Introduction
Alum is of two types, red and white. The properties of both are almost the same. White alum is mostly used. It is astringent i.e. it causes contraction. It is used externally on the skin, nose, eyes, urinary tract and anus. Its internal use is beneficial in bleeding, diarrhea, whooping cough and asthma.
After shaving or cutting hair, rub alum or wet it in water and apply it on the beard. This makes the skin of the beard beautiful and healthy. Applying mustard oil and pouring alum on the place where there are ants and termites prevents ants and termites from coming there.
Treatment of various diseases
1. Itching of the genitals:
Mixing alum in hot water and washing the genitals provides relief in itching of the genitals.
2. Enlargement of tonsils:
When tonsils enlarge, add a pinch of alum and the same amount of salt in warm water and gargle.
Mixing salt or alum in warm water and putting that water inside the mouth and gargling with the head elevated is beneficial in diseases like throat murmur, tonsils (lump in the throat), enlargement of crow, etc.
Cook 5 grams of alum and 5 grams of blue vitriol well and mix 25 grams of glycerine in it and keep it. Then make clean cotton and swab and put it inside the throat and drip saliva, the swelling of tonsils ends.
3. Bleeding in wounds (bleeding from the wound):
If the wound is fresh, the wound has been formed due to injury or scratch and bleeding is there. Wash such a wound with alum water and by grinding alum on the wound and sprinkling, applying and sprinkling its powder, bleeding (bleeding) stops.
If there is bleeding from anywhere in the body, then grinding one gram alum and mixing it with 125 grams curd and 250 ml water and consuming it as lassi is very beneficial.
4. Bloody piles:
If there is bloody piles and the anus comes out, then dissolving alum in water and spraying it in the anus is beneficial. Mix half a teaspoon of powdered alum in a glass of water and wash the anus daily and soak a clean cloth in alum water and keep it on the anus.
By grinding 10 grams alum finely and mixing its powder with 20 grams butter and applying it on piles warts, the warts dry up and fall off. Dissolving alum in water and washing the anus with that water is beneficial in bloody piles.
Grind 10-10 grams of roasted alum and blue vitriol and mix it in 80 grams of cow ghee and apply it on piles warts every morning and evening. This dries up the warts and falls off. Taking 1 gram of white alum with cream of curd for 5 to 7 weeks reduces excessive bleeding in bloody piles.
Grind and filter 10 grams of roasted alum, 10 grams of Rasot and 20 grams of ochre. Taking 3-3 grams of this every morning and evening provides relief in bloody and badi piles.
5. Wounds:
Put alum on a pan and heat it to make it ash. Grind it and sprinkle it on the wounds, this will heal the wounds. Wash and clean the wounds with alum solution.
Make powder by taking 2 grams of roasted alum, 2 grams of vermilion and 4 grams of Murdasang. Mix 120 milligrams of wax and 30 grams of ghee and cook on low flame. Then take it down and mix the powder of other things in it thoroughly. Applying this prepared ointment on the wound cures all types of wounds.
Mix and grind alum, sajjikshar and madar milk and make a paste. Applying this paste on the wound relieves burning sensation and pain.
By filtering roasted alum and sprinkling it on the wound, the rotten flesh comes out of the wound and pain is relieved.
To cure the wound caused by burning by fire, grind old alum and mix it with curd and apply the paste.
Make powder of 5 grams of puffed alum and mix it with deshi ghee, then apply it on the wound. This cures the wound.
6. Bleeding from any part of the body:
Grind one gram alum and mix it with 125 grams curd and 250 ml water to make lassi and drink it, it stops bleeding from anywhere.
7. Bleeding from the nose:
By dissolving alum in raw cow's milk and smelling it, bleeding from the nose (nose) is cured. If the bleeding does not stop, then dissolve alum in water and soak a cloth in it and keep it on the forehead. The bleeding will stop in 5-10 minutes. Dissolve a quarter teaspoon of alum in water and drink it three times a day.
