Supermilk for babies: Colostrum

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In Ayurveda herbs are often mixed with each other to obtain more

potent drug or kill undesirable toxicity of one herb. Similarly,

medicine is taken with special foods such as buttermilk, milk, ghee,

honey etc to enchance the action of medicine. The bio-availability of

the medicine increases when taken with these substances, ayurveda

calls them `yogavahi'. Cow urine distillate is one such substance.

Several websites and posts in this column recommend not to take milk,

especially if it is produced as industrial product. Use of hormone

injections to cows in order to get more milk, pasturisation,

additives or preservatives are some cases where milk becomes

processed or industrial product.

 

While milk is assumed to cause more mucous, this quality can be

suppressed by boiling it with ginger powder, turmeric, black peeper

etc. (Message 4917) And then instead of causing mucous, it dissolves

the mucous so that body can eliminate it easily. Author remembers

taking boiled milk with turmeric added, in addition to a little ghee

and a speck of sea salt when suffering from chest congestion. Milk

and salt are incompatible, but when taken this way, they become

effective medicine. Asthma patients are urged to try this when they

are suffering. Milk with ginger powder is a best medicine in

arthritis and sciatica as mentioned in a old post by this author.

 

Milk contributes to reduction of Pitta vitiation and is well known to

aid the fertility (Message# 5129). Milk, being sweet, adds to Kapha

production and strengthens Kapha organs(Message 5067). Milk, being

higher dhatu of animals, aids fertility, since ayurveda believes that

all germs, eggs, sperms are produced better and stronger if Kapha

environment exists. Medicines for mental problems or those which

reduce stress (Aswagandha, Satawari, Vidarikand, Brahmi, Kapikachu

etc) are invariably taken with milk. Trytophan, Seretonin generation,

dopamine balance may be causing these benefits. Ayurveda mentions

several milk decoction medicines (Ksheerpaks), wherein milk is boiled

with medicine powder and approximately 4 times water, till water

evaporates completely. (Message 5080). A special medicine for Post-

menopausal women is mentioned in Message 4959, where Saffron is added

as balya herb. Todd feels that boiling in milk adds proteins to

medicine dose, which limits the amount of toxic product dose crossing

blood-brain-barrier. (Message 4953). The assistance of Cow milk in

getting off addiction is mentioned in Message 4719, while its

effectiveness in combating acid reflux is mentioned in message 4596.

The effect of cow milk on a baby is mentioned by her mother, who also

happens to be a qualified ayurvedic doctor (Message 4735). These are

only few glimpses in the application of milk in healing. This author

has recommended milk, milk with dates etc in this column as a tonic,

for children and in mental diseases, especially insomnia, bipolar

disorder etc. The above is a summary of milk related discussion in

2005 only. If you visit archieves many more messages will be found.

 

The purpose of this post is to bring out the uses of supermilk, i.e

colostrums. Colostrum is the first milk produced by a mammal for the

first 24 to 96 hours in the postpartum period. It is unfortunate that

a baby delivered by C-section misses the initial Colostrum diet due

to modern practice of medicine. Colostrum has been a staple in the

human diet ever since humans first domesticated hoofed mammals.

Colostrum belongs to a class of foods that may provide a health

benefit beyond basic nutrition by containing biologically active

components to impart health benefits. Interest in this class of foods

has increased due to rapid advances in science and

technology, medicine costs and an aging population.(1)

Fruits, vegetables, Omega-3 fatty acids, fibre also come under this

category, but none compares with colostrums when nutrition and health

benefits are concerned.

 

Colostrum is responsible for strengthening the immune system and

protecting against disease.(2) As a result, the nutritional property of

colostrums is almost incomparable. Of particular interest are

colostrum's anti-bacteria and anti-viral properties along with its

ability to improve digestive health.

 

Colostrum can help protect against a number of harmful bacteria,

including E. Coli,(3) H. Pylori (ulcers),(4) clostridium difficile,

(5) and shigella flexneri.(6) Colostrum also helps provide ant-virus

protection against rotavirus,(7) the most common cause of severe

diarrhea in children.(8) Finally, research has found that colostrums

may improve dental health by killing the bacteria and fungi

responsible for cavities.(9) So children are completely protected aginst most of

the diseases.

 

The way that colostrum is able to bestow all of these health benefits

is because its main site of action is the digestive tract. Colostrum

is loaded with probiotics , the "good" bacteria that live in our

intestines and protect us against disease.(10) The color of the

colostrums is golden yellowish, which retains in all its

preparations. This typical color comes from Aurium Hydroxide, a gold

compound. The Indian cow, when it grazes in hot sun, this compound

secretes in her milk, even if she is not in immediate post-partum

period. There are special nerves running in her spine, which are

responsible for this. Thus in Indian cow, we have a permanent source of

colostrum. If one wishes to compare buffalo with cow, just observe what their

babies do after birth. While Cow baby gets up and starts sucking milk in half an

hour after birth, buffalo baby takes four days to stand up on all fours.

