Ajwain or carom seeds:

Ajwain or carom seeds: 

Tiny little seeds are mandatory in each and every Indian kitchen and have a great importance in Indian cooking. These seeds have strong aroma to remove bloating and congestion. These seeds also provide flavor, fragrance and taste to food recipes and chapattis.

Ajwain also has volatile oil to help digestion but try to use it raw form or in low flame cooking or last stage of cooking.

According to Ayurveda, Ajwain seeds are Amanashak which remove toxin from intestines preserve inner wall of intestines and it reduces toxin formation in the digestive canal restricting indigestion and mal-absorption.

Ajwain seeds are rich in minerals, fiber, vitamins and have many anti oxidants. Ajwain is a potent antimicrobial (contains about 50% thymol), carminative, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, diuretic, and energizer.

They can be chewed raw, added to water or tea to extract maximum benefits from them.

 

Uses of Ajwain:

1.       Healthy Digestion and bloating :

·       take ¼ tsp ajwain seeds after every meal with lukewarm water,

·       You also can have ajwain tea as boil a cup of water mix ½ tsp ajwain with a pinch of Dry ginger.

·       For little kids give ajwain jaggery tea to release bloating like 1 or 2 tsp is sufficient.

·       During menstrual cycle have ajwain tea or just a pinch of ajwain with pinch of salt with Luke warm water.

·       Use ajwain seeds in fritters, pooris, batis and chapattis to make it more digestive.

2.       Female health:

·       It is mandatory for every post natal care women to have it regular for at least  for 3 month to improve her digestion as per Indian homes for restoration of uterus health .

·       Regular use of ajwain in food improves PMS symptoms and PCOD disorders. (a mixture of ajwain, saunf, kalongi, jeera,methidana in a equal quantity , grind it and have it empty remedy)

·       During menstrual cycle those who have scanty and painful periods it’s a good remedy.

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3.       Ajwain for Cold and Flu

·       Ajwain seeds and jaggery kadha in congestion and hard winter a best remedy.

·       We can make a little potli of roasted ajwain with ½ tsp salt and place it around kids to give relief to blocked nose.

Elders can also use like natural inhaler.

·       For Asthma patients ajwain seeds aroma/steam is beneficial.

4.Mouth ulcers and bad breath:

·       Have ajwain seeds after food good for gums and mouth ulcers

·       It a best mouth wash and good for oral hygiene.

 

5.Hair health:

 

·       Ajwain seeds improve vata to avoid early grey hair, and promote healthy scalp and growth of hair.

 

6. Joint and bones health : It improve vyana vata, and shaleshmak kapha to improve joints health and swelling or infections.

You can also apply Ajwain paste to painful joint,  mix with honey or til oil.

 

 

7. Healthy heart: Ajwain seed regulates blood pressure and make arteries healthy. It makes lower triglycerides and cholesterol.(Research indicates that thymol -the significant component of carom seeds-may have calcium-channel-blocking effects and could help lower blood pressure levels).

 

 

8.  Weight Management:

Daily ajwain water gives high metabolic rate to burn extra fat and inflammation to the body. Within a week it shows result like remove 2-3 kgs quickly.

 

Other benefits:

Ajwain paste with mustard oil prevents mosquito bite scars from the skin. Increase healthy appetite and healing agent for whole body growth.

When to Avoid;

Avoid if you have hot potency body type or high pitta tendency. It has anti allergic factors  but try to take it not more than ½ tsp uses everyday because it has hot potency so no large quantity as a solo or with water or jiggery or mustard oil.

So use the ajwain seeds and enjoy your healthy meal with healthy body

 

 

 

 

Asafoetida : Heeng (kitchen king)

 Asafoetida

Heeng is our ancient kitchen herb to make the food more digestive and aromatic taste. loaded with lots of health value like it pacify Vata and kapha It increases pitta, ignite our digestive fire to help in digestion .

It removes bloating, gastric issues like hinwastak churan very popular medicine of ayurveda to help digestion. Heeng  has a nature of deepmanya  that improve digestion powers. It is useful in asthma and other respiratory disorders, it has pungent taste herbs to improve vata. It has teekshna Guna to enter in deep tissues for effective results.

