Cumin - Ayurvedic Remedies

Cumin - Ayurvedic Remedies

Diarrhoea 
Roast 2/3 tsp of cumin seeds and powder them. Add a pinch each of ginger powder, cinnamon powder and black pepper. Mix in 1 cup of yoghurt. Eat twice a day.
Mix 1 tsp each of cumin, ginger, cinnamon and honey.  Eat ½ tsp 3 times a day.

Digestive disorders 
Boil 1 teaspoon of cumin in 1 cup of water. Add 1 teaspoon of juice from coriander leaves and a pinch of salt to taste. Drink after meals for several days.

Fatigue 
Add ½ tsp each of cumin, coriander, black pepper and lentils to 1 cup of water and boil. Add salt and drink.

Flatulence/Gas 
Mix an equal quantity of crushed cumin seeds, black pepper and ginger. Make an infusion by mixing it in hot water. Drink warm twice a day, for several days.


Insomnia
Sprinkle 1 tsp of cumin on a sliced banana. Eat at night regularly.

Lactation  
To increase lactation, mix 1 tsp of cumin and sugar. Drink with warm milk each evening.

Prickly heat  
Crush 1 tbsp cumin seeds with coconut milk and apply frequently.

Other uses
Cumin is used to flavor bread, pastries, cheese, pickles and chutneys. It is widely used in Indian cooking and is an ingredient in curry powder and mixed spice.

Ayurvedic cure (Recipes) for High Blood Pressure

Ayurvedic cure (Recipes) for High Blood Pressure

 Recipe No.1:

Tulasi leaves powder : 100gm (Dry in shade and grind to powder)
Curry leaves powder : 100gm (Dry in shade and grind to powder)
Pudina(mint) leaves powder : 100gm (Dry in shade and grind to powder)
Jeera (cumin seeds) powder : 50gm (Fry and powder)
Dhania(Coriander) : 50gm (Fry and powder)
Mix all powders and store
½ to 1 tsp. with water ½ hour before food for 40 days.
Benefits:
Heat reduces, impurities get eliminated from blood. Pitta problems are reduced. BP is controlled.

Recipe No.2:

Yoga and food precautions:
1.Dhyana(meditate) in Padmasan. Visualise family God in the Hridaya chakra.
2.Avoid Gutka, tobacco, alchohol, tea, chilly, salt (minimize)
3.Reduce green chilly usage and substitute with pepper.
4.Usage of ginger and garlic should be increased
5.Use old tamarind
6.Use tamarind leaves powder
7.Avoid masala and meat
8.Chandra bedhi Praanaayaam
9.Seethali Praanaayaam
10.Seethkari Praanaayaam

Recipe No.3:
Prepare upma of wheat ravva, moong dal, all vegetables, aaku patri along with mustard oil with ginger , jeera and saindha lavana.
Benefits:
The boiling of blood reduces and BP reduced.

Recipe No.4:
Mix curry leaves pepper powder and Neem leaves (tender) leaves powder and take half to one spoon with water.
Blood clotting can be prevented, waste material in blood is thrown out.

Recipe No.5:
Pound together Podina leaves + Curry leaves + Dhania leaves (coriander leaves) take in equal proportion and extract juice.
Add equal weight of candy sugar and boil it till thread paak is obtained.
Dosage:
2sp. Morning and evening with cold water (1/2 glass)
Can add jeera and dhania to above.

Recipe No.6:
Guiddiness:
Guiddiness comes due to excess heat in brain for BP patients. Pitta increases in liver and leads to guiddiness.
Apply Ayurvedic hair oil to head regularly.
Use sesame oil or Agastya tailam or Ayurveda Prajaraksha tailam.
Massage oil on the scalp, on the left and right parts of throat in circular manner. As the oil soaks into head guiddiness decreases.
Do Chandrabedhana Praanaayaam

Recipe No.7:
Dry Amla(indian gooseberry) pieces: 5 or 6
Crushed dhania: 1 spoon
Water :150gms.
Mix all the above and store it in a mud vessel overnight. Filter in early in the morning, add 1 table spoon candy sugar powder and drink.
Benefit:
1.Guiddiness is relieved within one week.
2.Excess heat in head decreases