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My Mother's Spice Box, the whole book
195 remedies in six parts: drinks and morning waters, hair after 50, legs, feet and joints, skin and face, the spice box, and small everyday troubles. 477 pages.
$49$27The large-print edition
The whole book again in big type, every remedy on a fresh page. Easy on tired eyes, and good for printing.
$19FREEAsha's Remedy Cards
82 of my drinks, oils and mixes, one to a page. Print the ones you use and keep them by the stove.
$14FREEThe Spice Box Shopping List
Every item in the book, what it is called in the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia and India, and what to use instead.
$9FREEMy Morning Glass
A 30-day plan to tick off, one glass each morning, with a line for how you feel.
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One ordinary year
A shelf of jars from the shop.
Or one spice box.
In my mother's house there was no shelf of creams and capsules. There was a steel spice box, a bottle of coconut oil and a bottle of mustard oil. When I see what people buy today for their hair, their feet and their mornings, I add it up. Here is one ordinary year.
The shop way
Bought for hair, feet and skin, one year
- Hair serum or a hair growth oil$264
- Foot cream and a heel balm$168
- Turmeric and ginger capsules$216
- Boxes of herbal and detox tea$192
- A night cream for dry skin$288
My mother's way
The book's way, one year
- Coconut oil, for hair and skin$72
- Mustard oil$60
- Methi, jeera, ajwain, fennel and cloves$84
- Fresh ginger, lemons and garlic$72
- Besan and plain yogurt for the ubtan$48
Difference, with the book: about $790 a year
Typical prices, twelve months. Yours depend on your country and your shop.
But the money is the smallest part. What this book gives you is ten quiet minutes in the morning that you do for yourself, the way our mothers did.
Start with one glass tomorrow morning.
What's inside
What each part does for you.
Every one of the 195 remedies gives you the exact amounts in spoons and in grams, a swap for your country, how long it keeps, when you may notice something, and who should skip it.
Part One · Drinks
Drinks and Morning Waters
The glass before breakfast, the cup at night, and the drinks for hot days and tired legs.
43 remedies
- The six morning waters: methi, jeera, ajwain, ginger, cinnamon and clove
- Golden milk with black pepper, dry ginger milk and Kashmiri kahwa
- Kanji, chaas and jaljeera from a Punjabi kitchen
- Nimbu pani and barley water for hot days
- Beet, pomegranate and hibiscus for the legs, and who should skip them
- Clove water and a pinch of nutmeg in milk before sleep
Part Two · Hair
Hair after 50
Sunday oil, honest verdicts on the famous oils, and grey hair coloured the old way.
38 remedies
- Champi: the Sunday oiling, with the oil warmed safely
- Shampoo on dry oiled hair first, and the other washing rules after 40
- Onion oil, the methi rinse, rice water and curry leaf oil
- Clove, rosemary and castor oil, each with an honest verdict
- Henna, the indigo two-step, coffee and tea for grey hair
- A dry or itchy scalp, thin brows and lashes
Part Three · Legs and feet
Legs, Feet and Joints
What goes on your feet at night, warm oils for stiff knees, and heavy legs in the evening.
33 remedies
- Mustard oil on the feet before bed, and why not garlic in your socks
- Castor oil before sleep: the soles, the knees, the pack
- Ginger oil, the rock salt potli and the warm towel for stiff knees
- Heavy, tired legs and swollen ankles in the evening
- Cold feet, cold hands and the hot water bottle, safely
- Cracked heels, hard skin and the foot soak for thick nails
Part Four · Skin
Skin and Face
Besan and haldi, dry winter skin, spots, the eyes, and the hair women do not talk about.
27 remedies
- The besan, haldi and curd ubtan, and how to get the yellow off
- Malai, almond oil, glycerin and rose water for dry winter skin
- Age spots: what fades them a little, and what to show a doctor
- Puffy mornings and dark circles
- Facial hair for women after 50
- Hands and nails that wash a thousand dishes
Part Five · The spice box
The Spice Box
One spice at a time, everything my mother did with it, and the jars on her shelf.
37 remedies
- Methi, cloves, ginger, garlic and fennel, one chapter each
- Turmeric with black pepper, and why the pepper goes in
- Ajwain, Ceylon cinnamon, kalonji and amla
- How to tell soft Ceylon cinnamon from hard cassia
- Ginger in honey and garlic in vinegar, kept safely
- Soaked almonds and soaked raisins
Part Six · Everyday troubles
Small Everyday Troubles
A cough, a heavy stomach, a sore tooth on a Sunday.
17 remedies
- The salt water gargle, honey and ginger, and steam the safe way
- Tulsi and ginger kadha
- When a cough needs a doctor
- Jeera, buttermilk and ginger for a heavy stomach
- Isabgol and soaked figs, with the full glass of water
- Clove on a sore tooth until the dentist, and oil pulling
Free with the book
The large-print edition
The whole book in big type, every remedy on a fresh page.
