Mouth Ulcer and Diseases of the Tongue: Cause and Cure

In the case of normal mouth ulcers the internal membrane gets swollen and wounded and causes severe pain. If this problem aggravates further then boils and wounds spread through the entire mouth, saliva is secreted continuously, and a lot of sputum is produced. At times the patient also has a mild fever. Normally a mouth ulcer's symptoms resemble the symptoms of bleeding ulcers or the ones caused due to bile.

Types of Mouth Ulcers:

Painful Ulcers: In this case boils appear inside the mouth and cause a burning sensation. The rotten part separates. They seem to be normal boils in the beginning stage but slowly increase in size. This causes painful cough and symptoms of fever.

Tridosha Ulcers: The symptoms of vata, pitta and kapha are seen in these cases.

Ulcers with bad odour: The ulcers produce a very bad smell.

In yet another type: The ulcers pop up and break, the face is like pulp. One type of ulcer is considered to be due to tridosha. In this case a round and high tumor appears, which causes pain.

Besides the above, mouth ulcers appearing in the throat are considered to be different. In that case there are small protrudings of the flesh in the throat. A few are deep, full of pus with severe needle like pain. Some lead to pain in the throat and swelling and cause sore a throat. Sometimes the patient has a mild fever. Therefore the patient experiences symptoms of swelling, sprouts, ripe tongue or dryness of the tongue. The tongue problems are also mouth related problems. The symptoms are different for these six types of ulcers. If it is due to vata then the tongue cracks and becomes rough. If it is due to pitta, the tongue becomes yellow, there is a burning sensation and reddish spike like formation. If the ulcers are the result of kapha, the, tongue has thorn-like things appearing. In another type, the kapha and blood generated ulcers, kapha and blood problems lead to a bent and painful tongue and saliva is secreted along with itching and burning sensation. A hole is formed in the cheeks and a boil comes out and, spreading quickly. These decay and produce a bad smell. The patient has a fever, cough, a burning sensation in the lungs and dysentery. This disease is common among children in the age group of 3 to 6 years.

In yet another type of mouth ulcer the symptoms are similar to the one caused due to kapha. The tongue has a white coating and mucous like thing. First whitish boils appear on the tongue, which increase in size and reach the base, tongue and throat, Then they join together. Sometimes the child patient has a mild fever, loose motions and vomiting, but saliva is not secreted. According to the specialists this is common among children when they drink polluted milk. The children who drink outside milk also suffer from this disease because the milk bottle is generally not cleaned properly; bacteria gets accumulated and reaches the child's mouth through this contamination.

Normally, mouth ulcers are caused due to constipation, if a child is prevented from getting this problem then it protects him from mouth ulcers. In case the disease is caused, ayurvedic medicines for curing the digestive system should be given. General types of problems can be cured with external remedies. Therefore it would be better to divide them into two parts depending on the type of medicine used.

Cure Mouth Ulcer's with External and Internal Medicines:

The mouth ulcers, which cannot be cured with external medicines, should be treated with internal medicines. Both the types of treatment are useful depending on the severity of the problem.

Home remedies:

Grind the paipal tree bark and leaves, add honey and apply the lep on the painful area.

Grind the moolhati, harad, daruhaldi and chameli leaves and mix with honey. Apply this lep on the painful area.

In case of mouth ulcer caused due to vata, rub finely ground rock salt.

Make kwath with chameli, giloy, raisins, patha, daruhaldi, harad, baheda and avala leaves. Let it cool, then add honey and drink it.

Add honey in Triphala decoction and rinse the mouth with this solution.

Put rock salt in hot water and rinse the mouth.

Boil acacia gum in triple the quantity of water, sieve it and store it in a bottle. Apply this on the ulcers.

Apply banana juice on the child's mouth early in the morning. This gives relief.

It is also beneficial to make the patient sit under a goat and let the milk streak fall directly in the mouth. This should be done early in the morning.

Cotton soaked in glycerin is also very beneficial in this case.

Grind roasted suhaga nicely and add honey, apply this on the ulcers.

Take two parts of moolhati, pathani lodh, usva and black sesame seeds, one part roasted Suhaga, boil it one part water and make sugar syrup with sugar candy. Apply this thrice or four times daily to cure mouth ulcers.

Mix peppermint oil with glycerin and apply on the ulcers for quick relief.

Take equal quantities of praval pishti washed in rose water and Swarna makshik, wash it nicely and keep it aside. Give 25 mg to 125 mg depending on the age of the child and give it with pomegranate juice twice daily.

Make decoction with triphala, patha, raisins and chameli leaves and give it to the child in reasonable quantity.

Take equal quantities of satvan bark, poppy seeds, sespedula leaves, nagarmotha, amaltas and red sandal. Make a kwath and give it to the patient. This is beneficial in case of mouth ulcers.

Make the decoction with daruhaldi, chameli flowers, raisins, thymol seeds and triphala, add honey and give it to the patient suffering with mouth ulcers.

Make a kwath made with sespedula, dry ginger, triphala, indrayan roots, banphasha, kutaki, turmeric and Giloy. Add honey and give to the patient.

Sucking neem gum is also beneficial in this case.

Apply glycerin and let the saliva come out.

Suck the green leaves of arhar for quick relief in mouth ulcers.

Applying milk of Gular tree is also beneficial in this case.

Make a decoction with mogra leaves and rinse the mouth to cure mouth ulcers.

Make a decoction with green menhdi leaves and rinse the mouth twice or thrice for special relief in mouth ulcers.

Soak raisins in water for some time then chew and eat.

Add salt in raw bitter gourd and keep it under the Sun. Extract the juice and add it in water. Rinse the mouth with this water for quick relief in mouth ulcers.

Diseases of the Tongue according to Ayurveda:

According to ayurveda the diseases of the tongue have been included in the mouth. There are six types of tongue diseases according to Ayurveda.

Vataj

Pittaj

Kaphaj

Alas

Adhijeebh

Upjeebh

Main symptoms:

In the vataj type, the tongue cracks, which does not give any type of taste. The tongue becomes rough like the vegetable leaf.

In the second type the tongue becomes yellow in color with burning sensation. Reddish colored spikes appear on the tongue.

In the third type the tongue becomes heavy and fleshy spikes appear on it.

In the fourth type the disease is caused due to the doshas of kapha and blood. There is severe swelling under the tongue and when the disease increases then pus is formed in the base of the tongue and blocked. That means the tongue does not move nor rotates. When the patient tries to rotate it severe pain is experienced.

In another type of tongue problem caused due to blood and kapha there is swelling on the upper side of the tongue, it rips and becomes somewhat incurable.

In the sixth type of mouth ulcer the tongue bends and gets swollen due the dosha of kapha and blood. A lot of saliva is formed in the mouth with itching and burning sensation. The patient does not have the taste of anything.

If we look at the causes along with the symptoms we can know that this disease is caused due to wrong eating habits. Worms are created in the stomach, which aggravate the disease. The cause for mouth ulcers and diseases of the tongue are similar. According to western scientists, this disease is caused due to hookworm. If this worm is removed with the help of some medicine then the disease of the tongue can be cured easily.

In case of chronic disorder of the bowels the children tend to get diseases of the tongue. If the bowel disorder is cured, the tongue disease gets cured on its own. In the case of Erithima migrans disease the tongue bends. There are reddish spots formed on the upper layer of the tongue, which keep on changing places. These types of spots are also seen in a few types of fever. The spikes in the tongue have a darkish tan and appear to be black in color. Those who use Hukka normally have black tongue but they do not have any disease and hence do not require any medication. In the disease called microglacia the tongue becomes thick and is a hereditary problem. It also does not require any treatment. Such children should be given thyroid tablets so that the thickness of the tongue reduces to some extent. In some children the tongue protrudes out and they have the habit to rotate it, this also makes their tongue thick.

