Home Remedies - For your Minor Common Ailments

Here are some time tested remedies to treat your minor ailments, the ingredients needed are readily found in your own kitchen. There are many alternative cures suggested for each ailment. Choose the one most suited to you, and help yourself.
Please note that these recommended remedies are not a substitute to your physician advise or substitute to allopathic drugs subscribed by your doctor. It is recommended that a physician should be consulted for advice in event of any doubts about the remedies. 


Acidity
Acne
Anaemia
Asthma
Alcoholism
Anorexia
High BP (Blood Pressure)
Low BP (Blood Pressure)
Cold
Cough
Constipation
Chicken Pox
Corns
Diarrhoea
Depression
Diabetes
Eczeme
Ear Ache
Gas
Gout
Headache
Hiccups
Halitosis
Insomnia
Intestinal Worms
Jaundice
Kidney Stones
Lice
Morning Sickness
Mouth Ulcers
Malaria
Measles
Mumps
Nose Bleed
Neuritis
Obesity
Piles
Pyorrhea
Rheumatism
Ring worm
Sprains
Sore Throat
Toothache
Ulcers
Vertigo
Vomiting
Weak Memory

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Symptoms that would help you differenctiate between Cold and Swine Flu

The Symptom comparisons for Swine Flu and Cold :
1) Fever
Fever is rare with a cold
Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases. A temperature of 100°F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the flu.
2) Coughing
A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold.
A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).
3) Aches
Slight body aches and pains can be part of a cold.
Severe aches and pains are common with the flu.
4) Stuffy Nose
Stuffy nose is commonly present with a cold and typically resolves spontaneously within a week.
Stuffy nose is not commonly present with the flu.
5) Chills
Chills are uncommon with a cold.
60% of people who have the flu experience chills.
6) Tiredness
Tiredness is fairly mild with a cold.
Tiredness is moderate to severe with the flu.
7) Sneezing
Sneezing is commonly present with a cold.
Sneezing is not common with the flu.
8) Sudden Symptoms
Cold symptoms tend to develop over a few days.
The flu has a rapid onset within 3-6 hours. The flu hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches and pains.
9) Headache
A headache is fairly uncommon with a cold.
A headache is very common with the flu, present in 80% of flu cases.
10) Sore Throat
Sore throat is commonly present with a cold.
Sore throat is not commonly present with the flu.
11) Chest Discomfort
Chest discomfort is mild to moderate with a cold.
Chest discomfort is often severe with the flu.