Free with the book · to print
Asha's Remedy Cards
82 drinks, oils and mixes, one to a page, for the cupboard door.
Free with the book
The Spice Box Shopping List
What to buy, what it is called where you live, and the swap.
Free with the book
My Morning Glass
Thirty days, one glass a morning, ticked off on paper.
One remedy from each part, to try this week
Part One
Simmer the ginger, do not steep it
Slice an inch of ginger (2.5 cm) thin, simmer it with a lid in 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) of water for 15 minutes, and strain. Warm hands in about 20 minutes. On a blood thinner, ask first.
Part Two
Shampoo on dry oiled hair first
After the Sunday oil, do not wet your hair. Work a teaspoon of shampoo into the oily scalp first, then add the water. The oil comes out with less rubbing.
Part Three
Warm mustard oil on the feet
Warm a tablespoon (15 ml) of mustard oil in a bowl of hot water, never the microwave. Rub it into each foot for 5 minutes, heels first, then old socks. Test it on your wrist first.
Part Four
Getting the yellow off
Turmeric stains after an ubtan? Wipe the yellow with a little oil on a cotton pad, leave it a minute, then wash with besan or your face wash. Most of it comes off at once.
Part Five
Crush the garlic, then wait
Crush two cloves with a pinch of salt and leave them on the board for 10 minutes while you chop the onions. Then into the pan. You will taste the difference in the dal.
Part Six
The salt water gargle
Half a teaspoon (3 g) of salt in a glass of warm water. Gargle, spit, repeat until the glass is empty. A raw throat feels softer straight away. Not for children.
195 remedies like these, in one book.
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About Asha
“My mother never measured anything. I measured every spoon, so you can do it the way she did.”
I grew up in Punjab. My mother kept a round steel spice box next to the stove, and a small steel pot of water on the back burner from morning to night. Some days it had methi seeds in it, some days ginger, some days a stick of cinnamon.
On Sunday mornings she warmed coconut oil in a bowl of hot water and oiled our hair. In winter she rubbed mustard oil on our feet before bed and pulled the socks over them. When one of us coughed, there was honey and ginger on a spoon before anybody said the word doctor.
She never wrote any of it down. When I started to write it, I measured every spoon, so it works in any kitchen in any country. I checked every remedy against what doctors and health services say today. Where an old remedy does not mix with a medicine, I say so. Where it does nothing, I say that too.
I wrote it for my family, and for all of you who write to me under my videos. If it makes your mornings a little warmer, I will be glad.
If you do one thing this week, beta, put a glass of water next to the kettle tonight. Drink it tomorrow, before your tea.
Asha
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What do I get? Is it a paper book?
PDF books, not paper ones. You get My Mother’s Spice Box, the large-print edition, 82 Remedy Cards to print, The Spice Box Shopping List and My Morning Glass, the 30-day plan. Read them on a phone, a tablet or a computer, or print a page, a chapter or the whole book. Nothing comes in the mail.
Do I need to be good with computers?
No. After you pay, a page opens with a button for each file, and the same links come to your email. Press one and the book opens. The links do not expire, so you can open that email again next month. If a link gives you trouble, reply to the email and I will sort it out with you.
I take pills for blood pressure, sugar or to thin the blood. Is this book for me?
Yes, and I wrote it with you in mind. Every remedy has a Skip it if box, and at the back of the book every remedy is listed again by medicine: blood thinners, blood pressure, diabetes, thyroid and more. Read that page first, and show your doctor or pharmacist what you want to try. A good doctor wants to know.
Will these remedies cure my problem?
No, and I will never tell you they do. This is kitchen tradition, not medicine. Every remedy carries an honest verdict: it works, helps a little, only tradition, or do not do this. Where something needs a doctor, the page says so.
I watch your videos for free. Why buy the book?
The book keeps all 195 remedies in order, with the exact amounts, the swaps and the Skip it if lines, so you find the one you need without hunting for a video. You also get the large print, the Remedy Cards, the Shopping List and the 30-day plan.
I live in the UK, Canada, Australia or India. Will I find the things?
Yes. Every amount is written in spoons and cups and in grams and millilitres. Where an item is hard to find, the swap is on the same line. The Shopping List gives the name of each item in the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia and India, and where to look for it.
Can I give it to my mother or father?
Yes. Print the large print and the Remedy Cards for them, and tape the cards up where they will see them. Then sit down together with the Skip it if page at the back and their list of medicines.
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30 days, my word on it. If the book is not right for you, reply to the delivery email within 30 days and I will send back the full $27. You keep the book. Cannot find the email? Look in your spam folder for Asha Sharma, or write to [email protected].
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