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Cough remedies:
Cough is very widespread, it can be really frustrating. If you have terrible cough, it keeps you in bed for whole day. For cough add some ginger to your tea and drink it hot. You can also add 1 table spoon ginger juice in honey and lick it twice in a day. During cough you must drink lots of water to keep your body hydrated. And one thing more “salt water gargle”, add some salt into hot water and gargle with it.

Cold remedies:
In cold your nose runs non-stop and when you trying to catch the eyes of somebody your eyes starts watering. And in additional you also get headache and body ache. For this you can take chicken soup or any vegetable soup and use salt water gargle mentioned above. In cold please avoid dehydrating bereaves like caffeine and alcohol. Garlic and onion are also useful for cold; both are very effective if your cold is not very intense. If you have a terrible cold then take steam, add Vicks or balm into hot water then cover your whole head portion with towel and take steam.

Burn remedies:
The immediate medicine for burn is water; you will not get blisters after using cold water. It is better idea to use wet cloth over the burn place for couple of hour. Aloe Vera is a effective medicine for burn, extract some gel from the leaves of aloe vera and apply on the burn. You can also rub potatoes on the burn place.

Dandruff remedies:
A very effective remedy for dandruff is fenugreek seeds. Grind 1 tablespoon of fenugreek seeds which are soak overnight into water. Apply this paste in your scalp and wash your hair after ½ an hour. Lemon is also very common remedies for dandruff use 2 tablespoon lime juice in your scalp and after 15 minutes. Other remedies for dandruff is curd, you can use it with green gram powder. Wash your hair with the paste of 2 table spoon of green gram and half cup of curd. The powerful remedy for dandruff is oiling, use oil twice in a week.