Guest guest Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Dear Jayashreeji: Raw ginger has a special power that heating up or cooking can reduce. But in the dry form, ginger (Chukku) has to be drunk as a hot tea or cooked slightly for its power. Of course, every new thing has to be tried a little at a time. I have noticed that faith in the healing power of nature is very helpful. Krishna has blessed both me and my wife to have this strong faith in Tulasi and other sacred herbs and ginger and other potent spices. Our children also have developed faith through trial and error. Now they take a bit of ginger juice to school when children around them have the flu or a cold, etc. They have been remarkably helped by ginger time and again. In our town, luckily, we get organic ginger grown in the volcanic soil of Hawaii and I am so impressed by its purity and golden yellow color and pungency. My sister in Aaluvaa makes a delicious salad, that is, uncooked salad, with curds, raw ginger, salt, tomatoes and large onions. If you are not averse to eating onions as some vegetarians are, that salad is a very good digestive aid and blood purifier. The Malayali style Injikkari also is wonderful both as a food and as medicine. Ginger takes some time to reach the deeper tissue before the healing can start. So we have to have patience. First it purifies the rasa-s such as saliva, then it enters the blood, and from then on to the deeper tissue. But in fever we have seen it to bring down the temperature dramatically. Anyway, you can see that ours is a family that worships ginger as sacred. I have heard that the Gypsies worship Garlic as a goddess. Garlic is Taamasic. Ginger is nothing but pure Sattva. May Krshna bless us all, DKM Kartha (Mohanachandran) PS Many of these results cannot be tested in the modern drug testing regime because it cannot be administered in the Double-blind way: both the taker and the eater will know what it is. That method only works with chemical drugs that have no smell or special taste or any telltale color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Om Namo Narayanaya Shri Kartha I agree with your writing about Ginger to that I like to add Garlic also. After all these are vegetables and will not do harm if taken "moderately". Anything in excess will turn to be dangerous. The saying in malayalam, "amitham aayal amruthum visham" (അമിതം ആയാലàµâ€ à´…à´®àµà´°àµà´¤àµà´‚ വിഷം) is true and to be followed strictly. One should use discretion to avoid that which does not agree with him/her and only experience will teach this. This experience of mine, I had shared with one of our group members in the past. At restaurants "Buffet" lunches are attractively displayed with inviting flavors and with the added attraction of one "charge" to pay made me eat in excess in the past. The next few days I suffered from indigestion and other problems, that made me to avoid those type of lunches for sometime. But then I reasoned myself and "realised" that there was nothing wrong with the "Buffet" lunches but my own "attitude" towards them were wrong. With this change of "attitude" in me, now a days I do enjoy them but eat moderately and not that what I "Want" but what I "need". Similarly there is nothing wrong with any place or "city" or "climate" but how we adjust our "lifestyle" makes it good, better or even "worse". It is worth to remember Bhagwan's words from Geetha,Ch VI, verse 35: "asamSayam mahabaaho mano durnigraham chalam, abhyaasena thu kountheya vairagyaaNa cha gruhyathe" holds good not only for "mind" but for "everything". Om Namo Narayanaya Chandrasekharan "live and let live" "They alone live who live for others, rest are more dead than alive" D.K.M. Kartha <dkmkarthaguruvayur Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 6:31:50 PMRe: [Guruvayur] Ginger's power Dear Jayashreeji:Raw ginger has a special power that heating up or cooking can reduce.But in the dry form, ginger (Chukku) has to be drunk as a hot tea or cooked slightly for its power.Of course, every new thing has to be tried a little at a time.I have noticed that faith in the healing power of nature is very helpful. Krishna has blessed both me and my wife to have this strong faith in Tulasi and other sacred herbs and ginger and other potent spices. Our children also have developed faith through trial and error. Now they take a bit of ginger juice to school when children around them have the flu or a cold, etc. They have been remarkably helped by ginger time and again. In our town, luckily, we get organic ginger grown in the volcanic soil of Hawaii and I am so impressed by its purity and golden yellow color and pungency. My sister in Aaluvaa makes a delicious salad, that is, uncooked salad, with curds, raw ginger, salt, tomatoes and large onions. If you are not averse to eating onions as some vegetarians are, that salad is a very good digestive aid and blood purifier.The Malayali style Injikkari also is wonderful both as a food and as medicine.Ginger takes some time to reach the deeper tissue before the healing can start. So we have to have patience. First it purifies the rasa-s such as saliva, then it enters the blood, and from then on to the deeper tissue. But in fever we have seen it to bring down the temperature dramatically.Anyway, you can see that ours is a family that worships ginger as sacred. I have heard that the Gypsies worship Garlic as a goddess. Garlic is Taamasic. Ginger is nothing but pure Sattva.May Krshna bless us all,DKM Kartha(Mohanachandran)PS Many of these results cannot be tested in the modern drug testing regime because it cannot be administered in the Double-blind way: both the taker and the eater will know what it is. That method only works with chemical drugs that have no smell or special taste or any telltale color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Hari-om Indians use spices not only to rev up the taste but with good intentions health-wise. Ginger has good digeting powers and goood for controlling flue; it has power to boost the brain cells. We add uluva and jeerakam to Sambar to neutralise the gasey after effects of dhaal. uluva is also good for diabetic sufferers,and