Tongue related problems also arise due to fever caused due to tridoshas. The tongue becomes rough and contains spikes but its cure depends on the basic diseases. If the fever is not cured then the tongue related disease also doe not get cured. In some cases the chin becomes small and the tongue becomes thick.

In this case the tongue can move towards the respiratory pipe and block its path. At this stage surgery proves to be helpful. Children who have a long tongue, find difficulty while drinking milk. They should be faced upside down and made to drink milk this way. The child is able to drink milk easily like this.

Remedies for Tongue Diseases:

In case of disease caused due to vata dosha, shilvana lep proves to be beneficial.

In case of pitta-generated disease where spikes appear on the tongue, rub them with rough things like cabbage leaves, etc., and then remove the blood, rinse the mouth with lemon water.

In the case of disease generated due to kapha, apply pilyadigana churna with honey after removing the blood.

When thorns appear on the tongue, grind rapeseeds and rock salt and apply it on the tongue, also drink the juice of sespedula leaves, neem bark, brinjal and Yavakshar.

Mix mankind bhasma, rock salt and rapeseed oil and rub on the tongue.

Add thuhar milk with some acidic things like lemon, etc., and rub it on the tongue.

In case of thickness of the tongue, do lekhan procedure and pratisarana with acidic substance, and then do shirovechan, gandoop dharan and nasya etc.

Mix dry ginger, black pepper, pippali, yavakshar, harad and chitrak root powder and rub it on the tongue or rub the oil extracted from these things to cure this disease.

Rub the Biroja, ral, guggul, and devdaru and moolhati churna on the tongue if the disease is generated due to vata dosha.

Rub sweet substances if it is due to pitta dosha. Remove the polluted blood and do gandoop with sweet substances.

Pippali churna is beneficial in case of tongue disease caused due to kapha dosha. Mix honey in this powder and drink it, mix rapeseed and rock salt in hot water and rinse the mouth with this water.

Grind the makhanas and sprinkle the powder on the tongue.

Mix bhimseni camphor and sugar candy and sprinkle on the tongue or mix boric acid in glycerin and apply it on the tongue. If boric acid is not available, grind suhaga and apply it on the tongue with honey.

Get Rid of Pigmentation Marks and Pimples

Pimples and pigmentation marks appear on the face, which takes away the beauty and charm of the face. These can appear in summer or winter season. The main reasons are consumption of fat, controlling the urge to urinate, excessive labour and exposure of heat and Sun. The following home remedies should be used for this problem:

- Take the cream from fresh milk, add few drops of lemon and apply on the face to remove pimples and acne.

- Grind 30 gm of thymol seeds (ajwain) in 25 gm of curd and apply on pimples and acne. Wash the face the next morning. This remove pimples.

- Take equal quantities of holy basil leaves and lemon juice and apply on the pigmentation marks, dark circles or pimples. This is an effective medicine.

- Add glycerin four times the quantity of lemon juice and rub the face to get rid of pimples. Massage the whole body to get the silky and soft effect.

- Soak lentil dal in sufficient water so that the entire water is absorbed. Grind it and add it in milk. Apply this paste on the face twice daily. This removes pigmentation marks and pimples.

- Grind the dried orange peels in water and apply the paste on the face. This removes pigmentation marks and pimple.

- Rub Jaiphal in milk and apply on pimples and pigmentation marks. This gives glowing skin.

- Boil cumin seeds and wash the face with that water. This gets rid of pigmentation marks, dark circles etc and enhances the beauty.

- Grind Jaiphal and black pepper in raw milk and apply on the face at bedtime. This cures pimples and removes pigmentation marks and makes the face beautiful.

- Take one spoon lentil dal, half spoon rapeseeds and two almonds - grind it nicely and add lemon juice. Apply this paste on the face. Wash the face when dry.

- Take equal quantities of alum and black pepper and apply on pimples and acne.

- Grind guava and banana and apply the paste on face.

- Apply cucumber juice on face to remove pigmentation marks and pimples.

- Add radish juice in curd and apply on face to get rid of pimples, acne and pigmentation marks.

- Add honey in onion juice and apply on the face, this cures both the problems

- Take enema of hot water with lemon juice.

- Take boiled gourd or torai in meals. Eat the chapattis made with whole wheat.

- Pat the face with water while taking bath.

- Apply multani mati on face and peel it when dry. Wash the face with cold water.

- Eat boiled vegetables or drink their juice.

- Add Triphala and Moolhati and take 3 to 4 gm daily to cure constipation and get rid of pimples and acne.

- Grind black pepper and apply on pimples.

- Add gram flour in castor oil and apply on face, this is very beneficial.

- Mix rapeseed and rock salt in lemon juice and apply on pimples.

- Grind almonds in goat milk and apply on pimples to get rid of pimples.

- Rub the seed of date palm in vinegar and apply on pimples. Wash the face after one hour with soap. Pimples disappear within three to four days.

- Take equal quantities of lemon juice, rogan badam and glycerin, mix thoroughly and store it in clean bottle. Apply this lotion on the face everyday, to make the skin soft and beautiful.

- Grind chironji and add butter, apply this pack on the face and rub it nicely. This cures all the skin related problems.

- People suffering with pimples and pigmentation marks should maintain a clean stomach. They should improve their digestive strength and keep the intestines clean. They should walk in open and fresh air and take proper diet.

- Add lemon juice and rose water in equal quantities and apply on face. Wash the face after half hour with fresh water. The pimples are cured within 10 to 15 days. This gets rid of pigmentation marks and dark spots.

- Rub the lemon peels on the body before taking bath and wash the face with lukewarm water, this is effective to get rid of pimples.

- Never pinch the pimples and try to break them. This spreads the pimples faster and causes permanent scars on the face. Take hot steam before applying any, pack for immediate results.

- Apply olive oil regularly to cure different types of pimples and boils. This is also effective for curing pigmentation marks and spots.

- Rub the inner portion of neem bark in water like sandal and apply on pimples.

- Apply blue oil (pour oil in blue coloured bottle and keep under the Sun for one and half months) on pimples.

- Take Gulkand with 25- 30 gm of milk everyday at bedtime.

- Take avala marmalade to cure constipation and thereby pimples.

- Boil the neem leaves in water and sieve it. Wash the face with this water to remove pimples.

- Eat sprouted gram regularly according to the digestive capacity to cure pimples and pigmentation marks.

- Eat ripe neem fruit to get rid of pimples.

- Mix Triphala and Moolhati in equal quantities and take three grams powder with lukewarm water to cure constipation and thereby pimples and dark spots.

- Add onion juice, rock salt and honey and apply on the face.

- Take carrot, tomato, radish and other green salad along with meals everyday to remove pimples.

- Avoid tea, coffee etc. This cures pimples and skin related problems.

- Do not eat ice cream, chocolate, toffees, pastries etc. in excess quantity. Avoid constipation.

- Do not eat food items made with spices, garam masala and acidic things.

- Avoid hot spicy, heavy, oily and fried food items like samosa, kachori etc.

- Do not eat things, made with horse bean, flour and do not use chemical based cosmetics on face.

- Add lemon juice in Giloy juice and apply on the face to get rid of pimples.

- In case of severe constipation and pimples, soak 6-7 raisins in water, remove the seeds the next morning and eat.

- Grind Arjun Chaal, Mujith and Vasa Chaal, add honey and apply on the face to remove pimples.

- Regular consumption of radish is good for getting rid of spots, pimples and acne.

- Add black holy basil leaves powder in turmeric powder and apply the pack on the face before bath. This removes pimples.

- Grind coriander, Lodhra and Koot and apply on the face.

- Grind fenugreek leaves and apply the pack on the face, let it dry. Then wash the face, continue this for few days to remove pimples. This also makes the skin soft and smooth.

- Add grounded onion seeds powder in lemon juice and apply on face; this is effective in case of pimples.

- Make a fine paste of Amaltas Chaal, pomegranate Chaal, Lodhra, turmeric and Nagarmotha and add it in water. Apply the pack on the face. This works well in case of pimples.

