🌿 Adrak / Sonth (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)

Synonyms: Ardraka (Fresh Ginger), Sunthi (Dry Ginger)

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1. Indigestion

Remedy:
➡️ Take 5 gm crushed fresh rhizome with salt or jaggery, twice daily before meals.

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2. Ear Pain

Remedy:
➡️ Instill 2–4 drops of fresh warm ginger juice into the ear.
⚠️ Do not use if there is any discharge.

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3. Hoarseness of Voice

Remedy:
➡️ Take 1–3 gm powder of dry ginger mixed with honey, in three divided doses per day.

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4. Aches and Pains

Remedy:
➡️ Take 10–20 ml decoction prepared from 2 gm of dry ginger, twice a day.

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5. Cold and Cough

Remedy:
➡️ Take 2–5 gm powder of dry ginger with jaggery, thrice a day in divided doses.
➡️ 10 ml decoction prepared from a piece of ginger, taken every morning, helps prevent recurrent attacks of cold.

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6. Headache

Remedy:
➡️ Apply warm paste of ginger over the forehead up to 3 times a day.

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7. Abdominal Pain

Remedy:
➡️ Take 5 ml fresh ginger juice mixed in a glass of buttermilk with lemon and salt.