Acidity – Gelusil, Cold- Vicks action, Headache – Anacin, Body Pains – Brufen are few of the pills many of us take from time to time without proper prescription. It is time that we think again and learn alternate ways to solve these common ailments, without having to pop up pills with eventual side effects.

According to a report in the Times of India, 52% of Indian’s self medicate and majority of the times they pop up one of these allopathic pills which may or may not reduce the ailment, but will eventually lead them to develop resistance to these drugs and these pills will stop working when they actually need them to work. Experts say one could become addicted to these drugs if used for prolonged periods.

Before you take another pill, that you purchased over the counter, think again. Ayurveda has proven over the period that there are thousands of medicinal plants and roots in India that can be used to cure most common ailments. While some of them require a professional doctor’s advice, a few of the common/seasonal ailments can easily be treated with herbs directly at home with minimal effort.

These herbal products are effective and more safe and tolerable as compared to conventional allopathic products.

To strengthen and support the body’s natural immune system, in many countries across the world, herbal medicines are now considered as one of the therapeutic approaches with minimal or no side effects. Not only that, our grandparents grew up with a few of these common cures, but they’ve long since fallen out of fashion.

We asked Ayurvedic medical experts and researched through hundreds of years old Ayurvedic manuscripts, validated against scientifically produced literature by premier Institutes from India and WHO, to find the common ailments and the herbs that can be used to cure them at home.

This is our attempt to increase the availability and accessibility to effective remedies of commonly encountered health problems with herbal remedies at home.