- Apply sandal wood oil on the face to clean all the infection causing bacteria and pimples.

- Take equal quantities of Jaiphal, black pepper, red sandal, grind it nicely and add it in water. Apply this paste on the face to get rid of pimples.

- Take equal quantities of rapeseeds, Semar thorns, lentil dal, chironji and almonds. Grind all the things nicely and mix it in little bit of milk. Apply this paste on the face to remove pimples.

- Boil one cup milk and thicken it. Add lemon juice, remove from flame and let it be cool while stirring it continuously. Apply this paste on the face at bedtime. Wash the face after one hour and next morning. This removes pimples and gives a smooth and soft skin.

Cow Urine Can Cure Many Diseases

The cow is a mobile medical dispensary. It is the treasure of medicines. Cow urine therapy is capable of curing many curable and incurable diseases. The holy texts, like Atharva Veda, Charaka Samhita, Rajni Ghuntu, Vridhabhagabhatt, Amritasagar, Bhavaprakash, Sushruta Samhita, etc., contain beautiful description about the medicinal benefits of cow urine. Cow Urine Treatment and Research Center, Indore has conducted a lot of research over the past few years and reached the conclusion that it is capable of curing diabetes, blood pressure, asthma, psoriasis, eczema, heart attack, blockage in arteries, fits, cancer, AIDS, piles, prostrate, arthritis, migraine, thyroid, ulcer, acidity, constipation, gynecological problems, ear and nose problems and several other diseases.

The analysis of cow urine has shown that it contains nitrogen, sulphur, phosphate, sodium, manganese, carbolic acid, iron, silicon, chlorine, magnesium, melci, citric, titric, succinic, calcium salts, Vitamin A, B, C, D, E, minerals, lactose, enzymes, creatinine, hormones and gold. A person falls ill when there is deficiency or excess of these substances inside the body. Cow urine contains all of these substances, which are naturally present in the human body. Therefore consumption of cow urine maintains the balance of these substances and this helps cure incurable diseases.

The Indian culture gives special place to the cow. All the 330 million gods have cow as their prime temple (all devas reside in the cow). Deva means to give, the strength to give, the ability to give more and take the minimum. This is known as Devata. The cow takes very less from us and gives us more. Therefore the Indian people have shown this with the help of strict devotion and dedication. Thus the cow has a prominent place in the Indian life and economy. Wealth, religion, enjoyment and salvation are accomplished with the service of the cow. The Indian farmer used to be known as king, or the giver of grains, due to the tradition developed in India thousands of years back. Our entire life is dependent on the cow.

The whole world takes the cow as their mother. The reason is that the birth-giving mother gives milk to its child only for one or two years, but the mother cow gives milk throughout its life, which is like nectar. A black cow is tied in the Shiva temple, and when we see the Shiva along with the black cow then we are able to overcome the malefic effects of planets in our natal horoscope. When we see the ankles of the cow we protect ourselves from sudden deaths. Circumambulating the cow is equivalent to visiting all of the holy places. As the peepal tree and tulasi plant give oxygen similarly cow is the only animal which purifies the air. If one spoon of pure ghee is poured on burning cow dung (in homa) then they can produce one-ton of pure air, therefore ghee made with cow milk is used in sacrificial fires and havans. There is no better method to remove pollution.

Cow milk, butter, ghee and buttermilk are like nectar. The cow dung is not faeces, but a purifier. It helps produce the best quality grains, fruits, and vegetables when used as manure. Cow urine is a divine medicine and is a natural pesticide for crops. Pure ghee made with cow milk poured on burning cow cakes dung, produces a smoke that subsides the effect of poisonous gas. Cow urine contains copper, which is converted into gold inside the human body. It removes all toxicity. Drinking cow milk gives strength and increases the pure qualities in the human mind.

The horns and back hump of the cow are like two powerful pyramids. We receive the strengths of the stars and sun through the medium of cow dung, milk, curd, ghee, etc. The place where the cow is tied does not produce any vastu related ill effects. If there is any malefic effect of any planet, serving the cow with chapatti and jaggery calms down the malefic effect.

The following are some of my personal experiences treating people with cow urine therapy. A person was suffering with cancer and had been told that they would not survive for long; cow therapy was done on many such cases. Out of the many patients, who were suffering with cancer for the last 4 years, many are now leading a healthy life. In the same way, a diabetes patient who was taking insulin and having a sugar level of 488 or 420 did not have the necessity to take insulin after the treatment of cow urine. In the same way AIDS, asthma, psoriasis, eczema, blood pressure, heart disease, prostrate, piles, etc., also have been cured with this treatment. Premchand Rathore was suffering from asthma and isnophilia. He had palpitations and cough along with phlegm. He is now enjoying a healthy life after taking cow urine therapy. The cough and phlegm reduced. Mrs. Sharda Jalani was having varicose veins and dysmenorrhea. She used to have swollen nerves, pain, and swelling as soon as she used to stand up and it was very painful at the time of menses. She was advised to undergo operation for both of these problems. But she went for cow urine therapy and is now healthy. Omprakash Paul suffered a heart attack. He had high levels of cholesterol and chest pain. After taking cow urine therapy he is able to walk up to four kilometers, he does not get chest pain and his cholesterol level is also normal. Chandmal Gurjar suffered with cancer of the food pipe four years back, he could not take liquids also. Now he is able to eat and drink properly, he is healthy and working in the rice fields. There are thousands of people who have recovered from serious diseases after taking this therapy.

Today many AIDS patients are taking cow urine therapy. People who were suffering with migraine and headache for the past 15 years have recovered within six months of taking this therapy. In the past few years the Cow Urine Treatment and Research Center, Indore has treated 150,000 people. Out of the total patients 85 to 90 percent were also suffering from constipation. There is an old saying that if the stomach is clean half of the diseases get cured automatically. The patients taking cow urine therapy are able to enjoying sound heath within one month of this therapy.

Sushma Khurana had a thyroid complaint. Before taking this therapy her T3 level was 4, T4 was 15, TSH was 0.2. After six months of this treatment T4 was 9.97, TSH was 1.35 and today she is free of this problem. This therapy is also beneficial in the case of eczema, ringworm, itching and other skin problems. Old eczema patients have gained a lot from this therapy. Also school and college aged children can be free from the menace of pimples and acne with this simple therapy.

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Chemical composition of distilled cow urine:

Nitrogen (N2, NH2): Removes blood abnormalities and toxins, Natural stimulant of urinary track, activates kidneys and it is diuretic.

Sulphur (S): Supports motion in large intestines. Cleanses blood.

Ammonia (NH3): Stabilise bile, mucous and air of body. Stabilises blood formation.

Copper (Cu): Controls built up of unwanted fats.

Iron (Fe): Maintains balance and helps in production of red blood cells & haemoglobin. Stabilises working power.

Urea CO(NH2)2: Affects urine formation and removal. Germicidal.

Uric Acid (C5H4N4O3): Removes heart swelling or inflammation. It is diuretic therefore destroys toxins.

Phosphate (P): Helps in removing stones from urinary track.

Sodium (Na): Purifies blood. Antacid.

Potassium (K): Cures hereditary rheumatism. Increases appetite. Removes muscular weakness and laziness.

Manganese (Mn): Germicidal, stops growth of germs, protects against decay due to gangrene.

Carbolic acid (HCOOH): Germicidal, stops growth of germs and decay due to gangrene.

Calcium (Ca): Blood purifier, bone strengthener, germicidal.

Salt (NaCl): Decreases acidic contents of blood, germicidal.

Vitamins A, B, C, D, E: Vitamin B is active ingredient for energetic life and saves from nervousness and thirst, strengthens bones and reproductive ingredient for energetic life and saves from nervousness and thirst, strengthens bones and reproductive power.

Other Minerals: Increase immunity.

Lactose (C6H12O6): Gives satisfaction., strengths heart, removes thirst and nervousness.

