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Grandma's Home Remedies

Cracked Voice, Inability to Speek

If you are used to giving lectures you might have experienced your voice cracking and at times you are left absolutely speechless.

The next seminar is tomorrow and you are absolutely tongue tied.

If this description fits your symptoms you can try this home remedy.

Ingredients

raisin (draksh) 500gm

sugar crystal (kalkandu, misri) 150 gms

saffron (kesar, kungumappoo) 1 gm

cardamom (ilaayichi, elakkai) 10 gm

a bowl and pestle to powder the things

You will need a small container and a pestle (usually used by asians) to prepare this remedy. It will not be possible to do it as well in a grinder.

You can use the grinder to powder the sugar crystal. Once it is powdered pass it through a sieve so that you get a very fine powder without lumps.

Take the raisins in the bowl and mash it with the pestle. Don't add water to the raisins. Go on hitting the raisin with the pestle. It will get mashed and appear like a sticky paste.

Take the sugar crystal powder, add a spoon full to the raisin and mash it with the pestle. Keep on repeating the process. That is, add a little bit of sugar crystal powder to the mashed raisins and pound it with the pestle.

This is a slow process. It will take about an hour for you to do this. The longer you pound the raisins with the crystal powder the better it will be.

Once they are are mashed together and mixed well take a bit in hand and make small balls or pellets.

The pellets have to be made immediately. Otherwise the mixture will turn too hard and cannot be rolled into balls.

Spread out the little balls ( about the size of marbles) in such a way that they do not touch each other. Spread them out on a tray.

Let them dry in shade for about an hour. They will get hardened and will not stick together once they are dry.

Store them in an air tight bottle.

Take a pellet and keep it in the mouth three times a day. This will clear your throat.

If you are a musician, actor or need to speak in a seminar, keep a pellet in your mouth just 15 minutes before the programme. Do not chew it and swallow it. Let it be in your mouth as long as you can keep it. And you will be able to speak or sing in a clear voice.

You can also keep it in your mouth just before going to bed. You will wake up with a great relief and clear voice.