How To Prepare Kadha For Cold, Sore Throat, Fever

In India, anything that the people are worried about is time. Let me reduce the increasing questionnaire hitting your mind about its preparation. It’s very simple and easy to make without consuming much of your time.

Preparation Time (arranging the required ingredients): 5 min
Boiling Time: 5 min
Total Time: 10 min

How To Prepare Kadha?

1.How to Make Kadha For Cold And Cough

The ingredients are nothing but daily used items. They should be easily within your reach in your kitchen.The ingredients to make the Kadha is given below.

• 50 g of fresh Ginger
• 30 g of fresh Turmeric
• 1/4 tsp Mace Powder
• 1/4 tsp Cinnamon Powder
• 1 clove
• 4 Cardamom pieces
• 1-2 Bay leaves
• Some fennel seeds
• 4 Tulsi leaves (Indian Basilikum)
• 4 cups of Water
• A pinch of Black pepper
• A few dry leaves of saffron
• Few drops of honey
• ¼ teaspoon ghee
• Sugar to taste

• Take the sticks of ginger and turmeric.
• Wash them properly in running water to clean any foreign particle sticking to their skin.
• I would suggest you not to peel their skin off before using.
• Take some tulsi leaves and grind them along with the washed ginger, cardamom and turmeric using blender or mortar.
• Put this paste along with mace powder, cinnamon powder, Black pepper, bay leaves, Fennel seeds and clove into a pot of boiling water.
• Leave it boiling for at least 5 minutes.
• Your Kadha would be ready by this time.
• Serve it in cups (the taste would be awesome if clay cups are used)
• Add some honey, ghee and saffron pieces to get a warming sensation.
• Slurp! Slurp! Enjoy your strong Kadha.

How do you feel? Isn’t it warming on a cold weather? Try to drink it as warm as possible to get instant effects.

2.Kadha To Boost Digestion

Ingredients: Fennel Seeds,Ginger,Ajwain

Follow the process mentioned and mix honey to taste.It will fire up your digestion.

3.Herbal Kadha To Increase Immunity

If you are often falling ill to various diseases then you can try this to boost to your immunity.

Ingredients: cardamom,dry ginger,cinnamon,white pepper and Honey

4.Herbal Kadha For Fever

Ingredients: 15 Indian Basil leaves (Tulsi),Pinch Of Fennel Seeds,5 Cloves,Pinch of Black Salt.

Prepare Kadha using the menioned herbs and spices.Add pinch of black salt.Drink it 3 times in a day.

5.Kadha To Control Blood Sugar Level(Diabetic)

If you want to control your blood sugar level then this kadha is a perfect choice for you.

Ingredients: Fenugreek & Turmeric

Add 1 spoon from each of these, boil them in water and drink this.

You can also learn about preparing Ayurvedic Tea to boost your health.

1. Black Peppercorn

It helps in the compilation of bile juice in the liver. It helps in digestion and provides a soothing effect to the stomach. It also helps in easy absorption of zinc.

2. Bay Leaf

It helps in digestion of starch and other sugar enzymes in the body such as glucose, fructose and lactose.

3. Cardamom Seeds

It helps in removal of toxic matter from the body thereby increasing digestion and appetite.

4. Cinnamon

It stimulates glucose and carbohydrate metabolism. It also helps in easy blood circulation, thereby preventing clogs and gives relief from cramps.

5. Cloves

It has anti-fungal, antiseptic and anti-microbial properties that help in protecting the stomach walls from the acid reaction, thereby improving digestion.

6. Fennel Seeds

It provides a soothing and cooling effect to the stomach thereby reducing stomach pain. It also helps in curing the digestive disorder, flatulence and acidity.

7. Ghee

Ghee helps in increasing the body heat thereby improving digestion and immunity of the body. It also helps in reducing the kapha dosha.

8. Ginger

It is a pungent flavored spice, which improves digestion, absorption and assimilation of food. It is tri-Doshic (helps in removing Vata-Pitta-Kapha dosha) and helps in reducing congestion. It also reduces nausea and improves upset stomach.

9. Honey

Honey has iron, phosphorus, calcium, sodium and potassium as its major constituents. It increases the body heat and helps in improving immunity. It helps in proper functioning of your heart and reduces cold and cough.

10. Holy Basil

It is an amazing healing herb. It helps in reducing mucus during the cough and cold. It reduces stress, improves heart functioning and helps in curing skin diseases. It improves respiratory function. It also helps in keeping the kidney free from stones.

11. Saffron

It acts as a healing ingredient for stomach pain due to acid overflow. It also helps in reducing headache and dry cough.

12. Turmeric

It is bitter in taste and helps in contraction of body tissues. Its anti-inflammatory property helps in healing stomach pain. It helps in keeping the liver strong, increases the bile formation that supports proper digestion. It also prevents congestion of toxic matter in the body.

Though Kadha doesn’t have any side effects but some things must be taken care of.

• Adding too much ginger can lead to heartburn and stomach upset.

• Ghee should be added according to specified amount. Excess amount will cause indigestion, flatulence and burning sensation.

• You should not take Kadha during fasting as it can cause nausea and stomach burn.

• Use of honey should also be specific as it can increase the body heat thereby causing uneasiness.

• In the case of diabetic patients, the amount of sugar should be taken care of.

• Too much black pepper should also be avoided as it can cause burning sensation and liver toxicities.