Enzymes: Make healthy digestive juices, increase immunity.

Water (H2O): It is a life giver. Maintains fluidity of blood, maintains body temperature.

Hipuric acid (CgNgNox): Removes toxins through urine.

Creatinin (C4HgN2O2): Germicide.

Aurum Hydroxide (AuOH): It is germicidal and increases immunity power. AuOH is highly antibiotic and anti-toxic.

Pellitory Root: Qualities and Benefits

Family name: Compositae = Asteraceae.

Latin name: Anacyclus pyrethrum DC.

(Also known as pyrethrum root in English)

Sanskrit: Akarkarbha, Akaltnak

Hindi: Akarkara, Karkara

Gujarati: Akorkaro

Marathi: Akkalkara

Bengali: Akarkara

French: Vaishvatharkhun, Kohi

Arabian: akikihan, Aduk Lai

Punjabi: Akarkara

Introduction:

Pellitory root is considered to be origin of Arab, because Charak, Sushrut and Vagbhatt do not mention about this. Probably Unani Hakims (herbal doctors) brought it to India. But today it is considered to be the most popular herb of India and Arab. It is cultivated in a few regions of India. The small shoots grow with the beginning of the rains. The root is pungent in taste and the person feels hot when it is chewed and a burning sensation is felt on the tongue. As far as quality is concerned the root found in Arab is better.

External form:

It is bushy and fibrous in form. There are small holes on the root at a distance. The root is pungent and hot, three to four inches in length, half inch broad. The flowers are whitish purple and yellow in colour. The branches, leaves and flowers are white and have thick stems. People in Maharashtra cook vegetable and make pickle with this stem.

Chemical composition:

The most active substance found in this root, pirathrine, which is colourless crystal like thing. Apart from this it contains little amount of oil, which evaporates and stagnant oil, 50% insulin substance is also found. Qualities: It is strengthening and cures swelling. It strengthens the nervous system, increases the sexual urge and relieves pain.

Medicinal Use

Headache:

Grind the roots and apply the lep on the forehead, to relieve headache.

Keep it in between the teeth to relieve headache. On chewing it, the saliva is secreted and relieves toothache.

Epilepsy:

Grind it in vinegar, add honey and lick around 5 to 10 mg of this medicine to control the attacks of epilepsy.

It is beneficial in case of fits, if given along with Brahmi quath.

Dull headed:

Take equal amount of Akarkara and Brahmi and make a powder, take half spoon regularly to improve the intelligence, a stupid person can also become clever with this medicine.

Stammering:

Add the powder of its root with black pepper and honey, rub one gram of this mixture on the tongue to remove the dryness. It cures lisping of the tongue. It should be used for 4 to 6 weeks.

Voice:

Take 250 to 500 mg of the root powder to improve the voice of children and singers.

Toothache:

Take equal amount of Pellitory root and camphor and grind it, use this powder to brush the teeth, it cures all types of toothache.

Gargle with the quath of the root to cure toothache and it also strengthens the looseness of teeth.

Throat problems:

Gargles with this water are beneficial in case of tongue, teeth and

throat problems.

Bad odour:

Take equal quantities of Pellitory root, Nagarmotha, roasted alum, black pepper, rock salt, brush the teeth everyday with this powder. It cures all types of dental problem and bad odour.

Heart disease:

Add Arjun chhal and Pellitory root powder in equal quantities, grind it nicely and take half spoon twice daily to cure anxiety, palpitation, shivering, pain and weakness.

Take 20 to 25 mg of Kullajan, Sonth and Akarkara (Pellitory root) and boil in 400 ml of water till it reduces to one-fourth quantity. This is beneficial in case of heart diseases.

Hiccups:

Take one gram of Pellitory root powder and lick with honey; it has an instant effect in case of hiccups.

Fever:

Cook this powder in olive oil and massage the body, it helps in perspiration and bring down the temperature.

Give 4 to 6 drops of Chirayata with 500 mg of this powder to cure chronic fever.

Respiration:

Sieve the Pellitory root with a cloth and smell it to remove the blockages

in respiration.

Cough:

Drink 100 ml Pellitory root quath twice daily to cure cough.

Take 3 to 4 gm of this powder it removes phlegm along with stools. Stomach problem: Take equal amounts of Pellitory root powder and small Pippali powder, and take half spoon twice daily after meals.

Acidity and loss of digestive fire:

Take one gram of each of Shunthi powder and Akarkara, and take it to cure acidity and loss of digestive fire.

Menstrual cycle:

Take 100 ml of Pellitory root quath to regulate the menstrual cycle.

Dullness:

Take one gram of this powder with two to three cloves to remove the

dullness in the body. Drink 100 ml of Pellitory root quath to overcome laziness.

Paralysis:

Grind the Pellitory root nicely and add it in Mahua oil, massage the paralytic area for benefit.

Take 500 mg of Pellitory root powder with honey twice daily to cure paralysis.

Sciatica:

Add the Pellitory root powder in walnut oil and massage the affected area.

Wounds:

Make 100 ml of quath with Ushva and take it in case of wounds.

Mix Pellitory root powder and mustard powder with honey and apply the lep on the tongue to cure partial body pain.

Sense organ:

Take 10 gm of Pellitory root powder and grind it in 50 gm decoction juice, apply this lep to broaden the sense organ.

Bajikaran:

Take equal amounts of Ashvagandha, white Moosali, Akarkara and grind nicely, take one spoon regularly in the morning with one cup of milk. It has good effect. Effects : It should be taken in the prescribed quantity. Raisin and Katira gum reduce its effect.

The Best Way to Eat Carrot

In the previous issue, Swami Ji had described the medicinal values of carrot in the article titled "Qualities of Carrot". Here he is giving detailed information about the best ways of eating carrot.

Carrot is a tuber root form of vegetable, which can also be eaten raw. The quality of carrot can be recognized with its color. A good carrot is one, which is deep yellow or red in color. Its leaves are green and very thin in texture. Carrot contains all the necessary elements required for the nutrition of the body. It is very beneficial to improve the memory and intelligence. Its regular consumption for few days helps in reducing the weight, however it should be consumed in a proper manner.

Carotene found in carrot is a form of Vitamin A. This substance is found in different fruits and vegetables as well.

Carrot is most beneficial when it is eaten raw. Eat raw carrot everyday in the morning, this reduces overweight and strengthens the teeth and gums. It is a good idea to remain on carrot diet for three days. Replace lunch with carrot salad. In case you are not satisfied with the diet, then take a hot glass of cow milk along with honey.

Do not take any thing else except carrot and milk with honey. You can drink water to quench your thirst. Carrot juice is more beneficial when compared to carrot. You can also take 50 to 200 gm of carrot juice twice daily. This diet is a sort of fasting and also supplies nutritional elements to the body. You can add glucose to make it tastier and healthier. Those who can not keep fast or can not live without eating grains and cereals, they can eat carrot vegetable without curry. It should be cooked with black pepper, cumin seeds, coriander and common salt. Use anardana instead of dry mango powder. This vegetable can be eaten raw without chapattis as well. You can take one or two chapattis and eat more vegetable.

Carrot vegetable is very tasty and can be eaten as it is. You can also make carrot raita like gourd or cucumber raita. Wash the carrot and grate it nicely, put it in beaten curd and add salt, black pepper and roasted cumin seeds. You can also add roasted cumin seeds in vegetable or raita. There is no need to boil the carrot to make raita or peel the skin. Separate the middle yellow portion and make sweet marmalade. Take a big carrot and cut it into slices, sometimes it is soaked in limewa-ter for eight hours and then soaked in sugar syrup. This marmalade is very delicious. You can garnish it with small cardamom, vansh lochan and silver covering. This gives great strength and enthusiasm.

GAJAR KA HALVA

This sweet dish is extremely delicious and nutritious. However there is no need to add khoya as the shopkeepers do. Here we are giving the method to prepare halva in order to increase its medicinal qualities.

