ISLAMABAD: Renowned Herbalist Dr Yuosuf Lodhi Thursday said that herbs play a very crucial role for food flavouring, medicine and are important part of our Kitchen stuff besides helpful in maintaining our overall health.
Talking in an interview on PTV News, he emphasised upon usage of different herbs such as Cinnamon, Cloves as its usage in daily food items help save us from diseases such as Arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure and Tonsillitis.
He said that herbs have magic relief effects to get rid of joint pain issues and have capacity to replace asteroids as it has no side effects.
He said that daily use of herb Chorangi, Apricot and Pistachio in powder form can be very useful medicine for curing Arthritis, Heart and diabetes problems added that the Aloe Vera can also be used to get relief from joints pain.
Dr Yousuf said that Cinnamon powder is very useful herbal medicine for Type 1 and 2 Diabetic patients.It should be used as spoon full of cinnamon powder and swallowed it orally and considered it the best treatment as compare to other allopathic medication, he added .
He has also recommended daily use of Coriander seeds’ water for high blood pressure and told that it can be helpful for enhancing immune system of our body.
Replying to a question, he said that tonsillitis problem can be resolved by avoiding extreme cold and hot things such as ice cream and hot tea as use of them can cause bad health problems in children also.
He said that nowadays ear problem is causing due to permanent flu conditions, coughing and cold which can disturb the eardrums so the use of 100 gram honey, one teaspoon turmeric and 2 to 3 pieces of garlic mixed powder form will help reduce ear pain and will work as natural ligature.
He informed that constipation problem can be resolved by eating one cucumber and two tomatoes daily. He warned the excessive use of isabgol in daily routine life as it can blurred the eyesight and can cause eye syndrome problem.
He strongly recommended the use of wheat, barley fibers in daily diet and use of Fig (Enjeer) as best cure for many internal problems of the body.
He added that for the Cervical and throat pain issues, exercises especially the clockwise throat exercise can do wonders to get relief from severe throat problem.
