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Guest guest Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Thanks you, Dr. Bhate, for this reminder and expansion of " kitchen medicine " wisdom. I have a big jar, beginning to use again as a result. My friend Dr. Shrestha says raw sesame should always be toasted/cooked, and that there is some sort of toxin in the raw. Is it the enzyme inhibitors, or something else? She also advised against using it early postpartum, perhaps because of the support to increase apana vayu, which could risk increasing the lochia. We use white sesame after the first 2 weeks in sauces, " milk " and other forms. It sounds like the black sesame would be nourishing before that, peoperly balanced for the bitter taste. Actually, some of us don't find it offensively bitter even eaten straight, the sweetness still comes through to me. Must be our pitta! Ysha Further notes - Black sesame seed is most easily found to purchase in the Chinese markets here in the US by my experience. Do the larger Indian stores also sell it? The link does not work for some reason, so I am pasting this article, it is very interesting. It can of course be found also searching for black sesame or the article number on the forum, ayurveda. http://health.ayurveda/message/8670 osteoporosis, excess bleeding, premature hair graying... In the tale of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, `Open Sesame' was the secret password to open the treasure cave. It is indeed a treasure in ayurveda, Sesame is given very much importance, in the search of energy and longevity. Sesamum indicum, is a native of India, and its usage dates back to 3000 b.c. While light coloured variety is considered warming and giving energy, black variety is considered for reducing menstrual pains, excess discharge or bleeding in menses, piles. Since the ayurvedic usage of Til or sesame seeds was dealt with last year around this time: http://health.ayurveda/message/5479 author restricts this post to black variety of sesame. If a lady gets severe pain during menstruation or has irregular menstration, excess bleeding, then eat sesame seeds. Boil 10 gram of black sesame in 200 gram of water. When the water reduces to 50 ml, add jaggery in it and again boil it. Drink this water, for proper menstruation. It has influence on bleeding during pregnancy too. We recently had some discussion on Graying of hair in this list. Growing long, healthy and beautiful hair requires that a lot of different health variables be functioning well. Body needs to have the proper balance of nutrients and supplements. Black sesame seed is said to be effective in mitigating premature gray hair. And a herb which mitigates gray hair, will also help restore fertility. An excellent source of calcium for those avoiding cow's milk. Used in traditional Chinese medicine to nourish and fortify the liver and kidney meridians. Said to help blurred vision, tinnitus, and dizziness. Used traditionally to help patients recover from severe illness. Will nourish blood deficiency in the body, lubricates the intestines and deep internal organs. Thus helps move the bowel. Helen Lee provides many of the latest beauty secrets that are thousands of years old, in her book " The Tao of Beauty " . According to her, long term consumption of the Black Sesame Seed Soup helps to beautify the scalp and the hair and also provides benefits to the skin. Any remedy which beautifies hair and skin, essentially balances and boosts fertility hormones, as per common observation. Black sesame seeds are also useful in hair oil to take care of premature graying. For a receipe, see.: http://www.ayurveda-herbal-remedy.com/beauty-care/hair-care.html Chinese medicine finds that herbs and foods that are black colored are particularly good for the kidneys. Black sesame is rich in certain oils and is taken regularly, about one tablespoon daily, to prevent greying and help restore normal hair color. Black sesame seeds can be dry roasted and ground with a little salt to make a delicious condiment that can be sprinkled on rice and other foods. Black sesame seeds taste more bitter after toasting and hence sweetner needs to be added. A delicious sweet can be made by mixing the ground black sesame with honey or dry powdered pure jaggery. When jaggery is not available, use candy sugar or honey; honey will enhance the fertility cure since it is a glycosugar. Nature provides sesame crop in october-november, just sufficient in advance of fertility season. Black sesame seeds have very little carbohydrates but are rich source of calcium(85 milligrams per gram of seeds), phosphorous, magnesium, zinc (to fight osteoporosis), copper, potassium even a little selenium. Rich source of essential fatty acids. Even B-vitamins and folate exist. Large amount of phystosterols contained in them help reduce cholesterol, triglicerides and help peri and post menopausal ladies, in addition to those wishing fertility.. You can make a delicious sweet " Til Poli " from sesame seeds according to receipe on: http://www.bawarchi.com/festivals/sankranti.html Black sesame seed is a very good tonic herb. It builds liver and kidney, both being internal doctors, it is a longevity herb. In addition to its essence-building capacity, Black Sesame also builds blood. Black