Wash the carrots and grate it. Now, pour cow milk in a large pan and put it on flame, add the grated carrot when the milk begins to boil and stir it with a big spoon. Add some sugar candy when the milk begins to thicken and stir again.

Remove the halva from flame when it is ready. Add small cardamom, vansh lochan and saffron. This sweet dish is nutritious and gives a good figure. Around 25 gm of this halva can be taken every morning and an equal quantity in the afternoon as well. If 3 gm of honey in each serving is added it becomes more beneficial. Drink a glass of hot cow milk added with sugar candy over it. Chapatti or some light lunch can be taken along with this halva.

CARROT AND GINGER

Combination of carrot and ginger is very beneficial. Ginger increases the digestive elements, therefore carrot is easily digestible

Grate the carrot, chop the ginger, add both the things and rinse in water. Serve it in a plate, sprinkle common salt, roasted cumin seeds powder and lemon juice.

This is very healthy and nutritious item, which provides strength and energy; it also improves the digestion process. It contains vitamin A and C. It is tasty and improves the appetite. It can be a regular item on the breakfast table or a good substitute for the afternoon snacks.

Breakfast should contain a ripe guava along with carrot - ginger salad. The afternoon snacks should also be taken in the same way. Take hot milk at bedtime if desired. You can also add radish in the salad, it is very tasty and nutritious.

Vegetable soup is a very healthy dish. To prepare it, boil guava, tomato, carrot, radish and ginger in equal quantities and sieve it. Add lemon juice and take only this soup for three, five or seven days. Do not take any other grain or cereal; you might not need any medicine at all.

OTHER WAYS OF EATING CARROT

Carrot is available only in the winter season. A sweet marmarmalade can be prepared so that it can be taken throughout the year.

There are other ways of eating carrot. Steam cook carrot, rose flowers and aniseed and extract the juice. Add two kilos of carrot pieces, 400 gm of aniseed and 10 kilos of water, sieve this water and make sugar syrup, cool it and use it.

Take 25 gm of this, drink at least four times everyday. It is very beneficial in case of heart diseases. You can also take it with orange, sweet limejuice. Carrot and rose squash can be taken in any season. Therefore you can enjoy the qualities of carrot even in off-season.

During summers, take equal quantities of fresh water, orange juice and the rose-carrot squash, add citric acid and drink it. Live only on this water for three or five days, on the first day take one light meal and second day take orange juice with lemon juice. In this way maintain this diet for at least one week. Carrot diet can be planned depending on the patient's condition and strength. Carrot is beneficial in all circumstances; its seed is also very beneficial. Ground 300 gm of carrot seeds and boil in 500 gm of water. Boil till it reduces to half the quantity, add sugar. Give this syrup to women who are suffering with irregular menstrual cycle. All sorts of irregularities are cured within few days of consuming this drink.

Take 100 gm each of carrot and jaggery, boil both the things in 750ml of water. Boil till the carrot is cooked. Eat this dish with silver covering for two to three days on empty stomach in the morning. This medicine is very beneficial for liver disorders and especially jaundice.

Grate one kilo of carrot, boil it in four kilos of milk and add sugar. Add 250 gm of pure ghee when the milk dries up completely and roast it for some time. Eat this dish for one month regularly, this cures impo-tency. It also strengthens the brain.

Physically weak males and females should drink 200 gm of carrot juice everyday. This is the best medicine to overcome physical weakness.

Carrot is good for those children who are getting new teeth. Give carrot juice everyday, this strengthens the teeth and bones.

In case of intestine swelling carrot proves to be very beneficial. Add 200 gm of carrot juice, 100 gm each of cucumber and beetroot juice and drink it for one week for curing intestine swelling problem.

Breast-feeding mothers should drink carrot juice everyday for increasing breast milk. It also develops attractive and healthy breasts.

Anaemic people should drink 200 gm of carrot juice with 100 gm of spinach juice. This increases the blood and hemoglobin content.

Sometimes the heart starts beating faster or perspiration increases with slightest work. In this case drink 200 gm of carrot juice for one week. The carotene present in carrot is effective in curing cancer.

Carrot leaves are also very beneficial. Apply a little bit of ghee on the leaves and heat them slightly, grind and extract the juice. Pour few drops in the nostrils to cure migraine problem completely.

People suffering with night blindness should drink carrot juice regularly. Vitamin A present in carrot is beneficial in this disease.

Carrot is the best medicine for curing insomnia. Drink carrot juice at least 30 to 40 minutes before going to bed.

Burning sensation and pain in the rectum can also be cured with carrot. Drink one glass of carrot juice twice daily for some months to cure this problem permanently.

Linseed: It's Qualities and Benefits

Introduction to Linseed:

Linseed is grown along with the winter crops in large quantities throughout India. In the state of Himachal Pradesh the plants are grown at a height of 6,000 feet. Due to the difference in planting location throughout the country there is a difference in the size, color and shape of the seeds. The linseeds are found in different colors like white, yellow, red and black. There are a lot of varieties of seeds as well. The linseed grown in hot climatic areas are considered to be the best for medicinal use.

External Form of Linseed:

The one-year-old linseed plant is 2 to 4 feet high, straight and tender. The leaves have stripes, the edges are like spikes and the front part of the leaves are pointed and the leaf consists of three parts. The fruits are sky blue in color, round with five parts, each part consists of shining flat thick brown colored seeds, normally two seeds in one part. The plant bears flowers and fruits during the winter. The fruits become dried in the summer.

Chemical Composition of Linseed:

Permanent oil is found in the seeds. The oil mainly consists of linolic and lirolenic acids and its glycerides and dense fatty acids. The seeds also contain a poisonous glucocide. Due to which the animals consuming the seeds die. The seed also contain protein, musyleze, some wax like substances, phosphates and sugar. The ash contains sodium potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorous, etc.

Qualities of Linseed:

The seeds are sweet, with mild smell, oily, hot, pungent, heavy, purgative, strengthening, increasing the sexual desire, if taken in little quantity the seeds produce urine, reduce the swelling and in large quantity they reduce vata and cure leprosy, seminal problems, kapha, pitta and eyesight problems.

Linseed oil:

It is sweet, greasy, cures vata, with mild smell, somewhat pungent in taste, strengthening, heavy, hot, produces faeces, oily, receptive, cures kapha, cough, etc.

Linseed leaf:

It cures cough, kapha, vata, the fresh green linseed leaves vegetable and curry is especially beneficial for the patients of vata dosha.

The flowers are capable of curing blood and pitta related diseases.

Medicinal Uses of Linseed:

Headache:

Grind the seeds in cold water and apply the lep on the painful area, forehead. This is also useful in case of wounds on the head.

Insomnia:

Mix equal quantities of linseed and castor oil, beat it well in a bronze plate and apply in the eye in order to get sound sleep.

Reddishness in the eyes:

Grind the seeds and apply the viscous pulp around the eye to reduce the reddishness in the eyes.

Ear pain:

Boil the linseed in onion juice and pour it in the ears to reduce swelling in the ears.

Cough and respiratory problem:

Take 5 gm of linseed and soak it in 50 gm of water. Drink this water after 12 hours. Drink the old water prepared in this manner, for example, the linseed water soaked in the night should be taken the next morning. This water is very beneficial for patients suffering with respiratory problems, however diet and regimen have to be followed strictly.

Grind 5 gm of linseed, sieve it and boil in water. Add 20 gm sugar candy and in winters use honey instead of sugar candy. Drink this water in the morning to cure cough and respiratory problems.

Grind 3 gm of linseed coarsely and soak it in 250 gm of boiling water. Cover it with a lid for one hour. Sieve it and take it with a little bit of unrefined sugar. It is beneficial in cases of dry cough and respiratory problem. It is also helpful for easy urination.

Grind 25 gm of linseed and soak it in cold water overnight. Sieve it in the morning and heat the water for sometime, add lemon juice and give it to the patient suffering with tuberculosis.

