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Eating with Awareness -The Yogic Eating
Food does not satisfy only the sense of taste. One has to enjoy food with all the senses. One enjoys the sight of food - red, yellow, green, orange, the shades of different colors satisfy the eyes. Various odors stimulate the smell organs. The touch of foods with bare hands itself is a pleasure. Various forms and textures of foods are felt with the hands. In the mouth, the six types of tastes (sweet, salty, sour, bitter, hot and astringent) are tasted. We enjoys four modes of eating - drinking, licking, chewing and gulping. Different textures like softness, graininess, hardness, roughness, powdery and crispness, etc can also be felt while eating. Unfortunately, we enjoy only the first few mouthfuls of eating. Then we forget about the science of eating! We read, watch, talk, work or think of other things, rather than eating.
Eating has become mechanical
Eating then becomes as mechanical as filling gas in a car. There is no involvement of the mind. The mind is not aware of what is being eaten. Therefore, we don’t get the full benefits of eating. If we are aware of what is being eaten one can get the full benefit of it. If the mind is aware of the fact that the food that we are eating is healing, naturally the body will be healed with the food. You may wonder whether this is true. Ancient masters have observed these minute details which are still unnoticed by the scientists. When you eat while you are emotionally upset, the food is less digested leading to constipation.
We remember when we were children, we talked very little while eating. In modern times, people become restless if they eat without talking. In India, our grandmothers used to be very strict about following silence while eating as one of the table manners. You cannot read with full concentration if you drive a car or while watching a TV. Of course, many people do just that, but they don’t understand that they don’t get the full fruit of that action. In every action we are asked to fully concentrate on the work, but we don't think that the same applies to eating also. Therefore, eat peacefully and be aware about what you are eating, thereby, reaping the full benefit of eating.
Awareness eating helps good bacteria than bad ones to dominate in our body:
"Norunga thindral nooru vayathu" is a tamil proverb, which means if you chew your food well, then you live for hundred years. When we chew the saliva mixes well with food and that well chewed food feeds the good gut bacteria. This helps then to make the liver healthy and free from diseases. It is interesting that eating food in Yogic eating manner, many has lost weight, relieved of arthritic pain and many benefits like that.
Eating less is better
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Clean the Body, Restore Health
Earth (Food): The Cleansing Element
Food is also made up of five elements. Water, earth, air, fire and space. Therefore, to maintain a healthy body one must eat these five elements. But, mostly, we either overeat one element or take less of one or more of the elements. The food we consume should have earth (solid matter :minerals), water (juices), air (gases), fire (spices) and space. Space is eventually an important ingredient, which is the space we leave empty in our stomach. We should not overeat or fill our stomach completely because we will then deprive the stomach of space.
Liver: The Manager of the House
The two major organs that keep our body healthy are the liver and kidneys. All the food that we eat gets digested in the stomach and then absorbed in the intestine and is taken to the liver through the portal system. So, when the food materials reach the liver, it is the liver that decides the destination of the food materials. The liver stores vitamins and minerals in its store house. The amino acids obtained after digestion of proteins are directed to the skeletal muscles to form muscle. The carbohydrates in the form of glucose are supplied to all the organs for energy. The fatty acids and the excess glucose that are converted to fats are taken to the adipose tissue for storage. All other components, like phyto-chemicals, are used by the kidneys and also shared by all the other organs.
Liver: The Loving Mother
The toxins from the body are taken to the liver and it is the liver, which, like a loving mother, detoxifies the toxins. It transforms the toxins into non-toxic compounds. Those toxins which are not water soluble are converted to a water soluble state (by microsomal oxygenase system) in the liver. The liver then helps the kidneys to excrete those toxins from the body which require water.
Liver & Kidney: The Two Guardians
It is now clear from the above that the liver detoxifies toxins and the kidney eliminates them from the body and thus they are the guardian angels of the body. Interestingly both require water. Liver uses water to detoxify toxins (for hydroxylation reactions) and kidney needs water to flush them away.
The Need of the Liver
Apart from water, the liver needs, for support, many different nutrients and phyto-chemicals which have to be supplied by the food we intake. The food that we eat should supply all that is required for the liver to carry out its detoxifying functions. Supplying vitamins and nutrients in their natural form helps the liver to keep its functions on track.
Liver is recently discovered by modern research to be an immunity organ also. They found an explanation for the curious fact that patients receiving a liver transplant sometimes inherit the donor’s allergies and immune repertoire, so in keeping with the idea that donor immune information is being transplanted. It also suggests that the liver as an immune organ is an evolutionary remnant. During embryonic development, the liver is the first organ to provide us with blood and immune cells. Apparently, at least in the mouse the liver continues to serve as an “immune organ” even during adulthood. Please Click here for seeing the original scientific paper.
This is why in Pancha Bhoota healing and all ancient medical system like Ayurveda, gives importance to keeping liver healthy through liver boosting herbs and and liver cleansing processes to treat diseases.
