My weak throat and my love for spicy food

Jwano

I have a weakest throat. To be honest this is the weakest part of my body. This is the body part that makes me sick and bed rest than any other sickness. If fever gets me on bed then it has to be my throat which is the reason behind this.

I used to drink just boiled water for very long time. If I did not boiled it that too 20 minutes after it boiled then drinking that water made me sick. Again the blame goes on my weak throat.

It took me long time to find out about the root cause of my sickness. It also took me almost equal time to remember the name of my disease called pharyngitis. Many of you if you are not familiar about the term pharyngitis then for easy to understand it, it's about the itchiness in your throat wall, sure that makes you cough a lot. If you ask your friend to look into it then he/she will be able to tell you the throat is red and there are plenty of wounds that has yellow in its centers.

There was time this was the only sickness that sends me to doctor, every year. He used to give me three types of medicines, an antibiotic, tablets for  fever and then some tablets for antiallergy. I thought the disease name is fancy so the medicine also has to be fancy. But he never gave me fancy medicine nor he ever gave me some cough medicines.

Some time back I read in Reader’s Digest, roasted ginger is good for sore throat. After finding about ginger and its usefulness in my throat I used to eat it instead of visiting a doctor when my throat made me sick. Knowing there is no side effect of it I used to roast many small sliced   ginger and then chewed it all day. It used to sooth my throat. In the beginning it used to work on my case but not now. Perhaps, it is because I found the other home remedies with faster effect on me than ginger. Its called Jwano.

Here I need to tell you my eating habit also. I love hot and spicy foods. Citrusy and acidic fruits with hot chilli are my favourite pickles. Plain and bland foods just gives me message that I may be sick or only sick people should eat the tasteless food. I add chilli so much on my curry and pickles it burns my pee yet I won't stop adding it.

Some may say I am ruthless on my sick throat. But that is not true. For that I cure it with honey. Honey is good for my mouth as well as it reduces my pee burning.

I live in city center yet I avoid visiting Doctor to the max. Sometimes I feel may be I am bit abnormal than those who visit doctor with a flue or take lots of medicine from the counter. That I do not do. What I have seen is more I stay away from doctors more I am healthy. It's just I keep finding some home remedies  that helps me to keep distance with doctor.

Once my throat was sick for long time, longer than it normally should last, like more than a month. Eating roasted ginger was not helping not even increasing the dose of it was helping me. I had no option but to take some medicine from the store. Bad news was taking medicines did not help me nor my throat as it was not showing the sign of relaxing. Instead it made me cough more severely. Then after a month and a half later an old lady where I go to buy vegetables on weekly basis suggested me to take jwano powder three times a day. All I have to do is to dry fry Jwano and then make its power. Then take half spoon three times a day, she had suggested me to take a spoon but I took only half spoon as it's so bitter. When I tried it, it cured my throat in just three days.

From that day on I am using jwano and recommending everyone to use it when they face itchy throat. As for my cold I learned recently that salted water with dash of timur is good for it. Because I love the scent of timur so the fast recovery was physiologic too !

Winter Project II

Ashram boys in Pokhara

This year I wanted to reach out at least 200 children [ 100 percent up from my last years project ] or 15 children homes whichever meets the target first to give handmade caps, neck warmers and books for children . 


To meet the target we needed more girls and women to come out and knit for our project.  For that organizing volunteers meet for knitting was must. It was a training program mixing up with kind hearted girls/women. The idea of learning something new encouraged the volunteers to came in for the event more.  I taught them with the hope that I get products in time. However I learned soon that they were in to learn more than to knit for children. Sure enough, we did find some girls/women with heart of gold. I am sure you must have read the blind knitter.

Ashram boys in Kavresthali

All this started in Chitwan where I had gone for a dashain holiday. My brother helped me to raise fund and also gathering women in a church to knit for charity. When it was ready one of the children home which received the warmers was the one the very same church was running. There in Chitwan we could give to two children homes, total of 20 children. In Kathmandu we covered five children homes, total of more than 100 children after that we went to Pokhara where we covered two more children homes - almost forty children.

Children always loves
good story books

Our target is to reach 200 children with our books for children as well as and lovely warmers this year.

Rising hope children home
 in Sana Gaun Lalitpur

How we raised fund for this ? Many friends who reads me in my facebook and keep seeing my post were the ones who gave me money so that I can continue my work and my brother also joined me to help me raise funds so that we can meet the target. He being a pastor came handy for me. He alone was able to raise  funds for more than 70 children  from  speaking in two church.

In the beginning for an easy fund raising I went to  my Ex-boss.  As he is one of the richest man I know. He is  a multimillionaire.  I knew my entire project cost was nothing compared to the assets he has accumulated. But, deep down I also knew he would say NO on my face. As expected he did exactly what was so predictable. He said it with less fanfare. I can't at this time stay in touch after some time. I also have some friends who are rich enough to support my project but they also come out with some excuse.

Baby Life Home Kirtipur

However, I am glad to tell you despite all that I did meet my target. Yes it was not a cakewalk but a good learning that, there are some work which can be done without the support of multi millionaire or some well off people. I am sure that I am very clear what I want to do. So, no ones NO is going to stop me.

eager children reading colorful
story book in Pokhara

This project would not have been a complete success if Ashma Aryal a blind TV journalist had not come into the project as volunteer. She coordinated with all the volunteers who took part in volunteers meet for knitting in Kathmandu and later on whenever any volunteers wanted to knit she would be the linking point between me and the keen volunteer. Not just that she also helped me to pick many children homes. Just like Ashma there was another volunteer Ashma felt very connected with for her good heart and tireless work. Her name is Shova Pudasaini, resident of Nepaltar, Kathmandu. She alone knitted enough for a small children's home which size is ten children in it. During all this time Ashma never make me feel that she is blind herself as she never allowed her blindness to stop her do what she wants and can.

Mercy Home - Pokhara

There are so many people to be thankful for in life for all their good work and generous heart who made it possible for me to meet my target to reach out 200 children and touch lives.