Anemia may be defined as a condition in which there is a decrease in the quantity of haemoglobin or in the number of red cells. Anemia is among the most common ailments affecting human beings. Nearly half the blood flowing in our veins and arteries consists of red blood cells which carry oxygen to the tissues. Approximately one trillion or 100 million new blood cells are formed daily in the bone marrow. The raw materials required in the production of these cells are iron, proteins, and vitamins, especially folic acid and B12. Of these, iron and proteins are essential in building up the red colouring matter called haemoglobin. A red cell has a lifespan of approximately one hundred and twenty days and is then destroyed and replaced. Each person should have about 15 gm of haemoglobin per 100 ml of blood, and a blood count of approximately five million red cells per millimetre of blood.

Most commonly, people with anemia report non-specific symptoms of a feeling of weakness, or fatigue, general malaise and sometimes poor concentration. They may also report dyspnea (shortness of breath) on exertion. In very severe anemia, the body may compensate for the lack of oxygen-carrying capability of the blood by increasing cardiac output. The patient may have symptoms related to this, such as palpitations, Angina (if preexisting heart disease is present), intermittent claudication of the legs, and symptoms of heart failure.

Home Remedies for Anemia:
Eat lot of green vegetables especially leafy vegetabiles like Spinach (palak) Fenugreek (Menthi) Carrot Amaranth )Red Cholayi) and Beetroot which are rich in folic acid.Go for citrus fruits like Orange,Sweet lime (Mosambi) which are rich in vitamin C.

Vitamin B12 is needed for preventing or curing anaemia. This vitamin is usually found in animal protein, especially in meats such as kidney and liver. There are, however, other equally good sources of vitamin BI2 such as dairy products which also contain some B12.

Honey is a excellent medicine to cure Anemia.Eating a spoon of Honey or taking Honey with milk twice a day will increase hemoglobin level as well as purify the blood.

Dates (Khajur) or Dry Dates (chuara) are very helpful in increasing blood level and curing Anemia.

The leaves of fenugreek help in blood formation. The cooked leaves should be taken by adolescent girls to prevent anaemia, which may occur due to the onset of puberty and menstruation. The seeds of fenugreek are also a valuable cure for anaemia, being rich in iron.

Eating Almonds (Badam) everyday also helps to increase bloods and curing Anemia.

As jaggery (Gur) is a good source of iron consume it more instead of sugar which definitely cures Anemia.

Eating a Gooseberry (Amla)everyday also helps in improving in blood and curing Anemia as it is a good source of vitamin C> Also taking 3 spoons of Gooseberry juice with 3 spoons of pure Ghee for 21 days will definitely cures Anemia.

Taking Beet root juice or raw Beet root is a excellent medicine for curing Anemia.

Spinach ( palak) juice to Tomato juice taken everyday also helps in improving blood level and curing Anemia.

Drinking Lemon water with Honey everyday also helps in improving blood level and curing Anemia.

Eating a raw Onion or drinking raw onion juice everyday helps to cure Anemia.