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Home Remedies For Jaundice

Jaundice is a common disease which can be explained as the yellowing of the skin and the eyes that is caused by too much bilirubin in the blood. Jaundice is rare in hepatitis C infection. Treatment for mild cases will include allowing your baby to spend time in sunlight, though in more severe cases, the baby will be admitted to the hospital and placed under lights which synthesize the sun's rays (minus harmful UV radiation). Jaundice also causes itchiness of the skin. Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked.

There are three types of jaundice that affects adults are:

• Hemolytic jaundice
• Hepatocellular jaundice and
• Obstructive jaundice

Home Remedies For Jaundice

1/2 tsp ginger juice, 1 tsp mint juice and 1tsp lime juice to be taken as often as possible

Limejuice works wonders in treating jaundice. So, drink lots of fresh limejuice on a daily basis.

1/4 tsp of turmeric powder mixed in a glass of hot water taken 2-3 times a day.

The herb jaundice berry, botanically known as Berberis vultaris is very useful in jaundice.The pulverized bark should be given several times a day in doses of one-fourth of a teaspoon in the treatment of this disease, or the fluid extract should be given 2-4 ml doses.

Take a few fresh papaya leaves and make a paste. Take about 1/2 tsp of this paste and mix with 1 tsp honey and consume it everyday.