so is Cinnamon and coconut oil. . Jeera boosts brain power. Curry leaves are number one source of vitamins after goosse berries. Unfortuntely few people know it and they discard the kariveppila. They are to be eaten. Turmeric gives color but more than that it has anticeptic qualities.Adding a teasoon of turmericpowder to the food will kill all germs . Make sure to use genuine, natural turmeric powder obtained from reliable sources. The powder sold in shops are really MANJA PODI ( yellow color powder ) and not MANJAL PODI. The indian housewife's spice cabinet is a tresure house of health related items. There are no unwanted things in there. never drink cold water or other bewerages during meals. Our ancestors taught us to drink boiled jeera water/chukku vellom/ malli vellom ( they are all same with different names ) but we found it old-fashioned and abandoned it without thinking about its benefits. In China, japan and Korea etc 95% of the population still follow this tradition. The only drink hot water during meals. We have a lot to learn from them. Not that our ancestors did not teach us but we do not value their advice ( Old fashioned ? ) Hot Chukku vellom helps digestion in addition to its medicinal values. jai shree krishna ! Achuthan Nair. guruvayur , Chandra Menon <chandrasmenon2002 wrote: > > Om Namo Narayanaya > Shri Kartha > I agree with your writing about Ginger to that I like to add Garlic also. After all these are vegetables and will not do harm if taken " moderately " . Anything in excess will turn to be dangerous. The saying in malayalam, " amitham aayal amruthum visham " (അമിതം ആയാലàµâ€ à´…à´®àµà´°àµà´¤àµà´‚ വിഷം) is true and to be followed strictly. One should use discretion to avoid that which does not agree with him/her and only experience will teach this. > This experience of mine, I had shared with one of our group members in the past. > At restaurants " Buffet " lunches are attractively displayed with inviting flavors and with the added attraction of one " charge " to pay made me eat in excess in the past. The next few days I suffered from indigestion and other problems, that made me to avoid those type of lunches for sometime. But then I reasoned myself and " realised "  that there was nothing wrong with the " Buffet " lunches but my own " attitude " towards them were wrong. With this change of " attitude " in me, now a days I do enjoy them but eat moderately and not that what I " Want " but what I " need " . > Similarly there is nothing wrong with any place or " city " or " climate " but how we adjust our " lifestyle " makes it good, better or even " worse " . > It is worth to remember Bhagwan's words from Geetha,Ch VI, verse 35: " asamSayam mahabaaho mano durnigraham chalam, abhyaasena thu kountheya vairagyaaNa cha gruhyathe " holds good not only for " mind "  but for " everything " . > Om Namo Narayanaya > Chandrasekharan > " live and let live " > " They alone live who live for others, rest are more dead than alive " > > > > > ________________________________ > D.K.M. Kartha <dkmkartha > guruvayur > Mon, December 7, 2009 6:31:50 PM > Re: [Guruvayur] Ginger's power > >  > Dear Jayashreeji: > > Raw ginger has a special power that heating up or cooking can reduce. > > But in the dry form, ginger (Chukku) has to be drunk as a hot tea or cooked slightly for its power. > > Of course, every new thing has to be tried a little at a time. > > I have noticed that faith in the healing power of nature is very helpful. Krishna has blessed both me and my wife to have this strong faith in Tulasi and other sacred herbs and ginger and other potent spices. Our children also have developed faith through trial and error. Now they take a bit of ginger juice to school when children around them have the flu or a cold, etc. They have been remarkably helped by ginger time and again. > > In our town, luckily, we get organic ginger grown in the volcanic soil of Hawaii and I am so impressed by its purity and golden yellow color and pungency. > > My sister in Aaluvaa makes a delicious salad, that is, uncooked salad, with curds, raw ginger, salt, tomatoes and large onions. If you are not averse to eating onions as some vegetarians are, that salad is a very good digestive aid and blood purifier. > > The Malayali style Injikkari also is wonderful both as a food and as medicine. > > Ginger takes some time to reach the deeper tissue before the healing can start. So we have to have patience. First it purifies the rasa-s such as saliva, then it enters the blood, and from then on to the deeper tissue. But in fever we have seen it to bring down the temperature dramatically. > > Anyway, you can see that ours is a family that worships ginger as sacred. I have heard that the Gypsies worship Garlic as a goddess. Garlic is Taamasic. Ginger is nothing but pure Sattva. > > May Krshna bless us all, > > DKM Kartha > (Mohanachandran) > > PS Many of these results cannot be tested in the modern drug testing regime because it cannot be administered in the Double-blind way: both the taker and the eater will know what it is. That method only works with chemical drugs that have no smell or special taste or any telltale color. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Vandya Shreeman: You are absolutely right! Excess of anything is the real culprit. A north Indian proverb says: One day a meal eater is a Yogi; twice a day eater is a Bhogee; and three times a day eater is Rogee!!! I had slight signs of a kidney stone in 2003, and I went on a fruit fast (Phalopavaasam) for 7 days and just eating the most Saatvika food on earth, fruit, and nothing else healed me completely without any medicines at all. Eating something in excess had produced that blockage in the kidneys as you were saying. The rekindled digestive fire in me got rid of the stone. I believe that our Jatharaagni is nothing but the Vaishvaanara that Bhagavan Krshna mentions: Aham Vaishvaanaro bhootva Praninaam deham aashritaha Pranaapaanah Samayuktam Pachaami Annam Chaturvidham. May Krshna Bhagavaan guide us all, DKM Kartha (Mohanachandran) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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