Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 different strokes for different folks. > > I have taken haritaki it -- it definitely had side effects :-) Rear > > effects would be more accurate. I suggest everyone see one book: "eat right 4 your type" by ND peter d adamos. it does blood typing dietary plans. a, b ab, O suggestions. this accounts for the reason that some people don't respond to other herbs that help other prakritis. > > Ginger has side effects -- it thins the blood and may cause a failure to > > clot in certain situations. It should always be stopped before any > > surgery. > > > > Just because something is natural doesn't mean it has no side effects. > > Anything with real potency will have some. Even in Ayur Veda some herbs > > that are good for one body type may be a negative for a different type. right. > > Medicine is very complicated. > In Ayurveda medicine is not complex but very intelligient so we feel > complex. right. > With any item as said above we have to consider prakruti (vata, pitta, > kapha), at the same time it is matra (quantity) which is also very > important. right, > As there is saying in Sanskrita "Ati sarvatra varjayeta" meaning > overindulgence is always forbidden. moderation. > So what we call good herbs are good and have no detrimental side effects > when taken in right quantity. if they are prescribed for one;s bllod type= prakriti. > But items like onion and garlic are having bad effects even in small > quantities. That is the differrence. right they are tamasic. in my 10th standard class my biology prof, mentioned" the onion plant has no proper excretory system, so its waste products remain in it's bulbouse tissues. that tangy taste the people like is actually the stool of the onion plant!" when I heard that, after class I immediately showed him the sloka from BG 17th chaper "yata yam yam gata rasam puti parusitam ca yat" and after reading that sloka, the teacher bought the BG for $5 from me. I also heard that when mohini murti cut off the head of Rahu, that his blood spilled on the ground, mixed with some drops of nectar, and from that blood drops sprung onions and garlic. this is why sometimes under limited circumstances they (due) to the nectar- have very limited theraputic use, but due to the tamasic blood of rahu, they increase tamasic desires in people who use it. does anyone know the sastric source of this puranic history? TridaNDi BhikSu, Bhakti Visrambha MAdhava Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 > I have taken haritaki it -- it definitely had side effects :-) Rear > effects would be more accurate. > > Ginger has side effects -- it thins the blood and may cause a failure to > clot in certain situations. It should always be stopped before any > surgery. > > Just because something is natural doesn't mean it has no side effects. > Anything with real potency will have some. Even in Ayur Veda some herbs > that are good for one body type may be a negative for a different type. > > Medicine is very complicated. I still find it hard to believe that Prabhupada would tell anyone to take such a tamasic thing as garlic, especially seen in the light that there are far superior remedies with the same antiviral properties available in the Ayurveda. Ginger is there called the king of all healing herbs. Ginger draws out mucus from the body so taken in excess it can so to speak dry out the body of its lubrication. Therefore, like other cooling drugs like neem and triphala, if taken in great quantities, one has to drink milk along side it. ys, jdd PS. Regarding garlic and onions, here is an old text I found in my health folder. Unfortunately I can't remember I got it from. Regarding Onion and Garlic: As per the story below (the scriptural source is not known) onion and garlic came from the dead body of a murdered cow and therefore they are considered like eating meat. They break the non-vegetarian principle from the sastric point of view. Strict vegetarians don't eat onion nor garlic. Since meat is tamasic, onions and garlic are also tamasic and rajasic food. They may have some medicinal value like even wine is used in medicines sometimes. Thus they are taboo for followers of Vedic culture. "Once, in Satya Yuga the rishis were performing gomedha and asvamedha sacrefices for the welfare of the whole universe. A cow or a horse would be cut into pieces and placed in the fire. Afterwards the risis would utter mantras and the same animal would come alive in a beautiful young body. One time the risi who was about to perform a gomedha sacrefice, his wife was pregnant. She had a very strong desire to eat and she had heard that if, during pregnancy one has a desire to eat and does not fullfill this, then the baby that will be born will always have saliva coming from its mouth. Very strange, she desired strongly to eat meat, thus she decided to keep one piece of meat of the cow's body that was offered in sacrefice. She hid it and was making a plan to eat it very soon. At that time the risi was finishing the sacrifice and uttered all the mantras for the new young cow to come to life. However when he saw the new cow, he noticed that there was a little part missing from her left side. He went into meditation and realized that his wife had taken away a piece of meat during the sacrifice. Now his wife also understood what happened and quickly threw the meat far away. Due to the effect of the mantras uttered by the risi there was now life in this piece of meat. Then the blood of this meat became red lentils, the bones became garlic and the meat became onions. Thus these foods are never taken by any Vaisnava because it is not vegetarian. Plus it is in the mode of ignorance." "It is not vegetarian to eat onions and garlic. They have discovered 21 different types (?) of slow poison in both. So they are not so innocent." (Source unknown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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