Roast the linseeds and take it with honey to cure cough.

Clean the linseeds and roast them i a pan. When the seeds start emitting smell then grind and add equal amount of sugar candy. Take 5 gm of this powder with hot water twice daily in case of cold for relief. It also cures cough.

Vata related diseases:

Roast around 50 gm linseed in a pan and make powder, add 50 gm of sugar candy, 10 gm of chilly powder, beat it nicely with honey and prepare pills of around 3 to 6 gm. Give the small pills to children and the big ones to the elders in the morning to get rid of kapha and vata related problems. Do not drink water till one hour after medication.

Liver enlargement:

Take 2.5 gm of roasted linseed with honey to cure liver enlargement.

Evacuation:

Extract the linseed oil without heating it. Take 4 to 8 gm of this oil for easy bowel movement. It removes the hard stools. This oil is very beneficial in case of weak intestines and constipation and piles caused thereby.

Gonorrhea and urinary disorder: take 50 gm of linseed, 3 gm of mulethi, grind it coarsely and heat it in 375 gm of water in an earthen pot. Boil till it reduces to 50 gm in quantity, sieve it, and add 2 gm of fiber. Take 20 gm at an interval of two hours for getting rid off burning sensation in the urine. It can be taken in larger quantities for 10 to 15 days.

Pour 4 to 6 drops of this oil in the opening of the urethra to remove pus from gonorrhea.

Take equal quantities of linseed and mulethi and grind it. Put 40 to 50 gm of this powder in an earthen pot and pour 1 liter of hot boiling water, cover it for one hour. Sieve it and add 20 to 30 gm of fiber and store it in a bottle. Take 25 to 30 gm of this medicine at an interval of three hours to cure burning sensation in the urine, painful discharge of urine, obstructed urination, bleeding urine, pus, and other such problems.

Take 10 gm of linseed and 6 gm of mulethi, grind it nicely and add 250 gm of water and boil it till it reduces to one-fourth the quantity. Take 25 gm of this kwath at an interval of three hours with 10 gm of sugar candy to reduce the burning sensation and give clear urine.

Poultice:

Linseed poultice is the best among all other poultices. Take 4 parts of grounded linseed, and pour it in 10 parts of boiling water and stir continuously. This poultice should not be very thick. While applying it rub some oil in the lower part and then tie it. This reduces swelling and pain.

Joint pain:

Grind the linseeds with Isabgol and apply on the painful area for relief.

Pain in the hip:

Heat the linseed oil and add Shunthi powder, massage the back and hip area for relieving the pain.

Arthritis:

The poultice of linseed oil is very beneficial in case of swelling in arthritis.

Strengthening the sperm:

Take linseed along with black pepper and honey to increase the sexual potency and cure the seminal problems.

Insect Bite:

If the insect bite does not heal then grind the linseeds and apply the lep on the affected area.

Boils:

Grind linseeds in water and add barley flour, add sour curds and apply the lep on the boil to heal it quickly. If there is burning sensation and pain in the boil caused due to vata dosha then roast the linseed and sesame seeds and boil it in cow milk. Let it cool and grind it in the same milk for quick benefits.

Burns:

Take pure linseed oil and lime water (lime should sediment in the bottom), mix both the things and beat it well. This will become like a white ointment and is known as carron oil. Apply this on the burnt area to relive the pain. Apply this lep once or twice for immediate relief.

Glands and tumors:

Mix linseed powder in milk and water, add little bit of turmeric powder and boil it nicely. Place the hot poultice (bearable) on the glands or raw boils, keep a beetle leaf on the poultice and tie it tightly. Repeat this seven times, this heals the boil and relieves the pain and burning sensation. This removes the pus. However the poultice has to be tied on the boil for several days continuously.

Qualities and Benefits of Bamboo According to Ayurveda

School children are generally taught a couplet, which means that it is always good to keep a stick nearby as it has many qualities. The stick, which has been mentioned, is nothing but bamboo. We know that bamboo has several uses but we are unaware of its medicinal uses.

Bamboo is available in all parts of India, but it is mainly found in southern India and the states of Orissa, Assam, lower Himalayas, the plains of Ganges and Indus. It grows naturally in the forests, but is cultivated in the cities. There are 550 different kinds of bamboo, here two or three types of bamboo are being described.

Dendro Calamus Atrictmus: It is straight, thin and solid. It belongs to the male species.

Dendrocalamus Giganteous: This also belongs to the male species. It is 20 to 120 feet long. When old, this bamboo turns green or yellow in color. This type of bamboo is very strong.

Bamboo Manma - these bamboos are of female species and are popular in the hilly areas as fat, hollow and catarrh bamboos. The white fluid inside the bamboos dries up and forms into a solid substance and is therefore known as Banshlochan (manna obtained from bamboo, manna is a sugary substance). The real banshlochan (manna) is white in color or has bluish stripes, opaque, irregular in shape and small to large big pieces found between each node. It is very hard and does not break easily. It is not easily soluble in water. When water is poured on this manna it becomes transparent. The real manna is very expensive and can also be manufactured through a chemical process.

External form: Bamboos are absolutely straight in groups having fixed thorns. This type of bamboo generally grows up to a height of 20 to 50 feet in shrubs. The stem is round with a thickness of 6 to 7 feet, having several hollow and solid barks at a distance of 20 inches with different shapes of clear nodes. The tree has no branches but three-fourths of the tree have more spines between each node. The leaves grow in bunches and are around 7 inches long with a sharp front edges and rounded towards the end.

Flowers: The long branches have whitish red colored flowers bearing fruits, which are 1/3 inch in size and barley shaped. They are also called vanshyava, because of their shape, and a rice like grain grows in these fruits, which are called bamboo rice.

Chemical composition:

Banshlochan (Manna) contains silica, mandoor, Potash, lime, alumina and some vegetable substances like colin carbohydrates and several other substances.

Qualities:

It is rough, slightly hot, sweet essence, astringent taste, ripe, oily, buddy leaves, belongs to the barley species and hot in strength.

Banshlochan (Manna):

It has a sweet astringent taste, sweet when ripe and cold in strength. It is healthy for the different humors of the body, and increases the sperm. It is beneficial in thirst, cough, fever, respiratory disorders, bile due to tuberculosis, blood impurities, leprosy with jaundice, wounds, ulcers, jaundice, vata dosha and painful discharge of urine. Besides it has other uses in pregnancy and post delivery.

Offshoots of bamboo:

Spicy, sour, pungent, bitter, slightly cold and beneficial in bleeding piles, for burning sensations and gonorrhea.

Rice:

The bamboo rice is pungent, sweet, strong, and nutritious. It cures kapha, pitta dosha, removes toxic substances from the body and cures the disease in which the vital humors of the body are excreted through urine.

Function:

Bamboo and bamboo with a hole are beneficial in curing painful discharge of urine, excretion of vital humors from the body, and burning sensation of piles. The bamboo containing hole increases the fire in the stomach, cures indigestion, helps in digestion of food, relieves pain and enlargement of the heart and improves appetite.

Useful parts of Bamboo:

Roots, leaves, offshoots, fruits, manna.

Medicinal Uses of Bamboo:

Baldness:

1. Burn the skin and roots of bamboo and mix it in vinegar. Apply this lep (pack) on the head. Hair will begin to grow on a bald head.

2. Take the ash of the roots of bamboo and mix it in chameli (Jasmine flower) oil. This is very beneficial to cure baldness.

3. Burn the roots and skin of bamboo and mix equal quantity of turmeric powder in their bhasma (ash) and make a fine powder. Apply this on the scalp, it makes the hair strong and prevents hair loss.

4. Grind the roots of bamboo and apply on the face and small-pox marks. The skin becomes beautiful.

Itching:

Burn the bamboo leaves and apply the ash on the area, where it is itching. This is a very effective medicine to stop itching.

