustard seeds and swallow it with 1 glass of lukewarm water.
2. Take 1 tsp of fenugreek seeds, add 1 tsp of curd and swallow.
3. Eat stewed apples everyday. Steam the apple with the peel on till soft, then skin, mash and consume.
4. Eat boiled sweet potatoes seasoned with salt and pepper to cure diarrhea.
5. Take 1/2 tsp powdered nutmeg, add honey and swallow.
6. Grind lemon with the seed and skin, add a little salt and have three to four times a day.
7. Have 2 or 3 of the smaller, yellow bananas or one to one-and-a-half of the bigger, regular bananas. This helps to bind the stools.

1. Soak black raisins overnight in water and have in the morning on an empty stomach, for one month.
2. Add 2 tsp of powdered Sesame Seeds) to 1/2 glass lukewarm water, and have every morning.
3. Eat two to three dates everyday.
4. Vitamin C is required for iron to get absorbed in the body. Squeeze lemon juice on iron rich foods like rice flakes, dark green leafy vegetables, etc.

1. In addition to your regular water intake, have at least three to four glasses of warm water with honey added to it.
2. Eat apples, along with the skin, daily.
3. Soak black currants overnight and feed this water to your baby in the morning. This will increase his/ her iron level.
4. Eat 1 serving of raw salads with every meal.
5. Eat two to three ripe bananas to add bulk to your stools.