If the nose is bleeding continuously, then mix 30 grams alum in 100 ml water and soak a cloth in that water and keep it on the forehead and nose, it stops bleeding from the nose.
By mixing alum in raw cow's milk and smelling it, bleeding from the nose stops.
8. Slimy mouth:
Mixing black salt and alum in equal quantity and grinding it and brushing with its powder removes slimy mouth and teeth.
9. Eye pain:
Soak one gram alum in 40 grams rose water and fill it in a bottle. Put two drops of it in the eyes daily. This will remove eye pain, dirt and redness etc. Putting it in the eyes before sleeping at night keeps them fresh. You can put it daily.
10. Swelling of fingers:
If fingers get swollen or itchy due to working too much in water in winters, then boiling alum in water and washing fingers with it is beneficial.
11. Pyorrhea, pain, swelling, bleeding in gums:
Grind one part salt and two parts alum finely and apply it on gums three times a day. Then add five grams alum in a glass of hot water, stir it and gargle. This will strengthen gums and teeth. This will stop bleeding and pus coming out.
12. Toothache:
Mix roasted alum, mustard oil, rock salt, ammonium chloride, Sambhar salt 10-10 grams and 6 grams of borax and grind them finely and filter them through a cloth. Rubbing teeth with this cures toothache, shaking, tingling, swelling of gums, pus coming out of gums and pyorrhea.
Grind alum finely and make a powder. Brushing teeth with this daily cures toothache quickly.
Dissolving alum in warm water and gargling continuously gives quick relief from severe toothache.
Grind roasted alum 1 gram, catechu 1.5 gram and roasted borax 240 milligrams finely and filter them to make a toothpaste. Brush teeth with this toothpaste every morning and evening. This strengthens teeth.
If there is a cavity in the tooth and pain, put alum in cotton and press it in the cavity and let saliva drip, the toothache will be cured.
13. Malaria fever:
Mix one gram alum with two grams of sugar and give it twice every two hours before malaria fever comes. Malaria will not come and if it comes, then also it will be less. Then when malaria is about to come the second time, give it in the same way. During this experiment, the patient should not have constipation. If there is constipation, first remove the constipation.
Put about 1 gram alum in puffed batasha and feed it to the patient 2 hours before fever comes, the fever comes down.
Mix about 1 gram alum with 2 grams of sugar and give it 2 times at an interval of 2 hours before malaria fever comes. This reduces malaria fever and subsides.
Mix 4 times powdered sugar thoroughly in puffed alum powder. Take it 3 times at an interval of 2 hours with lukewarm water in the quantity of 2 grams. It gives relief in malaria fever.
14. Diarrhea and dysentery:
Grind and mix 20 grams of alum and 3 grams of opium. Give this powder to the patient with water equal to pulses in the morning and evening, this will give relief in diarrhea. Then after three hours, give it with isabgol husk, dysentery will stop and bleeding will also stop.
Burning 120 milligrams of alum and drinking it with honey 4 times a day stops bloody diarrhea and thin diarrhea. Take sago kheer or barley porridge for food.
Drinking 1 gram alum with 1 cup buttermilk 3 times a day gives relief in bloody diarrhea caused by heat.
Mix 20 grams of alum and 3 grams of opium and grind it to make a powder, then drinking this powder with a little water gives relief in diarrhea.
Roasting alum and mixing about 2 grams of it in wood apple juice and drinking it gives relief.
Drinking roasted alum mixed with rose water stops bloody diarrhea.
15. Internal injury:
Grind four grams of alum and mix it with half a kilo of cow's milk and drink it to get relief.
16. Gonorrhoea:
In gonorrhoea, there is a burning sensation while urinating. In this, urine comes out drop by drop with great difficulty. The pain is so much that the patient prefers to die. In this, mix 6 grams of powdered alum in a glass of water and drink it. Gonorrhoea is cured by drinking it for a few days.
