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MUSK MELON SEEDS

Despite the fact that the fruit is the one we consume most, its seeds have shown to be highly useful. The seeds of the musk melon are also well-known among Indians. The health advantages of muskmelon seeds are numerous.

The seeds are tiny and practically flat in appearance, with a little hump in the centre. Each muskmelon will also have a different number of seeds than the last. Despite the fact that this specific melon species is well-known for its flesh, there are several advantages to muskmelon seeds which you should not overlook.


The advantages of muskmelon seeds

Protein content that is appropriate

Despite the fact that the protein of muskmelon flesh is low, nearly non-existent, the plant proteins in muskmelon seeds are abundant. 

It has about 3.6 grammes of protein, which is comparable to soy, tofu, and perhaps even cottage cheese. 

If you're following a ketogenic diet, the advantages of muskmelon seeds would help you acquire more protein and strengthen your body.


Vitamins are abundant in this food.

Because the muskmelon seeds appear boring from the exterior, one is always interested in knowing more about the advantages of muskmelon seeds. 

The seeds are strong in vitamins that are needed to keep the human body in a state of balance.

The inclusion of Vitamin A and C, for example, will help keep your skin regain its youthful radiance.

 Similarly, the existence of many Vitamin B family varieties makes muskmelon seeds popular among dietitians in English.


Bones and cartilages are strengthened as a result of this supplement.

The potential of muskmelon seeds to strengthen bones & connective tissues, such as cartilages, tendons, and ligaments, is one of its most important properties.

The seeds' potassium, calcium, & phosphorus support the bones, while the vitamins boost the immune system and prevent inflammation.


Reduces the chances of developing diabetes

This is one of the most beneficial of several muskmelon seeds applications. 

Eating muskmelon seeds lowers blood glucose levels significantly because it helps your body to create the right amount of insulin hormone or respond effectively to the insulin levels produced.



Improves the health of the heart

Omega fatty acids, which have been abundant in the seeds, are particularly beneficial to heart health. 

One of the key advantages of muskmelon seeds is these monounsaturated fatty acids lower LDL and triglyceride levels in the bloodstream.

PUSHKARMOOL

Pushkarmool is indeed an Ayurvedic herb that can help with chest pain, coughing, and respiratory problems. It's a beneficial plant that's used to cure bronchitis and heart problems. This herb's botanical name is Inula racemosa, and it is most likely one of the most potent plants. It is essentially a daisy-like Asian plant. This plant's roots are used in traditional medicine as well as as an expectorant. It is commonly used to treat asthma, persistent cough, sinusitis, the common cold, emphysema, lung collapse, and COPD. It's undoubtedly one of most adaptable plants, with a wide range of medical applications.

 

Advantages to your health

 

  • It has antifungal qualities and is beneficial in the treatment of pain, swelling, and pus formation.

 

  • When dusted over tuberculoid ulcers or used as a paste, the powder of this plant is useful in healing them. Painful swelling disorders are treated with the powder or paste.

 

  • Painful swelling disorders are treated with the powder or paste.

 

  • Because the herb aids in the stimulation of the nervous system & the brain, it is beneficial in the treatment of vata and cerebral impairment problems.

 

  • Because the herb aids in the stimulation of the nervous system & the brain, it is beneficial in the treatment of vata & cerebral impairment problems.

 

  • It functions as a blood purifier as well as a heart supplement. As a result, it is beneficial in the treatment of blood problems and heart disease. The most effective treatment for cardiac asthma is Pushkarmool.

 

  • It clears the airways and soothes hiccups, dyspnea, and cough. 

 

  • It's also been used for aphrodisiac purposes.


PUNARNAVA

Punarnava is a native plant having a wide range of therapeutic qualities. Punarnava gets its name from the fact that it grows and multiplies. The plant's aerial section dries up in the summer & regenerates in the monsoon season; the phrase "Punarnava" comes from Punar, which means "once again," and Nava, which means "new."

 

Punarnava's Advantages:

Punarnava's Eye Health Benefits:

Punarnava leaf juice combined with honey can be administered to the eyes to treat chronic ophthalmia and cataracts. Night blindness & conjunctivitis can be relieved by drinking fresh root juice. Corneal opacity, moist eyes, & itchy eyes are some of the various eye conditions that can be treated.


Punarnava's Health Benefits for Gastrointestinal Diseases:

Punarnavadi Mandura is a supplement that can help with malabsorption, worm infestation, inflammatory, anaemia, splenic illness, and piles. Punarnavasava is just another formulation that really can aid with dyspepsia and other abdominal disorders such as hypertrophy. It's also used to treat splenic and liver problems.


Punarnava's Neuromuscular Disorders Benefits:

Punarnava Guggulu is a supplement that can help with symptoms of neuromuscular problems such as sciatica, as well as discomfort in the calves, thighs, back, sacrum, and bladder. It can help males with inguinoscrotal edoema.

 

Punarnava's Respiratory Health Benefits:

Cough, dyspnea, asthma, and colicky discomfort are all treated with Punarnavastaka & Punarnavadi Kvatha Churna. The plant's root is quite useful in the preparation of both drugs.