Bleeding Wounds:

1. Burn the bamboo wood coals and make a powder. Sprinkle this powder on the wounds to stop bleeding and for fast healing. It also reduces swelling.

2. Pour the juice of tender shoots of bamboo to kill worms. Tie a poultice of tender shoots of bamboo to heal the wound quickly.

Eye Problems:

1. Banshlochan (manna) -1.250 mg, 1 small cardamom seed (powdered) - 10 gm, avala (mylobaran) - 750 mg, black pepper—500 mg, small pippali - 250 mg. Mix all the ingredients and add pure surma (collyrium, black substance applied as eye-liner) equal to half of the sum total of all the ingredients. Sieve with a thin cloth and apply in the eyes. This prevents all types of eye problems.

2. Apply the oily substance accumulated on the stem and leaves of bamboo in the eyes. This is an effective medicine to cure cataract.

Dental Problems:

1. Burn the roots of bamboo and massage the teeth with the ash. The teeth become clean and shining.

2. Take equal proportions of banshlochan (manna), small cardamom seeds and samamstangi. Grind all the ingredients together and store in a safe place. Massage the teeth with this powder twice daily. It cleans plaque and dirt on the teeth and makes the teeth sparkling white.

Disease of the Umbilical Tube:

Tie the poultice of the bamboo shoots on the umbilical tube. The disease will be cured.

Hip Pain:

1. Rub the fresh shoots of bamboo leaves in vinegar and apply on the back and hips. This reduces the pain.

2. Burn the roots of bamboo and mix the bhasma (ash) in water. Apply this on the hip bones to relieve pain.

Expulsion of the Placenta:

It is necessary to clean the uterus properly post delivery. Boil 10 bamboo leaves in 200 gm of water and make a thick decoction till it reduces to 50 gm. Sieve it and add 10 gm of jaggery and drink it hot (as per convenience). This eases the process of childbirth and expulsion of placenta. It reduces the pain in the uterus and prevents excessive loss of blood.

Mild Menstruation:

1. If the female does not get proper menses or if the cycle is irregular, decoction of fresh bamboo leaves is highly beneficial.

2. The same medicine is good for cleaning the uterus.

Painful and Mild Menstruation:

Make a coarse powder of the bamboo knot. Take 20 gm of this powder and 40 gm of soy seeds. Boil both the ingredients in one litre of water and reduce it to one-eighth of the quantity. Add 25 gm of jaggery and give it to the patient. This is beneficial in curing painful and mild menstruation.

Urinary problem:

1. Decoction of fresh bamboo leaves is beneficial in reducing the burning sensation and pain in the bladder.

2. Boil 25 gm of bamboo leaves in 200 ml of water. Reduce it to 40 ml. Give this medicine to the patient with 5 gm of honey. This is beneficial to cure urinary problems.

Gonorrhea:

Bamboo leaves are extremely beneficial to cure Gonorrhea. Dry the bamboo leaves in the shade, take 6 gm of the dried leaves and mix it with 6 gm of Anantmool powder. Boil both the ingredients in 400 ml of water till it reduces to 100 ml. Add 3 to 4 grams of sugar candy in this decoction and give to the patient regularly for one or two weeks.

Increasing the fire in the stomach:

Bamboo shoots are used as food in various ways. Boil the fresh leaves or shoots and prepare pickle, vegetable or soup and include it in your diet. This is very beneficial in curing indigestion and the digestive system will function properly.

Poison Antidote:

Extract the juice of bamboo leaves and add jaggery powder. Give one dose of this medicine to reduce the effect of poison.

Dog Bite:

1 .When a dog bites someone, its poison (bacteria) enters-the body. Grind the roots of bamboo in milk and give it to the person, the poison will be removed.

2. Grind bamboo shoots and roots in cow milk and give to the person every morning for 15 days. This will remove the effect of poison in the body.

Dry Cough:

Soak the bamboo knot in water and heat it lukewarm. Give this to children suffering with dry cough.

Jointpain:

Grind the knots of bamboo, heat them a little and tie a poultice on the painful area.

Injury:

1. In case of any type of injury, grind the bamboo skin and make a fine powder. Give one dose with grounded jaggery.

2. If injury causes acute pain and burning sensation in the blood and on the skin. In this case make a decoction with bamboo skin. Let it cool, add honey and give it to the person twice or thrice daily. This is very beneficial to reduce dehydration due to consumption of excess liquor and burning sensation due to the effect of toxic substances.

Uses of Banshlochan (Manna):

1. 1.250 to 2.500 mg of banshlochan with honey cures dry cough.

2. One gm banshlochan powder, 395 mg of Pippali powder. Add both these ingredients in honey and give two to three doses daily to cure breathing and cough problem.

Fever due to indigestion:

500 gm banshlochan, 500 gm of Giloy satva (extract), 250 gm of pippali powder. Add all these ingredients with honey and give three doses daily. This medicine cures fever due to indigestion.

Wounds:

Take 500 gm of banshlochan with ghee or honey thrice daily. This will heal all wounds.

Secretion of vital humors from the body:

Banshlochan rasa (essence), pure nagkesar and seeds of cardamom. Take equal proportion of these things, grind them and sieve it with a thin cloth. Grease it with sandal oil and make small pills. Give one pill each in the morning and evening with 50 ml water mixed with 6 gm of grounded jaggery. This dose reduces the burning sensation in case of Gonorrhea and completely cures the disease within seven days. This pill is beneficial in all types of secretions of the vital humors.

Burning Sensation in Urine:

1. In the above mentioned pill do not grease it with sandal oil and give only one and a half or three gm of powder with sugar candy and milk.

2. A dose of banshlochan with Gokharu drops with swarasa (essence) of Gokharu reduces the burning sensation of the urine.

3. Make curds with raw milk, add banshlochan powder, Gokharu and sugar candy. This medicine cures burning sensation in the stomach.

Bleeding piles:

Take 2 gm of banshlochan powder and 10 gm of bamboo rasa and mix it with sugar candy.

Mouth ulcers:

Mix banshlochan, small cardamom, white catechu (katha) and geru in equal quantities and make a powder. Put a small quantity of this powder in the mouth at small intervals. Take 40 gm of rose petals and make Gulkand, add 2 to 3 gm of banshlochan and give twice or thrice daily.

Mix banshlochan with honey and apply the lep (pack) on the mouth ulcers.

Increasing sperm:

Consume one gm of banshlochan everyday or take it with praval pishti, abhrak bhasma (ash of mica), shilajit and other medicines.

Miscarriage:

If there is a chance of miscarriage, take one gm of banshlochan, add 125 mg of Kalbul Haj. Grind both these ingredients separately and then mix them. Take this medicine twice or thrice to prevent miscarriage.

Other Uses:

1. Take out the green portion of the lotus stem, which lies in the middle of the stem, and add equal quantity of banshlochan. Make a fine powder with both the ingredients and add sugar candy in double proportion. Take this medicine twice or thrice daily with cow milk to be blessed with a baby.

2. The children have the habit of eating sand. Give them a cake of banshlochan to get rid of this habit.

Sitopaladi Churna:

Dalchini 10 gm

Small cardamom seeds: 20 gm

Small Pipal : 40 gm

Banshlochan: 80 gm

Sugar candy: 160 gm

Grind all these ingredients separately, sieve it with a cloth and store it safely. Give two to four gm of this powder with honey to cure phlegm related diseases.

In case of wind and bile related problems, consume banshlochan first with ghee and then half quantity of honey.

This powder cures dry cough, respiratory disorders, bleeding from the mouth, burning sensation in the hands and legs, pain in the ribs, fever due to indigestion and humors, weakness in children, burning sensation in the eyes, throat etc.

A pregnant lady should take this powder for 4 to 6 months to give birth to a healthy baby. The same preparation can be used in the last month of pregnancy to induce labor.

