Gest. Diabetes, Rasyananas for moms and children

[Guest guest]

Your post regarding garlic by nursing moms inspired this post.

 

Indian winter (hemant and shishir rutu) has already started. This

whole season of nearly 14 weeks is for worshipping the

growth and strength, muscle power through rasayanas. Those desiring

fertility, prepare yourself before Vasant rutu, the season of

conception and new growth.

 

Many food and lifestyle tips for boosting strength and taking care of

Vatic ailments were given:

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/8480

 

Many rasayana items to be prepared at home using herbs and spices

were suggested there.

 

The purpose of this post is to offer simple receipe for new moms who

have just delivered baby and also those who wish to give some brain

tonic for their children. Moms never think for themselves, children

is their first focus.

 

Methi laddu for all (including new mom)

There are many slightly differing receipe for this. Author gives most

commonly followed. Collect following items. Here g means grams by

weight. 1 tbsp is 10 ml spoon

 

100 g fenugreek powder (methi), 250 g wheat flour, Those in

India please buy M.P. Sihor wheat and mill it.

100 g dry ginger powder, 50 g peeperimul powder,

100 g almond powder, 1 tbsp. Cardamom powder,

1 tbsp. Nutmeg(Jaiphal) powder, 250 g jaggery or Khandsari sugar,

750 g Indian cow ghee , 50 g poppy seeds(Khaskhas, Ghasghase

other names),

1 dry coconut, grated.

 

Procedure:

 

pour ghee in copper/brass/steel frying pan. Add wheat flour and roast

till medium brown color. Ensure that ghee is sufficient while

roasting. Remove from the heat. Add fenugreek powder, almond powder,

and cardamom and nutmeg powder and poppy seeds. Mix well.

 

in another frying pan melt ghee and jaggery. When jaggery dissolves

and 1-2 bubbles come remove and add ginger powder, peppermul powder, coconut

gratings.

 

Mix well. Now slowly add wheat mixture. Mix well and make small

laddus. the proper heating so that laddus can be rolled and mixture does not

become too hard requires skill. Learn from senior mom or grandma in the

neighbourhood.

 

this laddu can be given to pregnant ladies during their 7 th and 8 th

month. This balances the vata so that labour

pains reduce and normal childbirth can be expected. The system

returns to normal when they continue after childbirth also. Those who

had gestational diabetes will benefit, as some part of fenugreek will

pass to baby through feed. Some ngredients act as galactogogue. This

laddu is recommended for those suffering from back pains. Grandmas

say that for a successful childbirth, proper return of the

reproductive system to normal state and abundant milk supply, at

least 1250 grams of ginger powder must be consumed in various forms

after childbirth.

 

Due to methi in the laddu, children are protected from worms.

 

 

Now something for the IQ of toddlers.

 

Collect following Ingredients:

250 g almond seeds(sweet variety), 100 g khoya (solidified milk

cream), Khoya from only Indian cow will give benifit for IQ

3 tbsp. Indian cow milk, 2-tsp. Saffron (1 tsp=5 ml),

5-6 cardamom powder, 1/2 nutmeg powder,

100 g crystal sugar (powder) YOu may use ordinary sugar in case crystal sugar

not available.

 

Procedure:

soak almond seeds in warm water. After 1/2 hour remove the skin and

grind to granules on stone (pata-varvanta or silbatta) or in the kitchen

blender. Soak saffron in milk.

 

in a pot take sugar and add water till it sinks. Boil on slow fire

till, when a small drop held between thumb and index finger, produces

two threads when fingers are separated. two thread consistency is the traditiona

word.

 

in another pot take almond and ghee. Roast for 5 minutes (golden

yellow color). Mix saffron, cardamom and nutmeg powder, add grated

khoya, roast for 5 minutes and mix with the syrup. When it leaves the

side of the pot, pour contents in a plate, previously greased with

cow ghee. When cool, it solidifies. cut in rhombus shapes and fill in

the container.

 

Give one piece to the child each morning around breakfast time and

one at bedtime. Child will love to take milk over this. The beta

carotene in Khoya is tonic for boosting IQ. Give this for 4-8 months

to see the effect.

 

Children like almond milk too, but moms do not have time for time consuming

daily receipe and children want something in the kitchen when they are hungry.

These are most convenient health offerings.

 

[Limited amount of Indian cow ghee can be provided to interested

Mumbai moms]

 

ayurveda , mandv m <mandakiniven

wrote:

> I would like to say one thing about garlic and nursing.

>

> I live in Canada - in the praries.

[Guest guest]

Shirishji

 

In USA we donn't get pure cow's gree or milk, whats the alternative

we can use in place of that

 

Thanks

 

Rupa

[Guest guest]

ayurveda , " roopa_sriii " <roopa_sriii

wrote:

> In USA we donn't get pure cow's ghee or milk, whats the alternative

> we can use in place of that

 

Before we consider alternatives, you may cursorily go through how even

alternative doctors are influenced by net:

 

http://health./message/3257

http://health./message/3262

http://health./message/3266

 

In search of alternatives, follwoing thoughs swept through author's mind:

 

1. We are so many in this world, but no two finger prints match. Everyone is

unique. In the same manner every food and every specy of animals, herbs are

unique creations, no alternatives. While ayurveda defines many herbs useful for

certain diseases, it frequently happens that someone responds to one herb but

not another. Vaidya has to remember this in terms of pulse peculiarities and

herbs.

 

2. While Indians may be able to get all the benifit of cow milk and ghee in

India, same need not be true for USA. The soil chemistry, climate, vastu, and

bio-energy differs from place to place. Natural products differ from place to

place, and even herbs differ in their active ingredient content in the same

farm. milk and urine differ in contents from cow to cow in same goushala.

 

3. Perfect alternative cow milk and ghee does not exist, even for Indians. This

is something similar to saying best milk for humans is mothers milk.

[Guest guest]

I read in one of the Ayurvedic books that almond milk is supposed to be at par

with cow's milk. In fact, some of the Ayurvedic authorities find almond milk

somewhat better as it is more easily digested and assimilated than cow's milk.

You can find almond milk at natural food stores or even at stores like Publix

nowadays..

 

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http://health./message/3257

http://health./message/3262

http://health./message/3266

[Guest guest]

it can be made at home by soaking almonds overnight and grinding them with a bit

of water in the morning.

rose water and honey can be added for flavor

it is very soothing and full of protein.

Very delicious I might ad

But not the same as cows milk

 

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I read in one of the Ayurvedic books that almond milk is supposed to be at par

with cow's milk.