Sitopaladi Churna is a traditional Ayurvedic formula for treating cough and cold, asthma, flu and fever.
It is said that Sitopaladi Churna has the following benefits:
– Treat fevers.
– Treat dry and wet coughs.
– Act as a very good immune stimulant.
– Prevent and treat asthma.
– Help treat tuberculosis.
– Help treat cough associated with bronchitis or pneumonia.
Ingredients:
– Rock Candy (sitopala, sugar candy) 100g
– Bamboo Manna (Vanshalochana, extract of bambusa arundinacea) 50g
– Long Pepper (Piper longum, Pippali) 25g
– Cardamoms (Elleteria cardemomum) 10g
– Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) 5g
Directions:
– Make the ingredients into a fine powder
– Store it in a jar
– Take 2 teaspoons (for treating chronic disorders, take 1 teaspoon), 2-3 times a day
– For treating dry cough, take the powder with 1-2 teaspoons of honey or ghee
In Sitopaladi Churna, rock candy has cooling and moisturizing properties, bamboo manna is the siliceous secretion found in the internodes of the bamboo stems. In Ayurveda, this dried sugar is expectorant, haemostatic, aphrodisiac, diuretic and febrifuge. Long pepper, cardamoms and cinnamon are warming herbs. You may adjust the ratio of the ingredients according to the symptoms. For example, if the body is too “dry”, increase the amount of rock candy and bamboo manna; if the body is too “wet” or too “cold”, increase the amount of the hot spices – long pepper, cardamoms and cinnamon.
For more information about natural remedies for cough, go to Natural Remedies Center: http://www.naturalremediescenter.com/treat/cough/