Make a solution of five percent alum in clean water and wash the penis.
Take equal amounts of alum, yellow ochre, blue vitriol, haraksees, rock salt, lodhra, rasout, hartal, mansil, renuka and cardamom, grind them finely and filter. Mix this powder in honey and apply it to cure syphilis wounds.
17. Sweating in hands and feet:
If you sweat, dissolve alum in water and wash your hands and feet with it. This stops sweating.
18. Dry cough:
Grind about 10 grams of roasted alum and 100 grams of sugar finely and mix them together and make fourteen packets of equal quantity. In case of dry cough, one packet should be taken daily with 125 ml of hot milk before sleeping. This gives great relief in dry cough.
19. Wet cough:
Grind 10 grams of roasted alum and 100 grams of sugar finely and mix them together and make 14 packets of equal quantity. In case of dry cough, one packet should be taken daily with 125 grams of hot milk before sleeping and in case of wet cough, taking one packet daily with 125 ml of hot water gives relief in wet cough.
Grind alum and roast it in an iron pan or on a tawa. This makes the alum swell and purify it. This roasted alum is successfully used in many diseases without any harm. It cures even the most chronic cough within two weeks. Even ordinary asthma is cured. It is very beneficial for cough in summers.
20. Asthma:
Licking half gram of powdered alum mixed in honey gives relief in asthma and cough. Mixing one spoon of powdered alum in half cup of rose water and consuming it in the morning and evening cures asthma.
Eating one lump of dry ginger, two grams of white alum, one lump of turmeric, 5 black peppers mixed in sugar cures asthma and cough. Mix 2 grams of deer ash, one gram of roasted alum, 3 grams of sugar candy and consume it with water in the morning continuously for five days. It cures asthma.
Grind 20 grams of alum puffed on fire and 20 grams of sugar candy and keep them. Taking 1 or 2 grams of this powder every morning cures breathing problems.
Put 120 milligrams of puffed alum in your mouth and keep sucking it. It neither causes phlegm nor asthma.
Grind 10 grams each of puffed alum and sugar candy and keep it. One should take 1.5 grams of this powder once or twice a day with fresh water. This cures even chronic asthma. Milk, ghee, butter, oil, sour things, spicy food should be avoided. Buttermilk from which butter has been extracted and vegetable soup (juice) etc. should be taken.
Asthma is cured by mixing one spoon of powdered alum in half a cup of rose water and drinking it morning and evening.
21. Miscarriage:
Abortion can be stopped by adding a quarter teaspoon of powdered alum in a cup of raw milk and drinking it as lassi. If there is pain and bleeding during miscarriage, give one dose every two hours.
22. Infertility:
If a child is not being conceived despite the menstruation being regular, wrap alum in a cotton ball, soak it in water and keep it in the vagina at night while sleeping. When taken out in the morning, a kind of milk shavings will accumulate in the cotton ball. Keep the ball until the shavings keep coming. When the shavings stop, it should be understood that infertility has ended.
23. Vaginal contraction:
Just like infertility, keep a cotton ball in the vagina and dissolve alum in water and wash the vagina three times a day. This will shrink the vagina and make it tight and the looseness of the vagina will end.
Take 30 grams of alum and 10 grams of myrobalan and grind them well to make a powder. Then put this powder in a muslin cloth and make a bundle and keep it in the vagina at night before sleeping. This will remove the looseness of the vagina and shrink it.
By dissolving 2 grams of alum in 80 ml of water and washing the vagina, the shape of the vagina will reduce i.e. the vagina will start shrinking.
24. If an ant enters the ear:
If an ant enters the ear and there is a tingling sensation in the ear, then dissolving alum in water and drinking it is beneficial.
25. If a scorpion bites:
If a scorpion bites, grinding alum in water and applying it removes the scorpion's poison.