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Castor Oil Cleansing
Castor Oil Cleansing:
Castor oil cleansing is a most ingenious method developed by the ancient physicians. There are many advantages of doing castor oil. It benefits comes through various effects.
1. Doing castor oil cleansing helps in changing the microbial flora in the body. The butter milk drunk after cleansing brings good lactobacillus bacteria in the intestines. These new bacteria produces more vitamins needed for the body. This new micro flora changes the body physiology.
2. Castor Oil increases immunity by boosting lymphocytes.
3. Castor oil works like fiber in the food. Drinking castor oil early in the morning induces the gall bladder to pour the bile into the stomach. (Early morning bile flow is heavier than at any other time) and also the stomach and intestines are empty to be cleaned. When hot water is sipped it causes mucus to be secreted which forces movement of bile and castor oil mixture to move down to the intestine. Bile and oil forms detergent (SOAP). A cleaning detergent is basically oil that is bonded to salt. Here castor oil forms a chemical complex with bile salts and forms a cleansing detergent. Sipping water makes a typical "HOT WASH". This really cleans the stomach and intestines and also gets rid of the toxins that come through the bile. Thus this is a powerful way of detoxification. Thanks to Ayurvedic masters who have understood the detoxification process and the physiology of the body so perfectly.
Advantages of the Cleanse:
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Some people tend to reduce body weight considerably within a few days after the cleanse.
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By experience we have seen a reduction in the size of belly (tummy) within a few days.
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Do this before pregnancy but after pregnancy do not do this because it might cause abortion.
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It cleanses the intestines and also the liver.
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It eliminates some parasites too.
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It keeps you healthy.
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Why cold pressed Castor oil not good?
If Sesame oil, Coconut oil, Peanut oil are machine pressed, the heat produced by machine will destroy many vitamins in the oil. Therefore it is healthy to use cold pressed oils. Whereas Castor oil should not be done so because it has a deadly poisonous chemical called ricin.
The traditional ingenious Indian method meticulously removes this water soluble toxin away from the castor oil. Castor oil seeds are fried briefly and then pounded in stone mortar. Copious amount of water or tender coconut water is added and boiled. The oil is then carefully decanted and extremely beneficial for health.
This healthy traditional pressed castor oil is absorbed into absorbed to the lymphatic system and boost immunity by increasing lymphocytes. It also helps the lymphatic system to remove toxins from our body and makes our body healthy along with strong immunity.
Since ricin is only water soluble, this is safe for babies and adults. The castor oil sold in market are machine cold pressed and is very cheap with most of the medicinal compounds lost. Those castor oils are not intended for internal use but clearly stated as for external use only. The Nalam Castor oil which is prepared through traditional method is very good for the health and has many added advantage of using it with ease. The regular castor oil is very bad in taste and gives an unpleasant burp after ingestion and usually takes 4 to 5 hrs to do full cleansing. Whereas by using Nalam Castor oil, the cleansing can be done within 1 to 2 hrs and hardly any unpleasant burps. The uni5 Castor oil is hot boiled hand pressed oil and gives the highest benefit to your health. see
Castor oil increase conjugated Linoleic acid with lactobacillus - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09168451.2017.1356218
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/castor-oils-health-benefits-ricinoleic-acid_n_1534787.html
- https://draxe.com/castor-oil/
- http://www.castoroil.in/downloads/CastorMaster.pdf
- Effect of Ricinoleic acid in acute and sub chronic experimental models of inflammation
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An examination of the effect of castor oil packs on constipation in the elderly.
- Castor reduces eye-lid edema - Pro- and anti-inflammatory actions of ricinoleic acid:
- Immunomodulation of castor oil
- http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/health/2017/jun/03/calm-your-system-to-avoid-pitta-1611784.html
- the plant possess beneficial effects as antioxidant, antifertility, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, CNS stimulant, antidiabetic, insecticidal, larvicidal, antinociceptive, antiasthmatic, antiulcer, immunomodulatory, hepatoprotective, lipolytic, wound healing and central analgesic and many other medicinal properties. The extracts or the isolated compounds of this plant have been found to have potent activity against various ailments
- http://thebookoftaste.blogspot.com/2015/02/castor-oil-between-torture-and-radient.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28838804 CONCLUSIONS:
Nearly 91% of women in the study who consumed the castor oil cocktail to induce labor were able to give birth vaginally with little to no maternal or fetal complications.
