Benefits of ghee and herbs

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January 29, 2010

gheeGolden colored Ghee is prepared by melting and simmering unsalted butter until all the water evaporates and the milk solids settle to the bottom. The remaining butter oil is very stable, giving it a high burning point which makes it an excellent choice to use for frying and sauteing and it can be stored without refrigeration for several months.

When a combination of highly beneficial herbs and spices are added to ghee while the ghee is being made, it allows the lipid and water soluble active ingredients of these herbs & spices to bind with the ghee molecules. By consuming such a ghee, you get the maximum benefits of the added spices and herbs. As per Ayurveda, ghee, when processed with herbs, imbibes the qualities of the herbs and also, ghee acts as a carrier of nutrition to the deeper tissues of the body. Thus you get the dual health benefits of ghee and also of the herbs and spices.

“Ghee processed with different herbs in thousands of ways, gives thousands of health benefits in healthy individuals!”
- Ashtanga Hrudaya Sutrasthana 5/39.

Charaka Samhita is an ancient Ayurvedic text and it is believed to be the oldest of the three ancient Ayurvedic texts. It was written around 800 BC. According to Charaka Samhita, ghee has the following two important qualities:

1) Yogavahi: Ghee has an ability to increase the effect of any herb added to it. Ghee also helps transport the healing and health-promoting qualities of the herbs to the body.

2) Samskar Anuvartan: When ghee is processed with herbs, it does not lose its own qualities while imbibing the attributes of the herbs added to it. Among all oils and fats, only ghee has this unique property, whereas other oils and fats give up their own qualities. For example, when sandalwood is added to an oil, the oil loses it “heating” quality and adapts the “cooling” quality of the sandalwood. Click below to see the reference from Charaka Samhita Sutrasthana, in Sanskrit and English.

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Sandeep Agarwal
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How to Reduce Your Belly Fat the Ayurveda Way

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January 28, 2010

Increasing waistline is always a cause of worry and agony when you are already over weight. Obesity is a major problem in these days and getting over it is a huge task. You might have tried several methods to reduce weight. Had been consistent, it would have produced results too. Let’s try ayurveda this time. Ayurveda is the oldest medical science and the most important fact is that there are no chemical rich medicines in Ayurveda. Fat reduction can also be caused by still having enough food but in a different manner. The things that I’ve mentioned below may be familiar but just try this out consistently for 30 days and I’m sure you will smile because you will start seeing the results.

  • Take 2 fruits in the morning and 1 fruit in the evening. I’ll mention later in this article the fruits that help in fat reduction.
  • Take one glass of water every hour from the time you wake up till you sleep.
  • Exercising is one of your dreams that never come true. Okay don’t do any heavy exercise. Morning or evenings go for a brisk walk. Don’t think you are brisk walking to reduce fat. Just go out and do some brisk walking while enjoying the scenes around. Stop whenever you want for a chat or to have a juice. Then again continue. Or join a swimming club and swim everyday for sometime. If even that doesn’t work, buy a bicycle and ride for 30 minutes everyday.
  • Come back and have a glass of Carrot juice without sugar.
  • Any time of the day have a salad made of cabbage, tomato, lime juice, honey and mint.
  • Minimize intake of salt and reduce milk based products like ice cream and butter for few days. I told reduce.
  • Use lot of ginger, cinnamon, pepper and garlic in your cooking.
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