It is best use with frying with ghee in a little quantity specially substitute of garlic and onion. It gives taste good in legumes (daal) specially .

Ayurvedic uses of Hing:
Deepana means digestive
Pachana means toxin digestive
Sulaprasamana means alleviates intestinal spasm
Krimighna means vermifuge (anti parasites)
Anulomana means redirects and promotes the flow of the Apana vayu
Artavajanana means promotes the flow of the menses
Vedanasthapana means pain reducing.
Swasahara means herbs that are useful in breathing difficulties e.g. asthma, sinus, allergy problems.

how to use heeng for medicinal benefits:
• Make a small paste with warm water and apply on navel area to improve abdominal pain in children (bloating pain)
• Apply the paste on the chest to help in relieving cough, congestion.
• Nasal drops of saline water with heeng are helpful in treating colds and migraine.
• Wrap the roasted heeng powder in a cotton swab, helpful in tooth ache.
• fried heeng in ghee is helpful to improve digestion and increasing agni
• Heengwasthak churna is a classical ayurvedic formulation for digestive disorder regulating Apana vayu.

Enjoy your meal prepared with Hing. Experience the taste and feel the benefit.

Absorbtion of VitaminD and vitamin B12 naturally

How to improve absorbtion of Vitamin D and vitamin B 12 naturally.

Vitamin D is also called as sunshine vitamin. It is actually metabolically inactive, and undergoes transformation in kidney-liver; It is synthesized in presence of adequate sunlight in body. Its forms are Vit D2 & D3. It enhances absorption of calcium & phosphorus, stimulates mineralization of bones, and helps in normal growth. It deficiency results weak bones and problem like rickets (in children), osteomalacia, symptoms are fracture tendency, general weakness, pain in bone-muscle. It sources are from milk products, but mainly from morning sunlight.

Ayurvedic approach to Vitamin D deficiency: Ahara Vihara-Adequate exposure to morning sunlight for a weekly minimum of 45-60 minute; Surya Namaskar; & adequate intake of Vitamin rich Diets such as: Cow’s milk,Ghee,Yoghurt, Paneer, fishes and egg yolks;Mushroom/white Mushroom,& milk and in fortified dairy and grain products , one thing if you can use traditional pickle receipie with mustard oil but without vinegar or any chemical preservatives and exposed in sunlight very well during processing.,Vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin in that it is produced by the body in  response to skin being exposed to Morning Sunlight. One more thing we can also improves the absorption with magnesium uses as  in massage or having with water. It is also occurring naturally in a few food sources. Vitamin D is essential for strong bones, because it helps the body use calcium from the diet.

Vitamin B12 or Cyanocobalamin is a complex compound which helps in synthesis of DNA, fatty acid & myelin factor. Its deficiency results fatigue, weakness, tingling sensation in legs, memory loss,etc. It is commonly treated by supplementing with B12 capsules or in injected form. Normal nutrient source: Strictly speaking only animal source (meat, fish, egg…). Some references told about dal (pulses) and in fermented foods(some indian traditional reciepe need fermentation so they can be good sources of  this) etc. but its non-vegetarian food only which are direct source. So, the question, are all Vegetarians deficit of Vit B12 in lab reports? No, actually B12 is also synthesized with the help of bacteria. The milk products and the fermented products can be little source of B12.as we are taking too much of allopath antacid can also cause you vitamin b12 deficiency.

Your vitamin deficiency can be a side effect or over dosing effect of random medicine taken by self. Body has got its own self healing tendency, a physician is supposed to prescribe medicine just as supportive in healing

And it also have same importance  if your digestion is not good, can your body even absorb the popped up supplement or meet the repeated deficiency demand in long run. Please have self care first like have strong digestive fire ( Jatharagni )and healthy gut , that is a balanced diet-regimen for true healing not substitutes cap-tablet as initial medicine. Healing always comes in direct way not just short cut.

Spring season guidelines according to ayurveda (to cop up with nature changes)

Spring season guidelines according to ayurveda (to cop up with nature changes)

Spring season is best to detox body with winter fats and toxins as fat

It’s a kapha enhancer weather so we should do more yoga, kapha pacifying diet to overcome with the weather.so please follow some basic guidelines during spring season:

Spring is a perfect time of year for cleansing and weight reduction.