But in pregnancy till the last week of pregnancy castor oil should not be consumed at all.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26118402
castor oil packs on constipation in the elderly.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21168117
management of a traumatic hip wound in a 75-year-old patient Topical wound care preparations, including papain-urea and castor oil/balsam of Peru/trypsin, were used as a conservative approach to address debridement and periwound skin concerns. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16636366
T-lambda spectra shows that castor oil can absorb ultraviolet as well as near infrared light. It was shown that castor oil chosen as the matrix raw material will improve the effect of sun-screening agent and enhance the products. The function of sun-screening agent and skin health care product will stand out clearly.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15852871
Various parts of R. communis have been widely used in traditional medicine such as abdominal disorders, arthritis, backache, muscle aches, bilharziasis, chronic backache and sciatica, chronic headache, constipation, expulsion of placenta, gallbladder pain, period pain, menstrual cramps, rheumatism, sleeplessness, and insomnia. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29084706
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Liver - Colon Cleansing
The Mechanics of Liver Cleansing
Liver is an important organ for metabolism. It has a wide range of functions to perform in the body, including detoxification. Detoxification means to render a toxic material non-toxic. Toxic materials can be generated inside the body or come from outside the body. In biochemical terms, detoxification means making the toxins water soluble so that it can be excreted by the kidneys. If the detoxified compound is not water soluble then the liver secretes it into the bile. Thus bile not only aids digestion but also takes the detoxified material to be thrown out of the body through feces (stools). Here is where fiber plays an important role.
Everyone knows that fiber is important but the fact that bile and fiber work together to keep the body healthy is not common knowledge. Through the bile the detoxified non-water soluble (fat soluble) toxins reach the intestines. Here bile is re-absorbed but the toxins are not reabsorbed if fiber is present in the food. If fiber is not present then the toxins are reabsorbed and get back into the body. So eating fiber helps in detoxification.
Why cleansing?
However fiber may not always absorb all the toxins. Hence once additional cleansing mimicking fiber cleansing should be done. Immunity of an individual is so connected to the colon. This is why traditional ayurvedic doctors first recommend a cleansing and then they proceed with the treatment. Modern research testify the above ayurvedic wisdom that colon has a role in immunity.
"The total mucosal surface area of the adult human GI tract is up to 300 square meters making it the largest body area interacting with the environment....(This) makes the gastrointestinal tract the largest lymphoid or immune organ in the human body. It has been estimated that there are approximately 10 10 (power of 10) immunoglobulin producing cells per meter of small bowel- accounting for approximately 80% of all immunoglobulin producing cells in the body." (Shanahan, F, "The intestinal immune system" in Physiology of the gastrointestinal tract, 3rd edition, 1994, ed. Johnson, LR)
There are two very effective cleansing to achieve this. One is a herbal (Gall-nut) cleansing and another oil (Castor oil) cleansing.
Gall-nut cleansing is very gentle cleansing and can be done by all age groups. Children above three can do this cleansing too. Infact if a child's immunity is low and frequently gets cold and fevers and high mucus, then doing this cleansing is very good to prevent such illness.
Hence in the Ayurvedic tradition of India doing natural colon cleansing once every three months is an effective way to keep good immunity. In the next page you will learn more about the medicinal properties of Gall-nut and its importance in cleansing.
Castor Oil Cleansing is a powerful cleansing approach and efficiently cleanses the colon and the body. Having castor oil once in three months ensures that the entire digestive system is cleansed. The recommended dosage ½ to one teaspoon of pure warm oil for children above one year and one to two teaspoons for adults. This results in four to five purges. But this dose for the adult is only a mild cleansing. For a good cleanse we recommend a higher dose discussed in next pages.
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Gall-Nut & Cleansing
Gall-nut - Haritaki or Terminalia chebula - the great herbal base and additive with mild Colonic cleanse properties. It is a good herbal detox that can be used daily without any ill effects and with great side benefits. In Ayurveda, its potential is fully explored and used holistically.
Sanskrit Name:
Haritaki, Abhaya (banishing the fear of diseases), Pathya (The good even as dietary aid), Sudha (for purification or as good as nectar), Bhisakpriya (lovely to Ayurveda Doctors), Vayastha (stabilizing youthfulness).
Botanical Name:- Terminalia chebula;
BENGALI : Haritaki.
CHINESE : 诃子 He zi , 訶梨勒 He li le (Taiwan).
ENGLISH : Black myrobalan, Chebulic myrobalan, Ink nut, Indian gall-nut, Gallnut.
FRENCH : Badamier chebule, Myrobalan chébule.
GERMAN-Rispiger, Myrobalanenbaum. Chebulische
GUJARATI : Harade,
HINDI : Harad, Haritali, Haritaki, Harra.
JAPANESE : ミロバランノキ Mirobaran no ki.
KANNADA - Arale
MALAY : Manja lawai (Indonesia).
MALAYALAM- Kadukka
MARATHI : Harade.
NEPALESE : Harro,Jangalii harro, Thuulo harro.
RUSSIAN : Харитаки.
SANSKRIT : Abhaya, Haritaki, Pathya.
SPANISH : Mirobalanos índicos.
TAMIL : Kadukkai, Kadukkaya.
TELUGU : Karkchettu.
THAI : สมอไทย Samo thai, โกฐพุงปลา ?
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/
Terminalia Chebula is called the "king of medicines" and is always listed first in the Ayurvedic meteria medica because of its extraordinary powers of healing. In Ayurveda it is considered to destroy all diseases and eliminate all waste from the body. At the same time, it is known to promote tissue growth and health. |
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