Buri Nazar: The evil eye is removed not only with mustard, chilli, or salt but also with slippers; this is the traditional way
- bySherya
- 19 Jul, 2025

Evil eye remedies: You must have heard about the tricks to ward off the evil eye with things like lemon, chilli, mustard, and salt. But the evil eye can also be removed with slippers. These remedies have been in practice since ancient times.

Not only in India but in many countries of the world, even today, people believe in the evil eye and adopt measures related to it. Although some people also call it superstition. But when the health of a child deteriorates, the mother's love does not see the difference between faith and superstition. That is why there is a saying that, if the medicine does not work, then the evil eye is removed; she is a mother, she never accepts defeat.
Mother Yashoda used to ward off the evil eye from Krishna with the tail of Sabala cow.
Be it the modern era's mother or the Dwapar era's mother Yashoda, every mother tries to keep her child away from evil eyes. She always wants no one's evil eye to fall on her child. It is mentioned in mythology that Mother Yashoda used to ward off the evil eye from Kanha by brushing it with the tail of Sabala cow. This shows that mother Yashoda was also worried about protecting Krishna from evil eyes.
Not just mother Yashoda, but every mother worries about her child in the same way, and this worry is their maternal love, even if someone calls it superstition. If the child's health suddenly deteriorates, he stops eating and drinking, the child starts crying without any reason, becomes irritable, or the medicine does not work, then the mother immediately removes the evil eye from her child.
Totka to ward off the evil eye with slippers
Usually, lemon, red chilli, salt, camphor, mustard seeds, onion peels etc. are used to ward off the evil eye. But do you know that the evil eye can also be warded off with slippers? This trick may sound strange to you, but it is considered a traditional trick to ward off the evil eye and even today people believe in it. Also, this remedy is linked to both astrology and tradition. Let us know whether the evil eye is really removed with slippers and what is its method?
Is it really true that slippers ward off the evil eye?
Although there is no mention of warding off the evil eye with slippers in astrology, it is believed that Lord Shani resides in the feet. Whereas the evil eye is associated with Rahu. Slippers are worn on the feet and they mostly remain in contact with the ground, due to which slippers have a greater capacity to absorb negative energy.
It is believed that when someone is affected by the evil eye, negative energy enters the person and when the evil eye is removed with the help of slippers, the slippers absorb the negative energy and remove the evil eye. This is the reason why people still use this remedy of shoes and slippers to remove the negative effects.
Traditional way of warding off the evil eye with slippers
The process of warding off the evil eye with slippers is very simple. Generally, this trick is considered more effective to be done on Saturday. For this, the shoes or slippers of the child who is affected by the evil eye are taken and rotated seven times in the reverse order (anticlockwise) from head to toe. After this, the slippers are shaken vigorously three times at the threshold of the house. It is believed that by doing this, the effect of the evil eye ends outside the threshold itself. After doing this trick, the slippers are placed back at the same place and can be used again.
Does removing the evil eye really remove the evil eye?
Science does not believe in the methods or remedies of warding off the evil eye and neither does it confirm it scientifically. But warding off the evil eye brings peace to the mind, removes doubts, gives satisfaction and also reduces fear. That is why people believe in the tricks of warding off the evil eye from ancient times till today.