Many people believe that sometimes tension starts increasing in the house without any apparent reason, arguments start happening between family members over small matters, or health related problems start appearing again and again. In traditional beliefs, it is associated with evil eyes or negative energy. However, in modern view, stress, imbalance in daily routine and health related reasons can also be behind these problems.
There are many home remedies mentioned in Indian traditions and folk beliefs, which people adopt for positive energy and mental peace. These are commonly called “tricks”, and have been practiced for generations.
Beliefs related to defects in vision
According to belief, when a person, child or family is affected by excessive negative evil eye or jealousy, it is called Nazar Dosh. To overcome this, people resort to various traditional remedies. These include remedies like lemon-chilli, black tilak, washing with salt and lighting a lamp.
Ways to divert attention from children
In folk beliefs, some simple measures have been suggested to protect children from evil eyes. As:
Giving black tilak to the child, removing the eyesight by adding salt in mustard oil, doing circumambulation using lemon and chilli.
People adopt these measures as a symbolic way of protecting children from the evil eye.
Remedies for peace and positive energy at home
Many traditional remedies are also suggested to keep the home environment calm and positive. These:
Lighting lamps in the morning and evening, cleaning the house regularly, taking care of the Tulsi plant, cleaning the floor with salt water.
It is believed that these measures make the home environment positive and increase mental peace.
Beliefs related to bedroom and family relationships
Some people believe that maintaining cleanliness and order in the bedroom also improves mental peace and relationships. Apart from this, it is also considered important to maintain communication between family members and reduce tension.
modern perspective
Experts believe that stress, discord or illness at home are often due to lifestyle, mental stress, lack of sleep and health-related reasons. In such a situation, a balanced diet, regular exercise and taking care of mental health is considered a more effective solution.