| AILMENT |
PRESCRIPTION |
| Stomach ache, stomach upset |
Mix equal quantities of mustard powder and rice flour. Add some water and boil until it reaches a paste-like consistency. Spread on a handkerchief and cover the affected parts when bearably hot. |
| Baldness |
Boil 1 teacup mustard oil with 4 tbsp henna leaves, gradually added. Filter and bottle. Massage on the bald patches regularly.
Grind the remains of tobacco smoked in hookah and add to boiling mustard oil. Cool and store. Massage on the bald patches regularly. |
| Headache mental tension |
Mix equal quantities of mustard powder and rice flour. Add some water and boil until it reaches a paste-like consistency. Spread on a handkerchief and cover the affected parts when bearably hot. |
| Migraine |
Grind 1/2 tsp mustard seeds with 3 tsp water and strain. Instil 1 or 2 drops in nostrils. |
| Breathing problems due to chest-congestion, cough |
Grind 1/4 tsp seeds to a smooth paste. Mix with honey and eat.
Mix equal quantities of mustard powder and rice flour. Add some water and boil until it reaches a paste-like consistency. Spread on a handkerchief and foment the chest and neck when bearably hot. |
| Cough, difficulties in breathing |
Make a mustard powder-rice flour paste as above. Spread on a handkerchief and foment the chest and neck when bearably hot. |
| Colds, flu, respiratory problems |
Take 1 teacup ground mustard in a cloth-bag and boil in 4 teacups water. Add the decoction to a hot foot-bath. |
| Boils, skin eruptions |
Boil 1 teacup water. Add 2 tsp ground mustard and 1 tsp sugar candy. Allow it to cool. An oil-spill-like-skin that appearson the surface is skimmed off and applied on the affected areas. |
| Skin ailments |
Add 2 to 3 tbsp ground mustard in a bath tub of water and soak the affected parts. |
