At the root of most ailments is a way of life, and a digestive pattern, that are unnatural and therefore unhealthy. In nature cure, it is essential that the right herbs, fruits, juices and extracts are administered to cure anything from a common cold to a chronic ailment such as asthma. Herbs, herbal shrubs and their roots are also rich in mineral salts, vitamins, and other substances that help establish the balance of the fluids in the body, act as blood cleansers, aid digestion, and develop the building of tissues. Rajasthan, fortunately, has enough forests where a variety of plants can be found that are essential to such cures.

Many of these can simply be found in the kitchen, for example ginger, garlic, turmeric, onion, coriander, cumin, fennel, fenugreek, aniseed and even red pepper. Various identified trees and shrubs are also used in health care preparations (they are also in use in the western medicine industries). Of course, the neem tree, which has widespread medicinal use all over the country, is also found in plenty throughout the state.

To ensure that there is a proper supply of medicinal herbs, the government has been associated with the setting up of herbal gardens and parks in Jaipur, Banswara, Kishangarh, and Ajmer and privately owned herbal plantations are widespread.

While nature cure needs a proper understanding of the various herbs and natural substances, it is also true that in Rajasthan, the most efficient chemist shops are likely to be the residential kitchen. With this come the remedies that the women are able to offer: common complaints also have common solutions. However just as most are likely to be effective, one needs to be a little careful since grandma's nushkas (remedies) were not always correct, though they did set most domestic ailments right in a short while.