 


Nagkesar

Mesua ferrea Linn is a tree of medicinal and decorative significance. This is also referred as Nagkesar in Hindi & Ceylon ironwood in English.

Mesua ferrea, also known as nagkesar, is an evergreen tree with a small trunk that may be found in Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu, the Western Ghats, and the Eastern Ghats of India. Nagkesar's flowers and leaves are used to treat a range of ailments.


Benefits of Nagkesar in Piles: 

Nagkesar is useful for the treatment of bleeding piles because it helps to regulate the body's heat by pacifying the pitta dosha.

Swollen blood vessels, sometimes known as piles or haemorrhoids, can develop inside or outside the anus. Defecating is tough because of the constant throbbing pain and bleeding stools. Nagkesar aids in the reduction of pile lumps, as well as the reduction of inflammation, discomfort, and bleeding. The blooms of Nagkesar could be used to make a paste that can be used to cure piles.


Beneficial in Arthritis:

Arthritis is caused by an imbalance in the Vata dosha, which leads to the accumulation of Ama (toxins) inside the joints. Nagkesar's Ushana (heat) property aids in the balancing of Vata dosha and aids in the reduction of joint discomfort.


Nagkesar's Skin Benefit:

Nagkesar's kernels might aid with skin eruption. Nagkesar's oil can be used to treat skin diseases, scabies, and wounds. Nagkesar has antibacterial and disinfectant effects as well. Nagkesar, when combined with red sandalwood, may be mixed into a paste and applied to the skin to lighten dark spots and give the skin a healthy shine.


Nagkesar's Infertility Benefits: 

Mesua ferrea flower extract has oestrogen and progesterone-like properties, making it useful in the treating of hormonal imbalances during menstruation issues. Nagkesar helps with impotency and increases sexual performance.


Nagkesar's Central Nervous System Benefits: 

Nagkesar possesses anticonvulsant effects and has been used to treat seizures. Nagkesar has also been linked to central nervous system depressive effects such as decrease of muscular tone, ptosis (drooping upper eyelids), and sleepiness.

NAGARMOTHA


Nagarmotha (Cyperus roundus), also known as Mustak or Nutgrass, is a prominent Ayurvedic plant with several health advantages. This plant may be found all over the world, however it is mostly produced for economic reasons on Pacific islands. Nagarmotha root powder are widely used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat a variety of ailments. This ayurvedic plant has a strong odour and is bitter. Essential oils, flavonoid, terpenoids, sesquiterpenes, cyprotene, cyperene, selinene, rotundene, and others are the primary components of this plant. Diuretic, emmenagogue, anthelmintic, painkiller, anti-inflammatory, antidysenteric, and antirheumatic properties are also present.


Nagarmotha has incredible health advantages.

1. Treat skin disorders.

Nagarmotha is an excellent remedy for skin disorders. It contains a wide range of skin-friendly qualities. Applying Nagarmotha root powder to the skin with coconut oil helps to prevent infections and heal itching and dry skin. It also aids in the maintenance of fair skin.


2. Digestive aid

Nagarmotha has a spicy, bitter-sweet flavour and is used to treat spasms and pains in the digestive tract. The strong scent of Nagarmotha root powder stimulates appetite and relieves indigestion.


3. Control High blood sugar levels.

For centuries, Nagarmotha is used to treat excessive blood sugar. Regularly consuming the roots powder of this herb helps to prevent the body from absorbing extra sugar. As a result, it controls elevated blood sugar levels.


4. Treat menstrual problems.

Menstrual problems are one of the most common applications of Nagarmotha in Ayurveda. Regular use of Nagarmotha helps to regulate menstruation, prevents overdue periods, and relieves unpleasant menstrual cramps.


5. Nagarmotha is used to treat obesity.

The root of the Nagarmotha tree contains anti-obesity qualities. Regular ingestion of this powder helps to prevent obesity by reducing fat storage in the body. It also helps to burn fat and boosts fat metabolism.

MARORPHALI-Indian screw tree

 

The tree gets its name from the structure of its pods (fruits), which are unusually twisted. The pods are strange-looking deformed capsules made of five fibres tightly twisted together the shape of a screw. It comes in a variety of lengths ranging from one inches to two and a half inches.

The plant is anticancer, hypolipidemic, antimicrobial, anti-plasmid, cardiac antioxidant, anodyne, hepatoprotective, and anti-diarrheal.

The bark and fruits have traditionally been used to cure diarrhoea, worm infestation, unpleasant sores in the ear, colic, flatulence, & chronic dysentery. Diabetes is treated using the root bark. It works in diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity.


Marorphali Medicinal Uses

The shape and look of the plant component itself, according to the philosophy of signatures, suggests its application. Maror phali pods are twisted like intestines and are mostly used to treat digestive ailments such as colic, gas, diarrhoea, and dysentery. Other notable therapeutic applications include diabetes and, more locally, otorrhoea (discharge from ear).