sesame seed is moistening to the intestines and helps move the bowels. It prevents and relieves constipation due to dryness of the intestines. Food therapy provides additional natural elements to help the body to repair and regenerate itself; in other words, it supplies what our body needs as we age and thus assist the body to function as if we were younger. Common foods recorded in ancient books for " beauty " , " anti-aging " and " rejuvenation " purpose are sesame, amala, honey, mushrooms, milk products, pumpkin seeds, lotus root, water melon, cherry, wheat and radish. It is unfortunate that some of these are now genetically modified for higher yield at the cost of lower medicinal value. http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/lifestyles/tcmrole_aging_skinyoung.html Black sesame seeds have been used by Chinese herbalists for the treatment of tinnitus, blurred vision, numbness and dizziness, recovery after illnesses.You can add it to foods. The peanut-butter- like spread made from sesame seeds, and halvah, a popular sesame candy is distributed on Makar Sankrati (January 14) to sweeten the relationships with friends and loved ones. So the message of love is built in in this herb. Eating bananas with toasted black sesame seeds relieves constipation. Chinese medicine uses black sesame seed in treating vitiligo: http://www.itmonline.org/arts/vitiligo.htm More recently, black sesame seed is used in arthritis cure, competes with a well known anti-inflamatory drug Voltaren from Novartis. http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/asian_medicine/cover3.html Lastly, one important tip. While sesame seeds (white) are considered warming, so are black seeds, but it is only when they are mixed with glycosuagr (jaggery, honey etc) they come useful to stop bleeding. In Northern Karnataka (India) they make a very tasty chutney mixing black seeds with chilli powder and onion/garlic sometimes. If you take this chutney for a few days, nosebleed is sure. If you wish to avoid this, take this chutney with yogurt or butter. When black sesame is used to stop bleeding, one can enhance the effect by adding fresh cow butter. This is what makes ayurveda slightly difficult to understand and practice. ayurveda , " mesha1964 " <mesha1964 wrote: > There is an interesting story in the media the last couple of days > concerning the treatment of ulcers and stomach inflammation with > drugs like Nexium. > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/26/burn.bones.ap/index.html > > My mother is taking Nexium daily for stomach inflammation. She is now > concerned and I told her I would see if any ayurvedic remedies that > exist. She is very health conscious and eats primarily vegetarian > type of diet, but eat fish. She avoids caffeine and other stomach > irritating foods. She avoids yogurt and dairy. She walks on a daily > basis and also has a meditation practice. She also has osteoprosis. are any known ayurvedic supplements that might help. Or possibly any dietary recommendations? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 " Ysha Oakes " wrote: > My friend Dr. Shrestha says raw sesame should always be toasted/cooked, and that there is some sort of toxin in the raw. Is it the enzyme inhibitors, or something else? > She also advised against using it early postpartum, perhaps because of the support to increase apana vayu, which could risk increasing the lochia. The difference in the " food " and " herb " is due to toxicity of the herb. All herbs have some toxicity, the only form of protection given by God to them, so that animals do not eat herbs. But animals, as well as man, likes to eat pungent, bitter etc when suffering from unbalance of doshas. This is what helped tribals to discover healing properties of herbs. Where immune system is yet to develop fully, this does not occur (e.g. children suffering from worms like to eat sweets, which cause more Kapha and parasites). Another instance, when CNS is corrupted,(leptin hormone causing binge eating) obesity develops. When black sesame seeds are used as laxative, take them with banana or jaggery to balance the toxins. All laxative herbs have toxins, that is why body wants to expel those toxins and cause bowel movements. >We use white sesame after the first 2 weeks in sauces, " milk " and other forms. It sounds like the black sesame would be nourishing before that, peoperly balanced for the bitter taste. Actually, some of us don't find it offensively bitter even eaten straight, the sweetness still comes through to me. Must be our pitta! Reduced bitterness is due to reduced contents of minerals in the land these days. Even carrots are not tasting sweet! Thanks to genetic modifications which do not allow sugar to grow, but growth of fleshy tissues goes on! > Further notes - Black sesame seed is most easily found to purchase in the Chinese markets here in the US by my experience. Do the larger Indian stores also sell it? Try this link if old link did not work: ayurveda/message/8670 Author provides solution from kitchen, since kitchen items are so great that they take care of even Jaundice, Arthritis and Ovarian Cancer! e.g. http://health.ayurveda/message/6683 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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