Mint (pudina)

Application of fresh mint juice over the face every night cures pimples and prevents dryness of the skin. The juice is also applied over insect stings, eczema, scabies and contact dermatitis.


Tomato (tamatar)

Tomato as an external application can be used as a cosmetic. Its pulp should be applied liberally on the face and left there for an hour and will give one a good complexion and remove ugly looking pimples in a short time.

Lettuce (Salad -ka- patta)

This salad vegetable is useful in preventing hair loss through deficiencies. A mixture of lettuce and spinach juice is said to help the growth of hair if drunk to the extent of half a litre a day.

Garlic (lasoon)

Garlic has been used successfully for a variety of skin disorders. Pimples disappear without leaving a scar when rubbed with raw garlic several times a day. Even very persistent form of ance, suffered by some adults, has also been healed with garlic. The exeternal use of garlic helps to clear spots on the skin, pimples and boils. The process is further helped by taking the garlic internally to purify the blood stream for a long-term clearance of the skin. A regular course of three garlic capsules per day should help to clear minor skin infections quickly. Garlic rubbed over ringworm, gives releif.