10 gm of sitopaladi churna

10 gm of pure ghee made out of buffalo milk

Keep both the things in glass or mud vessel and pour the freshly extracted buffalo milk and consume it twice daily for two months.

The Globalization of Ayurveda

Swamini Mayatitananda (Mother Maya) spoke at the World Ayurveda Congress, Kochi, India, November, 2002. This event attracted the largest[ever] international gathering of Ayurvedic enthusiasts including nearly 2500 of India’s finest vaidyas and scholars. Mother Maya was the only woman invited to present a keynote speech at this historic event. The following is excerpted from her address.

The focal theme of this historic gathering is about India’s role in the globalization of one of her national living treasures - Ayurveda. Responding to the growing popularity of Ayurveda throughout the world, India’s vaidyas have gathered here in pursuit of a common goal - the desire to be a primal force behind the globalization of Ayurveda’s extraordinary and timeless system of healing. Demand for Ayurveda from the world community of consumers as well as industry response serve to guide Ayurveda’s movement toward globalization. For India to succeed in her quest to guide the dissemination of Ayurvedic education and the distribution of its medicines and literature, we must first address a paramount concern. How do we globalize Ayurveda without impairing its timeless and essential wisdom?

Like the entire treasure trove of Vedic sciences, the wisdom of Ayurveda is intended to serve the whole universe, its humanity and all species. Due to its inherent nature, Ayurveda is already serving a global community. The imperative question is, “how does India safeguard Ayurveda’s purity and authenticity, (notwithstanding the intellectual property rights of this biodiverse science that rightfully belongs to India) as she moves her science and adapts it to the manifold conditions in global communities throughout the world?”

First, India must regain her confidence in herself and in the rich legacy of her ethnographic and revelational sciences. Ayurveda as a science of Revelation is pramanam - pure knowledge born of sastra - the living wisdom revealed by rishis, for the benefit of humanity and its cultivation of consciousness. Sastra (Hindu spiritual texts) is compiled of the revelations of the rishis whose knowledge had been handed down through an unbroken chain in oral tradition of the gurukula since the beginning of time. The rishis were adept at focusing their awareness and shifting their perceptual fields. They entered elevated states to “see” truth, retrieving information directly from the cosmos and revealing it for the welfare of their community. Ayurveda, the oldest paradigm of health and healing known to the world, grew out of the rishi tradition. In safeguarding the living treasure that is Ayurveda, it behooves us to reclaim the revelational basis of Ayurveda and the traditional gurukula way of teaching from which it originates.

For the past 23 years, Wise Earth School of Ayurveda has been developing curricula whose aim is to reclaim Ayurveda’s original principles and practices as science revealed by rishis, and restoration of the gurukula way of teaching. Since its timeless origins, the practice of Ayurveda has taken many unexpected turns. Owing to colonization and the critical period that followed after 1835, Ayurvedic education and other allied healing systems such as Siddha and Unani were forced to desist in India. The movement for Ayurveda went underground as Western conventional medicine usurped its place as the dominant practice. In the early part of the nineteenth century, the visionary efforts of a handful of remarkable vaidyas in Bengal began to revive Ayurveda’s original education and regenerated national enthusiasm for India’s First Medicine. By the mid 1900’s, this resurgence caught the attention of the Indian government which began to design a new curriculum for Ayurveda - retooling Ayurveda’s education with allopathic principles of medicine.

Ayurveda, as it has been taught and practiced in all government sponsored institutions in India since this time, is largely influenced by the allopathic physicians and conventional medical academicians who had helped shaped its new practice. Whereas this process of adaptation has proven a positive adjunct for Western conventional medicine and thereby improving its practice, it does not define Ayurveda. Ayurveda is an extremely adaptable life science and can lend effulgence to the most mundane of sciences. Fulfilling its sacred intention of health for all, any part of its knowledge may be used to serve the well-being of humanity. Due to its inherent nature, Ayurveda may be adapted to meet the needs of all peoples and communities under manifold numbers of diverse conditions, but, in so doing, we must be diligent in our efforts to safeguard its pure and essential principles. Ayurveda is pramanam. Its preservation demands that it be restored to its whole and original form and that form must become its greater practice.

There is a growing trend among allopathic practitioners who are seeking “alternative” methods of healing to embrace Ayurveda. These good men and women recognize the vast limitations within the present conventional disease-care system which takes an approach that is largely prescriptive. From their perspective, the concept of adapting basic principles of Ayurveda and other holistic modalities of healing with their already acquired medical knowledge can only improve the quality of health care they offer. It serves to lessen a patient’s exposure to toxicity and harm resulting from a system that is based on standardized protocols.

To borrow wisdom practices from Ayurveda to improve the quality of health care in conventional medicine is becoming common practice and an acceptable reality. However, integrating Ayurveda as a complementary form of medicine to Western conventional medicine is quite a different matter. Many argue that this process would improve and modernize Ayurveda making it interface more cohesively with other health care models. Unlike conventional Western medicine, Ayurveda does not need another modality of science - conventional or holistic - to make it complete in its wisdom or its application. Furthermore, Ayurveda is a preventative, health-oriented system as opposed to conventional medicine that is a disease-care system. Its timeless principles and practices do not need to be modernized, integrated, or melded into any other modality - health care, disease care, or otherwise.

Evidently, the overriding desire expressed by popular culture to “integrate” everything speaks to a profound need to bridge gaps and eliminate boundaries that separate the human family from each other and their immutable source in consciousness. However, the process of integration to which we are referring has never been known to diminish the outcome of conflicts inherent in the process of combining diverse and nonparallel systems and traditions. To the contrary, history has proven that unity is not accomplished when diverse cultures, traditions, or sciences are melded together. This kind of integration inadvertently create conflicts because the inherent power of each entity becomes diminished, its life force impaired. Popular culture does not recognize the epicentric life force of prana that supports every form of life; in fact, it interferes and tampers with it.

Five hundred years or more of erroneous thinking have placed the world on the brink of disharmony. This is evidenced in the destruction of nature; the physical, emotional, and spiritual impoverishment of the human spirit as reflected in the progressive rise of disease, violence, poverty, wars, crimes; the savage attempts at eradication of indigenous life; the breakdown of familial and community values and lifeways; and the killing of the animals. Our humane memory of humanity is severely vitiated.

Unity is a noble goal for it is the act of interconnecting all realities through deep knowledge and understanding of each individual rerity. Unity is about nurturing diversity through spiritual knowledge, love, respect, and preservation. Positive change and transformation can only occur through profound regard for the preservation of each independent life force, be it a person, species, religion or science. Those who advocate making Ayurveda part of a larger body of integrated medicine are obviously ignorant of the timeless principles that inform the Vedic sciences. Ayurveda as an ethnographic science of revelation is Veda, and therefore greater than any of its anga, or parts. It is more than an eight-pronged system of medicine. Ayurveda is whole science of living in harmony with nature and all her beings.

We must break the silence that betrays truth - a silence imposed on India’s Vedic culture by its perpetrators. We must reclaim dharma for preservation of India’s storehouse of Vedic knowledge, and take care not to commercialize it but to safeguard the universal wisdom of the rishis for the benefit of all. At this pivotal juncture of India’s history when quantum economic growth is inevitable, it is critical that we restore the knowledge of Ayurveda to its original status as a spiritual, revelational science, reclaiming her dharma as the world’s First Medicine. This great reform is necessary if we are to preserve the pure and eternal wisdom of Ayurveda.

Swamini Mayatitananda (formerly Bri Maya Tiwari) is a cornerstone in the development of Ayurveda in America. Through her Wise Earth School of Ayurveda founded in 1980, she has been offering a revival of Ayurveda’s sadhana education to awaken our inner medicine potential for healing. Wise Earth School of Ayurveda is a sanctuary to hundreds of sadhakas worldwide who have been carefully trained by Mother Maya to practice, disseminate and share Wise Earth’s principles and practices in Ayurveda; to transform disease, despair and violence into health, peace and prosperity.