SIMPLE FORMULAE: SURE SUCCESS

SIMPLE FORMULAE: SURE SUCCESS

Respected Doctors, A small attempt to translate few verses from an e- book (Tamil)which my sister Mrs.Vanaja Mathanraj forwarded me .I owe her a lot ( for all the sacrifices she made for my sake in our childhood) esp. for this one.Its a compilation work (of 321 pages) yet a competent one with all possible easily available medicines for many disorders...  We might have all Samhitas....but for a common man and for those who can't get to the terminologies ,only such books carry Indigenous medicine to their hearts and homes...They r least bothered about the System of Medicine nor about the Pharmacolgy...but only the effects or results....( jus like our 'KOLAVERI' did/does)....   Toss away all those doshic involvement jus while going thru this- is what I say while glancing at this book...     So Iam here to get those better interpretations which Iam not well verse at....Here I'll place those home made & simple remedies for  few ailments and disorders... On Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya...... KAYA KALPA for daily regimen ( as told by THERAYAR):meant for all : A) 1) Morning- intake ADARAK ( in swarasa/whole form) 2) Afternoon-SHUNTI CHOORAN with roti / meals 3) Evening-HARITAKI CHOORAN with milk / honey B) 1- 2 AMALAKIs to be chewed everyday after food and a pinch of HARITAKI CHOORAN shd be tasted and consumed. C)RAGI ( Rai ) flour to be added with powdered TILA and GUDA and made into rotis (' Adai' in Tamil ) and eaten. TO REDUCE OBESITY: 1) BHRINGARAJA( KARISILANGANNI) is used in subjis regularly in Southern India.This can be cooked with Dal and ghee and taken. 2) Salad prepared with RADISH ( White) & PLANTAIN STEM with lemon juice and salt shd be eaten in empty stomach in mornings. 3) ERAND MOOLA - powder and mix with honey- knead it - soak it in a glass of water @ nights and mix it again & filter & consume in the mornings for 1 month... 4) PONNANGANNI KEERAI ( Alternanthera sessilis,Sans.: GOJIHWA,MATSYAAKSHI ) cooked with toor dal and pepper..and taken for 3 months... to reduce that flab.also improves eye sight.... 5) NILA AAVARAI ( Cassia senna / occidentalis, if I am right) leaves to be powder & eaten with honey.... 6) NIMBU swarasa with salt in empty stomach.... 7) AGARU KASHTA ( heart wood) made into paste with cow's milk and rubbed all over the body sheds the flabby flesh... 8) LEMON SWARASA +MADHU+JAL ( 1:1/2:4 in ounces) - mildly heat and take in empty stomach.... 9) KULUTHTHA to be soaked before 7-8 hrs. and cooked in 400 ml of water and taken twice a day... 10) PARIBHADRA( Erythrina indica) leaves swarasa 40 ml BD 11)PLANTAIN STEM (Vaazhaithandu ) juice to be boiled with garlic ginger paste and coriander leaves and consumed by adding lemon juice.... 12) KULUTHTHA fried and powdered - 1/2 to 1 tsp. to be kept in mouth and swallowed slowly followed by water..  FOR GAINING STRENGTH: 1) Milk with honey - morning ( prescribing the same at night times yields good results) 2)Soak Chana @ nights and boil it the next day.Again boil it with UDUMBARA PHALA (Fig fruit-available in markets) and milk-  consume it before dusk. 3)RAGI,WHEAT and RICE( a fat variety)- fried and powdered - made into porridge  and taken( boil water...mix 2-3 tsp of powder in little water without lumps...pour this into boiling water....stir continuously ....till cooked...add sugar/ salt...if desired ghee too... 4)2-3 ALMONDS(Badam),PISTACHIOS,1 tsp. of KHASKHAS soaked in milk for 3 hrs. & grinded and boiled with a glass of milk and consumed with palm crystal ( rock candy/ Panang kalkkandu )@ nights. FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEBILITATED BY DISEAESES: Advice CHIKOOS followed by milk...but as it bestows nidra and sheeta to body ...Beware! FOR THOSE WHITE COLLAR WORKERS: 1) a curry called as thuvaiyal can b prepared from ASTHISHRUNKALA and given twice in a week  ( fry the stems with a little oil...make a paste of it with little tamarind,ginger,salt and green chillies....fry the paste again if u feel so...temper ( Chaunk) it with mustard seeds...)...[goes well with sambar rice and curd rice]... 2) AGATHTHIKKIRAI (  I am really sorry-cldnt get the English/ Hindi names..AVUSSIKURA  AAKU in Telugu,Botanical name: Sesbania grandiflora,Sanskrit name stands by Tamil name- I hope - AGASTYA) made into subji- to be used once in 15 days...( this is fed to the cattle during Amavaasya and the day after Sankaranti). FOR TRUSHNA,ANTAR DAHA,MOORCHA ,BHRAMA: MADHUYASHTI,SIRUTHEKKU(again sorry- this is Tamil name) & PALM CRYSTAL - each 20 gms..powdered and boiled with 200 ml of water- reduced to 100 ml and to be drunk. And so it goes.... I 'ld wind up here...for the time being....let me come back with 'Baby's health care' which did sound really interesting.... NB: I have tried to explain the process of making few recipes with my experiences...The Best Chefs of our forum are requested to come out with even more dainty dishes with these Oushadis.... If u relish it u can recommend them for ur patients ....Rebukes will also be rejoiced provided proofs are placed...   By Dr.  V. S.