 Fruit fasting or Juice fasts with pomegranate or apple juice, and mono-diets are wonderfully supportive.

Try to use kapha pacifying bitter, astringent and pungent food like herbs (Turmeric,pippli,blackpepper,ginger,cinnamon) and food to cleanse our body. These habits help to balance mucus production, regulate moisture levels,  to open all the channels of elimination for purification. 

You can further support the process by drinking lukewarm, or hot beverages.

Try to  eat warm, light foods that  easy to digest like we can start our day with a light breakfast of fresh fruit or  herbs tea. 

Light Lunches and dinners  as cooked grains chapati, steamed vegetables, and Pulses are often perfect choices. we can  also get benefit from eating lots of bitter greens, seasonal vegetables, and spicy foods like green chilies, ginger. 

We can enhance our meals with the pungent flavor of onions, garlic, ginger, black pepper, chili pepper.

Try to create an inspiring and active morning routine for ourself, even if it’s short. Brush your teeth, scrape your tongue, apply a few drops of cows ghee  to your nasal passages, and drink some warm water first thing in the morning. You can also massage your skin with warm sesame oil , Mustard oil . and then rinse off  in a lukewarm water shower. If you don’t have time for an oil massage every day, consider light handed  dry rub before  bathe, rubbing  skin vigorously to stimulate heat, improved lymphatic circulation, fluid balance, and healthy, supple skin.

 Making time for exercise or yoga first thing in the morning will also help to promote clarity and improved energy this spring. Daytime napping is not recommended. Also have any steam bath once or twice in a week Also, it’s usually best to drink just enough fluid to stay hydrated  with regular times for working, eating, sleeping, and exercise.

Pranayama:

kapalbhati and bhastrika will bring a sense of lightness to the mind and are both very cleansing practices ,its perfect for the spring season. Close your yoga practice with a shorter shavasana with omkar chantings.

Herbs:

Every morning to boost our energy and  support our immune system. best to clear and rejuvenate the lungs, take ¼ teaspoon  of  pippli  mixed in honey twice a day. To support the liver, which is vital to detoxification, try taking  ¼ teaspoon of turmeric  with 2–4 tablespoons of aloevera juice. A tea  of triphala  taken at night helps to cleanse the body of toxins and supports healthy digestion. Enjoy spicy herbal teas and experiment with supportive spring combinations like lemon/ginger, coriander/cumin/fennel, or ginger/black pepper/pippali. After meals, a tea of ginger , black pepper, tulsi and cinnamon  improves digestive fire.

Fast tips to detox:

• Use fresh  spring  seasonal  greens and  grains in  our daily diet.
• Enjoy  fruit, juices rather than more-processed options .
• Drink plenty of purified water. Consuming at least 2 litres a day will help flush out body  toxins.
• Enjoy  Yoga and any exercises  on a regular basis.
• Prefer foods that are warm, light and easy to digest.
• Reduce or avoid red meat, refined and canned foods, salt, coffee, dairy products and alcohol.

enjoy with magic of spring season, perfect gift of nature with yoga ,diet and mentioned kitchen  herbs .

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How to cope up with winters with Yoga and Ayurveda:

How to cope up  with winters with Yoga and  Ayurveda:

·         As we  feel  cold  in the season  and together with the headache, sore throat and sneezing, bouts with a running nose, application of dry.

•      A cloth bag that is warmed up should be kept over the nose and forehead.

·         Try to practise regular Kapalbhati and bhastrika practice to increase the oxygen level in the body.

•      A decoction(kadha)  made of a quarter teaspoon of dry ginger, cinnamon, Tulsi leaves , four pieces of pepper and a few springs of lemon grass laced with a spot of jaggery. Always drink them hot.

•      In general, addition of dry ginger, black pepper, Pippali  or rock salt to the cooked food will relieve the symptoms dramatically.

•      In fact anything with a pungent and spicy taste, use it in medicine, or in food, will dilute the kapha character of the cold and make one feel much better, try to keep yourself moisturise with oil massage. 

