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Turmeric
Fresh turmeric root looks a little like ginger, but inside it can be red or yellow. The red is called kumkum and is considered sacred. Only the yellow root is used in cooking and medicinally. Turmeric is the best medicine in Ayurveda. It cures the whole person. Turmeric is pungent, bitter, astringent and heating and has a pungent vipaka. Turmeric can be used by all doshas. It may stimulate vata, but doesn’t aggravate it (cause an imbalance). Turmeric helps digestion, maintains the flora of the intestine, reduces gas, has tonic properties and is an antibiotic.
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Turmeric can be used for cough, sty, diabetes, hemorrhoids, cuts, wounds, burns and skin problems. It helps reduce anxiety and stress.
Note: People with hypoglycemia can use small amounts of turmeric in cooking but should not take it in quantity.
Gentle reminder: The yellow color of turmeric tends to stain your clothes and skin.
1. For bronchial cough, dry sore throat, tonsillitis and pharyngitis, drink at bedtime 1 cup of hot milk and 1 teaspoon of turmeric boiled together for 3 minutes.
2. For external hemorrhoids, apply a mixture of half teaspoon of turmeric and 1 teaspoon of ghee locally at bedtime.
3. For fibrocystic breast, apply a paste of half teaspoon turmeric powder and 1 teaspoon warm castor oil on the breast at night. (Just a reminder: it will turn the skin yellow, and the clothes too.)
4. To help stabilize blood sugar in diabetes, put turmeric powder in “00” size capsules. Swallow 2 capsules 3 times a day, 5 minutes before each meal.
5. For anemia, take a bowl of yogurt with up to 1 teaspoon of turmeric. Eat on an empty stomach morning and afternoon. Do not eat after sunset. If kapha is unbalanced, eat this at noon only.
6. For cuts, wound and fungal nail infections, apply a mixture of half teaspoon turmeric and 1 teaspoon aloe vera gel to the affected area.
7. For swelling from traumatic injury, apply a paste of turmeric and water.
8. For a sty in the eye, make a paste of equal parts of red sandalwood powder and turmeric mixed with distilled water. Place on the eyelid to drain the sty.
9. Apply turmeric directly to the affected area of the mouth in cases of swollen gums and canker sores.
10. For beautiful skin take a turmeric capsule daily. If a pregnant woman takes turmeric regularly, her child will have gorgeous skin.
11. If there is a family history of melanoma, take 1 or 2 turmeric capsules 3 times a day to help as a preventative.
12. For a sun block for moles, cover them with a mixture of 2 parts ghee and 1 part turmeric.
13. For general protection from disease, carry turmeric root in your pocket or tie it on a yellow silk thread around your neck.
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