Haze haze go away

Every year the haze envelopes us. We have tolerated this for far too long. There seems to be lack of will with the powers that be to find a permenant solution to this recurring health hazard. Every time the haze returns, we hear the same old rethoric. But at the end of the day little is done and even less achived.

I have seen a upsurge of medical ailments since the onset of the haze. I have had atshma patients who have been free from excercebations of asthma for almost a year, coming with acute and sometimes severe asthma attacks. The numbers of patients with eye irritation has risen considerably and so has throat irritation.

Drinking lots of water and staying indoors may help. In addition we try some simple home remedies.

For persistent and irritating cough, I find fresh ginger juice with honey rather helpful. I usually advice patients to extract the juice from 2cm size ginger and add 2 teaspoons of honey. Add a bit of warn water to make about 1/3 of cup and take it daily for 2 to 3 days. Another 'recipe' one can try is to add 2 teaspoons of honey and 1/2 teaspoon of tumeric powder to a cup of warm fresh milk.

Eye itch may be resolved by washing the eye with warm salt water. But do remember to only use a pinch of salt. Gurgling with salt water can help reduce throat irritation.

You don't find these remedies in medical books. I call them "My mother in law's remedy".

Of course my family and I have tried them, they are after all from my mother in law! And it has worked, Alhamdulillah.

Hopefully some benefit is gained.

Till the my next entry, have a nice day.

May the guidance and blessing from God continue to shower on us all in the final third of Ramadan.