·         We are offering  Yoga and Ayurveda Pulse diagnosis scan and Consultation (www.yogahealthcarecentre.com) for more details.

How to remove the effect of Smog with Ayurveda..

Air Pollution in Delhi  and NCR cities, making the air condition worse. Hospitals are reporting a significant spike in respiratory conditions this time . But there are ways you can minimize the ill effects of this nasty pollution that's hurting your lungs. How we can minimize and remove the adverse effects of smog in the air, here are some  easy to follow ayurvedic  home remedies. 

1) NEEM
"There are herbal preparations, which adsorb pollutants and may also help detoxify the effects." One must wash the skin, hair with neem leaves boiled in the water. It will clear the pollutants stuck to skin and mucous membrane. If possible, also try to eat three to four leaves at least twice a week. It helps to purify blood and lymphatic tissue.

2) TULSI (BASIL)

Tulsi (basil) should be planted at every house to absorb the pollution. In addition, one should drink 10-15 ml of tulsi juice as it helps clear pollutants from the respiratory tract.

3) TURMERIC (HALDI)

"Turmeric powder half teaspoon with 1 tablespoon of ghee or honey, should be taken empty stomach in the morning,

4) GHEE
One can put 2 drops of cow ghee in each nostril every day in the morning and at bed time to stay clear from pollutants, It is important to have two to three teaspoon of homemade ghee daily. It is very much useful to remove the toxic effects of metals like lead and mercury and does not allow them to accumulate in bones, kidneys and liver."

5) PIPPALI
 an Ayurvedic doctor says, "Pippali is one of the super herbs for purifying lungs that enable easy breathing. It's very effective against lung infections due to its rejuvenation properties. A simple way to consume this is ¼ teaspoon Ginger, ¼ teaspoon turmeric and 1/8 teaspoon Pippali powder mixed in 1 tbsp honey and washed down with warm water. This should however be taken for maximum of seven days and not used in infants."

6) TRIPHALA
Pollution causes imbalance in tridosha and Triphala helps restore the immunity. One tablespoon of Triphala with 1 teaspoon of honey at night is the recommended dosage.

7) POMEGRANATE JUICE

Drink pomegranate juice as it is known to purify blood and is also a brilliant cardio protective fruit.

8) MASSAGE
We suggest a daily full-body warm oil massage aka Abhyangam, therefore, acts as a powerful recharger and rejuvenator of mind and body.

9) STEAM
 holistic healing expert recommends taking steam with 5-10 drops of eucalyptus oil or a drop of peppermint oil or ajwain . This should be done for five minutes twice a day.

10) AYURVEDIC HERB SMOKE

Dhoop (smoke created in earthen bowl) of Guggulu and Aguru, which are Ayurvedic herbs can be used to prevent dampness in the house, which is a leading cause of allergic cold and breathlessness.

11) WARM HOME COOKED FOOD

Eat home cooked, warm food instead of eating out . Incorporate herbs like turmeric, cayenne pepper, carom seeds, ginger etc in food. Add some pepper, and basil leaves to your regular cup of chai and in the meal.

12) PRACTICE  BREATHING

 Practice simple breathing asanas such as pranayam, kapalbhati , Bhastrika and jal neti to combat the ill effects of pollution. "Inhale from nose and hold for four seconds. Exhale from nose and breathe out the maximum air you can from the nose . Practice it for  5-10 times a day,

13) KUNJAL AND JALNETI: we can release its bad effects of pollutant by kunjal and neti, it is effective to do atleast once in a week to remove all the toxins from the respiratory tract."

14)AGNIHOTRA and other indoor plant: It is scientifically proven that Agnihotra kriya  at sunrise and sunset good to remove pollution

we can also  try to plant some indoor plants , Himalaya salt lamps, avoid deodorizers.

15) Jaggery (gud) it is a best tool from our kitchen after every meal and outing ..good for digetion and helps to remove pollutants from nasal passage and clears throat.

Have small piece of jaggery regularly.

 Hope these remedy help us to remove the adverse effects of Smog 

Stay healthy and happy always.

Dr.Monika Agrawal

Yoga health care centre

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Yoga alliance certified teacher

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