Drinking a cup of hot, fresh ginger tea at the onset of a cold or flu will help you to “sweat out” the infection, reduce fever and clear catarrh. The spice is well known as a remedy for all manner of gastric upset, including diarrhea, griping pain and stomach spasms. If you suffer from travel sickness. Its warming properties simulate the circulation, invigorate the digestion, and dispel lethargy. Chewing on fresh ginger can relieve toothache.

Ranawara is frequently used in native medicine in diseases of the urinary organs in particular. It is diuretic and is an ingredient in prescriptions for Powdered Ranawara seed with Silajatu and honey is recommended highly for all cases of diabetes, and leaves are dried and sold in the bazaars under the name of Ranawara tea. Many natives use it in place of real tea.

This is a process by which hot medicinal puding tied up in cloth pouches is applied on the whole body or part thereof to induce sudation. The procedure offers better physical consistency, strengthens the nerves and improves complexion. This is indicated in neurological disorders, rheumatism, arthritis and emaciation of limbs, sport injuries, pain in the joins. This treatment is restorative and nourishing.