using the eggplant

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Bhate,

 

I wish you would explain furthur about using the eggplant. You gave this recipe

but later in the post said that one should not take wind forming foods like

brinjal, which I believe is also eggplant. Is this the only way one should take

it? Should that person eat the whole one or two eggplants a day?

 

Thank you very much,

GB Khalsa

 

- Bake one or two egg- plants. Mash and fry in about 2 tablespoons of

castor oil. Spices like cumin, coriander, turmeric, garlic and salt

can be added while frying. Dosage: Take once daily for two to three

months for relief.

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[Guest guest]

Dear GB Khalsa,

 

Brinjal is an egg-plant. There are various receipes for egg-plant and

many of them are mouth-watering ones! Brinjal Bhurta is quite popular

dish in North India.

 

The egg-plant greens have certain poisons in them which can be

checked up by visiting:

 

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/potato65.html

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/t/thorna12.html

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nighde05.html

 

Some receipes with egg-plant can be found on

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,egg_plant,FF.html

http://www.indiatastes.com/categories/448.html

http://www.freerecipe.org/Side_Dishes/Salads/eggplant-salad-recipe.htm

http://www.scinet.cc/cgi-bin/picpost/posts/137.shtml

 

In case you would like to grow this plant then info is available on:

http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1383/

 

Important thing here is that egg-plant, say brinjal, should not be

taken in anyother manner and should be cooked along with other parts

of the plant in castor oil and those recommended spices. Then brinjal

is not wind forming; but no one will like the taste when cooked this

way. The poisons in egg-plant have been used to cure rheumatism. The

medicinal uses given on botanical.com websites do include this fact.

Further, another variety, popularly known as 'Dhatura' in India,

highly toxic, is also used as rheumatism medicine in tribal practice.

 

By the way, the effective medicine for vata is castor oil, which is

mixed with other foods so that ingestion becomes easy. My mom used to

add this oil to 'Chapati' atta while kneading the dough. This cured

my chronic constipation.

 

Regards

Dr. Bhate

 

 

 

 

ayurveda, Guru Khalsa <greatyoga>

wrote:

> Dear Dr. Bhate,

>

> I wish you would explain furthur about using the eggplant. You

gave this recipe but later in the post said that one should not take

wind forming foods like brinjal, which I believe is also eggplant.

Is this the only way one should take it? Should that person eat the

whole one or two eggplants a day?

>

> Thank you very much,

> GB Khalsa

>

> - Bake one or two egg- plants. Mash and fry in about 2 tablespoons

of

> castor oil. Spices like cumin, coriander, turmeric, garlic and salt

> can be added while frying. Dosage: Take once daily for two to three

> months for relief.

> ---