Similarly, goat baby starts sucking milk in half an hour after birth. These kind

of observations, not laboratory numbers made Indian ayurveda acceptable to all

humanity.

 

Now that world is slowly recognizing the

benefit of Cows, and Indian cow in particular, the slaughter mumbers

of cows and their industrial farming may reduce, the author hopes. Exceptional

taste of beef may be attracting slaughter houses, but retaining cow for her

urine and cowdung as input for natural manure is proving more economic, as many

farmers in Karnataka, India, near coffee estates in Coorg area have found.

 

Dr Bhate

 

1 Inernational Food Information Council Website

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2 van Hooijdonk, A. C., K. D. Kussendrager, et al. (2000). "In vivo

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3 Mietens, C., H. Keinhorst, et al. (1979). "Treatment of infantile

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and Korhonen H (1997) Helicobacter pylori in children with abdominal

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Alpe Adria Microbiology Journal 6, 49-57

5 Lyerly, D. M., E. F. Bostwick, et al. (1991). "Passive immunization

of hamsters against disease caused by Clostridium difficile by use of

bovine immunoglobulin G concentrate." Infect Immun 59(6): 2215-8

6 Tacket CO, Binion SB, Bostwick E, Losonsky G, Roy MJ and Edelman R

(1992) Efficacy of bovine milk immunoglobulin concentrate in

preventing illness after Shigella flexneri challenge American Journal

of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 47, 276-283

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immunoglobulin Archives of Virology S12, 217-223

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ayurveda, "jagchat01" <jagchat01>

wrote:

>

>

> Irene,

>

> Nowadays many people are not able to tolerate milk. This is

> unfortunate because milk is a very nutritious food. Milk

intolerance

> may be due to many reasons one of them may be adulteration or the

use

> of steroids to increase milk production in cattle.

>

> My doctor advised me to take the powder with milk. Asthma patients

> are advised to drink water diluted milk because milk may cause

> flatulence which compounds the breathing problem.

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr Bhate,

 

Namaste.Thank you for this wonderful post. How I wish we had not

thrown overboard conventional wisdom which gives us such gems as

these.

 

I think I can point out another reason for milk intolerance. Today

due to the flouting of natural laws, the human body is adopting a

peculiar stance whereby it is not able to tolerate healthy food. On

the other hand the taste for non healthy food is increasing by leaps

and bounds. It is as if the body is going into a self destruction

mode.

 

Today it is very common for children to throw up milk or milk derived

products. Even adults are exhibiting this symptom. However the very

same people are drawn towards fast food even if they are not able to

digest it and their doctor warns them against it.

 

All this is a reason for great concern, especially to traditional

healers, as this indicates a fault which has very far reaching

consequences. In Homeopathy Hahnemann lists milk intolerance as a

prime symptom of "psora" (derived from non-natural thinking and way

of life).

 

Respect & Regards,

Jagannath.

 

ayurveda, "Shirish Bhate"

<shirishbhate> wrote:

>

> In Ayurveda herbs are often mixed with each other to obtain more

> potent drug or kill undesirable toxicity of one herb. Similarly,

> medicine is taken with special foods such as buttermilk, milk,

ghee,

> honey etc to enchance the action of medicine.

[Guest guest]

-

 

 

Colostrum has become well known in health food stores world wide,and

sports athletes(with Americans leading in consumption).

 

I have been trying to get Colostrum for my stomach problems

Candida induced.

 

 

Milk intolerance could be caused by commercial milk where over use of

hormones and antibiotics can cause problems, even problems of Candida

overgrowth; I could not partake of milk, with no history of intolerance until I

was had bad overgrowth of Candida(age 26),and still have a bit of problems with

milk and try not to drink it.

 

 

Lactose intolerance form milk is much more common in non-caucasian

asians,and people of african heritage.

 

 

Not sure why.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- In ayurveda, "jagchat01" <jagchat01> wrote:

 

> I think I can point out another reason for milk intolerance. Today

> due to the flouting of natural laws, the human body is adopting a

> peculiar stance whereby it is not able to tolerate healthy food. On

> the other hand the taste for non healthy food is increasing by leaps

> and bounds. It is as if the body is going into a self destruction

> mode.

[Guest guest]

The advice not drink pasteurized milk,I want to ask about

drinking raw milk.

 

 

Pastuerisation was initially done to kill tuberculosis and brucellis

in the milk of cows and goats.Does raw milk have to be boiled at

all,to be safe from these kind of pathogens?

 

 

Thank You

Chotawa

ayurveda, "Shirish Bhate"

<shirishbhate> wrote:

> Several websites and posts in this column recommend not to take milk,

> especially if it is produced as industrial product. Use of hormone

> injections to cows in order to get more milk, pasturisation,

> additives or preservatives are some cases where milk becomes

> processed or industrial product.