Significance of Home remedies
Home remedies, as defined by the text, encompass a wide range of traditional treatments. These include readily available ingredients, often natural and derived from plants, used at home to address various health issues. They may be employed alongside or instead of professional medical care. The effectiveness can vary, with some providing temporary relief while others are aimed at prevention or symptom management.
Synonyms: Natural remedies, Folk medicine, Traditional remedies, Alternative medicine
The below excerpts are indicatory and do represent direct quotations or translations. It is your responsibility to fact check each reference.
Hindu concept of 'Home remedies'
In Hinduism, home remedies encompass various practices. They involve readily available items and traditional treatments like herbs, aimed at boosting immunity. While easily accessible for self-administration, these remedies may offer only temporary relief, as seen with some treatments.
From: International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
(1) One of the questions in the questionnaire was whether patients knew about these that are useful for Osteoarthrosis.[1] (2) These are natural treatments used since primitive times and propagated through elders, proving effective in the management of leucorrhea.[2] (3) These are simple treatments using turmeric and spices, that show good results.[3] (4) Remedies through cultivation of locally grown medicinal plants for self-care by developing herbal gardens.[4] (5) These are traditional methods used to manage symptoms, including the use of castor oil, cinnamon tea, and garlic cloves, as described in the text.[5]
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) Home remedies are easily available and can be used at home, as mentioned in the text concerning the historical uses of Haridra.[6] (2) These are traditional treatments people used, like consuming herbs, to boost their immunity during the pandemic.[7] (3) This is a treatment method that was tried by the patient, but provided only temporary relief for a week or two before the condition repeated itself with more discomfort.[8] (4) These are self-administered treatments, and the patient had tried some of these without finding any relief for the hair loss.[9]
From: Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine
(1) These are commonly used items, such as Nech shinkurt, Dama kese, and others, which are preferred by the households, who are traditional medicine users.[10]
The concept of Home remedies in scientific sources
Home remedies encompass a broad spectrum of traditional, often familial, practices for treating health issues. They utilize natural ingredients like herbs, spices, and local plants, or items found in the home. These treatments are used at home, sometimes instead of professional medical care, and may or may not be scientifically proven.
From: South African Family Practice
(1) Refers to treatments or practices used at home to alleviate symptoms or manage minor health conditions, often involving natural ingredients or traditional methods passed down through generations.[11] (2) Traditional health practices and treatments used by mothers, which were common before the explosion of medical information and the rise of modern healthcare practices.[12] (3) The competent candidate gathers sufficient information to establish a diagnosis and the parent's concerns of an underlying surgical problem and explores self-medication or home remedies, according to the text.[13] (4) These are treatments, including medications and herbal mixtures, that are used before a baby is presented at the hospital, and the use of them has been identified as a reason for delays.[14] (5) Alternative treatments, such as gargling with warm salt water or consuming honey and lemon juice in warm water, that can offer relief for a sore throat.[15]
From: South African Journal of HIV Medicine
(1) Common alternative medication that are readily available at lower costs.[16] (2) These involve the utilization of substances such as ginger, garlic, and other traditional herbs as alternative strategies for managing health conditions.[17]
From: African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
(1) These are the treatments that some household heads used for food-borne illnesses, such as aloe mixtures, camphor, Coke, and rooibos tea, as alternatives to seeking medical care.[18] (2) These are treatments used by individuals for skin conditions, and the text mentions that these remedies include potash, crushed charcoal mixed with oil, brake fluid, and herbs, as cited in the study.[19]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) These are traditional treatments used to address health issues, and they can influence the public's response to health interventions, sometimes causing resistance to public health measures.[20] (2) The survey instrument asked if any of these were used, as well as if any medicines present in the home were used, as stated in the document.[21]
From: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
(1) These are self-care methods used at home to manage asthma symptoms, and the patients were encouraged to share their knowledge of these remedies with other asthmatics.[22]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) These remedies include Ayurvedic, Unani-Tibbi, Siddha, Allopathic, Homeopathic, Naturopathic methods.[23]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) These are treatments or cures that are administered at one's residence without professional medical help. There are warnings against using them to keep coronavirus away.[24] (2) Home remedies are treatments or practices used to alleviate symptoms or cure illnesses, often without professional medical intervention, and people choose not to get vaccinated and take home remedies in the case of infection.[25] (3) Home remedies are used due to negative experiences with dental care, such as high costs and fear of pain, causing professional care to be sought only for unbearable pain.[26] (4) In the present study, the tested herbal extracts, A. fragrantissima , E. spinosus and A. judaica , were examples of natural home remedies.[27] (5) Home remedies might have contributed to the reduction in pneumonia cases in 2018, although this needs to be explored further in the context of pneumonia.[28]
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) "Home remedies" using Mimusops zeyheri are sometimes preferred due to lack of access to professional healthcare providers or financial difficulties, especially for common medical conditions.[29]