10 Effective Home Remedies For Tuberculosis (TB)

Tuberculosis (TB) is a respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is a
highly contagious disease with a high risk of fatality. Though TB is primarily a pulmonary infection, it can affect
other organs of the body. The bacteria can remain dormant in the body of the infected person for years
without causing any symptoms of the disease. Repeated or prolonged exposure to the bacteria increases the
risk of tuberculosis. The main symptom of this disease includes persistent coughing, fatigue, shortness of
breath or labored breathing, night sweats, fever, chest pain etc. The disease cause tissue death of the
infected organ and is fatal. Proper medical treatment will help to remove the bacteria from the body. There
are many home remedies that can help to treat the problem in the natural way. These remedies can be used
as a complimentary treatment along with conventional medicines. Here are some of the important home
remedies for tuberculosis.
Home Remedies For Tuberculosis
1. Garlic
Garlic has anti bacterial property as it contains sulphur. This helps in destroying the bacteria causing TB. Garlic
also contains allicin and ajoene which helps to inhibit the bacterial growth. Garlic improves the immunity of
the body. Cooked or raw garlic can be used as a remedy.
How To Use?
Boil four cups water and one cup of milk together add half teaspoon of chopped garlic and reduce it to
one fourth. Drink this mixture three times daily.
Drink a glass of milk to which 10 drops of garlic juice is added before going to bed. To get better result, do
not drink water immediately after consuming the remedy
2. Banana
Bananas are rich source of nutrients which will boost the immune system of the TB infected person. Bananas
help to reduce the fever and cough caused due to tuberculosis.
How To Use?
Make a juice of bananas and drink at least one glass daily
You can mix one mashed banana with one cup of coconut water, half-cup of yoghurt and one spoon of
honey and consume it twice daily to get relief from cough and other symptoms of tuberculosis.
3. Custard Apple
Custard apple is an excellent remedy for tuberculosis. It helps in rejuvenating the tissues affected by
tuberculosis.
How To Use?
Boil the pulp of 2 custard apple and 25 seedless raisins in one and a half cup water for five to ten minutes.
When 1/3 of the water is left, filter the mixture
Add sugar candy and a pinch of cardamom and cinnamon powder to the filtered liquid and consume it
twice daily.

4. Drumstick

Drumstick leaves have antibacterial and anti- inflammatory properties. This will help to eliminate the bacteria
from the lungs. This remedy also helps to reduce the inflammation of the lungs caused by infection and
coughing. Drumstick leaves are a good source of iron, calcium, carotene which improves the immunity of the
body.
How To Use?
Boil a handful of drumstick leaves with one cup water for five minutes
Allow this to cool and add salt, pepper and one teaspoon lime juice
Drink this on an empty stomach daily morning to cure tuberculosis
You can also consume boiled drumsticks daily to clear the infection.
5. Oranges
Oranges will help to keep your lungs healthy. The essential minerals and vitamins present in orange rejuvenate
the tissues of the lungs. Orange juice acts like an expectorant and relieves cough. Oranges help to prevent the
secondary infections of the body by tuberculosis as it boosts the immune system of the body.
How To Use?
Take one glass of freshly squeezed juice of orange and add a bit of salt and one tablespoon of honey.
Drink this juice daily to nourish the lungs and to regain the tissues.
6. Pineapple
Pineapple juice is very effective in treating tuberculosis. Pineapple juice helps to reduce the mucus formation
and provides faster recovery.
How to use?
Drink fresh juice of pineapple on daily basis.
7. Black Pepper
Black pepper is effective in cleansing the lungs and reducing the mucus production. This in turn helps to
relieve the chest pain caused by tuberculosis. Pepper also has anti inflammatory properties which will help to
reduce the inflammation caused by infection and coughing.
How To Use?
Fry 8-10 black pepper in clarified butter and make a paste of it.
Add a pinch of asafetida powder to this paste
Take half teaspoon of this remedy every few hours
8. Walnut
Walnut is effective in improving the immune response of the body when you are suffering from
tuberculosis. The nutrients in the walnut speed up the healing of the tissues.
How To Use?
Walnuts can be eaten as such to improve the immune system
Mix two teaspoons of crushed walnut powder with one teaspoon of garlic paste and one teaspoon of
clarified butter. Eat this daily to get relief from tuberculosis.
9. Green Tea
Green tea is rich in antioxidants and helps to improve the immunity of the body. The polyphenol present in the
green tea fight against the bacteria causing tuberculosis.

How To Use?
Boil green tea leaves with water to make the tea and consume it twice or thrice daily.
You can also use green tea pills available in the market
10. Mint
Mint has anti bacterial property and helps in the healing of the tissues affected by tuberculosis. Mint will
dissolve the mucous and prevents the side effects of tuberculosis drugs.
How To Use?
Mix one teaspoon of mint juice with two teaspoon honey and two teaspoon malt vinegar and half cup
carrot juice.
Divide the mixture into three parts and consume it at regular intervals.
Do you suffer from the symptoms of tuberculosis? Do you want to overcome this problem effectively and
quickly? Combine these home remedies with your medical treatment and get fast relief from tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is not a disease to ignore get proper medical advice to get rid of the problem.
An international team of researchers has found that an active ingredient in vinegar can effectively kill
mycobacteria, even the highly drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acetic acid in vinegar might be used
as an inexpensive and non-toxic disinfectant against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria as well as other
stubborn, disinfectant-resistant mycobacteria, they found. For now, this is simply an interesting observation.
Vinegar has been used for thousands of years as a common disinfectant and we merely extended studies from
the early 20th century on acetic acid, explained Howard Takiff, head of the laboratory of molecular genetics
at the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Investigation (IVIC) in Caracas, Venezuela. (Read: How you can prevent
tuberculosis)
Mycobacteria are known to cause tuberculosis and leprosy, but non-TB mycobacteria are common in the
environment, even in tap water, and are resistant to commonly used disinfectants. While investigating the
ability of non-TB mycobacteria to resist disinfectants and antibiotics, Takiffs postdoctoral fellow Claudia
Cortesia stumbled upon vinegars ability to kill mycobacteria. (Read: Scientists will soon find a new vaccine to
cure tuberculosis)
Testing a drug that needed to be dissolved in acetic acid, Cortesia found that the control with acetic acid
alone, killed the mycobacteria she wanted to study. After Claudias initial observation, we tested for the
minimal concentrations and exposure times that would kill different mycobacteria, noted Takiff. There is a
real need for less toxic and less expensive disinfectants that can eliminate TB and non-TB mycobacteria,
especially in resource-poor countries, Takiff observed. Whether it could be useful in the clinic or labs for
sterilising medical equipment or disinfecting cultures or clinical specimens remains to be determined, said the
study published in mBio, the online journal of the American Society for Microbiology. (Read: Ten facts you
didnt know about tuberculosis)
What is TB?
TB or Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB most
often affects the lungs, but contrary to popular belief, it can affect almost all other organs such as the uterus,
fallopian tubes, intestine, kidney, bones, meninges (lining around the brain and spinal cord). It is no wonder
that during the early days of this disease it was commonly called consumption, because the bacterium would
infiltrate almost all parts of the human body. (Read: Tuberculosis causes, symptoms and diagnosis)
With inputs from IANS