Marorphali fruit and bark are astringent, anti-diarrheal, and anthelmintic. They are most typically used to treat digestive problems such as bowel griping and flatulence, diarrhoea, dysentery, & worm infestation.

 


MAJUPHAL


Majuphal is a sort of protrusion that grows on the immature twigs of Quercus infectoria, the dyer's oak tree. In English, it's known as Oaks galls or Gal nut. It is generated by the laying of eggs by a kind of gall wasp.

The eggs are laid inside the shoot by the female wasp, who punctures the wood of twigs. Galls occur as a result of this process, which causes a vegetative overgrowth to emerge surrounding the larva which develops from the eggs. Galls are a great addition to a variety of herbal medicines. The galls will keep growing until the larvae hatch and the eggs hatch. Galls should ideally be collected and dried well before insect emerges.


Majuphal's Advantages:

Majuphal for Wound Healing and Gingivitis:

Majuphal is a suitable choice for treating wounds caused by bacterial infections because of its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It's a dental powder that's used to cure toothaches and gingivitis. For millennia, the extract from Majuphal (oak galls) is used as an astringent to cure wounds.


Treatment of Parasitic Infections with Majuphal:

Majuphal is effective against parasitic infections caused by Leishmania major, Blastocystis spp., and Entamoeba histolytica that are single or multi-drug resistant. When administered to the diseased area, Majuphal extract significantly lowers cutaneous infections such as leishmaniasis, amoebiasis, & blastocystis.


Majuphal's Candida Infection Treatment Benefits:

Candidiasis is a serious life-threatening infection in women caused by the yeast Candida albicans. Majuphal has been used for postpartum care and the treatment of different infections caused by Candida albicans and non-Albicans species, which are the major causes of candidiasis in many regions of the world. Majuphal extract, according to a study, is beneficial against a variety of bacterial and fungal illnesses.


Majuphal's Diabetes Management Benefits:

According to laboratory research, roots extracts from Quercus infectoria, often known as the dyer's oak, exhibit anti-diabetic properties. In diabetic rats, the extract was known to increase insulin synthesis and release, lowering blood sugar levels. Although further research is needed before it can be used in humans, it's one of the alternate medications now being studied.

PANEER PHOOL/DODI - Indian Rennet

Paneer Dodi (Withania Coagulans) is a tropical or subtropical perennial shrub that may reach a height of 1.2 metres. It belongs to the Solanaceae family. Eastern India (Punjab, Rajasthan, Garwal, Simla, and Kumaon), Nepal, and Afghanistan are the most prevalent locations. For thousands of years, it has been used to preserve food, cure numerous ailments, and prevent infections, including epidemics. The entire plant, including the flower, stem, leaves, and seeds, is used to treat a variety of illnesses. Rennet-like protease (milk-coagulating enzyme) is found in the berries and leaves of the plant and is used to clot milk for cheese making.

 

Paneer Dodi Benefits

Benefit in Diabetes Mellitus

Paneer Dodi can effectively regulate the amount of glucose in the blood.
Paneer dodi can be used as a therapy for type 2 diabetes if consumed on a regular basis.

The body can use insulin as a result of consuming it, which slows down the process of sugar dissolving in the blood sugar.
It also helps to maintain the pancreas healthy by repairing the beta cells, which aids in the treatment of diabetes.
The herb possesses antihyperglycemic effects, which aid in diabetes treatment.

Rushyagandha is also referenced in the Charaka Samhita for the treatment of Prameha (Brihaniya Mahakashaya, Madhur a skandha dravya) (high blood sugar).

Take note of your blood sugar level before beginning to eat paneer dodi.
Keep an eye on your blood sugar levels on a frequent basis.  

 

Fat Loss & Cholesterol Control with Paneer Dodi

In a research on hyperlipidemic rats fed a high-fat diet, aqueous preparations of the herb's fruit considerably lowered increased blood cholesterol, triglycerides, lipoprotein, and LPO levels, and frequent administration for seven weeks resulted in significant weight reduction.
The hydroalcoholic extract of dried fruits was efficacious and equivalent to atorvastatin in regulating high cholesterol nutrition hyperlipidemia in rats, indicating that it has an antidyslipidemic action in mice. 

 

Skin Advantages

Paneer dodi possesses antioxidant and free radical scavenging capabilities that are beneficial to the skin.
Herbal antioxidants aid in the regeneration process.
The anti-inflammatory property soothes irritated skin, improving the skin barrier and reducing dryness and irritation.


Antioxidants shield cells from free radicals and the stress that they produce.
It also fights the indications of ageing and gives the appearance of youthful skin.
Oxidative stress causes inflammation, which contributes to breakouts, however the antioxidants in paneer dodi assist to minimise oxidative stress, reducing inflammation and acne.


It also protects against sunburn and damage.
Melanin generated by prolonged sun exposure causes dull skin; however, antioxidants found in paneer doda reduce melanin synthesis, resulting in brighter skin. 

 

Purification of the Blood

In Bombay, paneer dodi is known as a blood purifier.
It works as a natural blood cleanser.
It also helps to keep Vata in check in the body.
The antioxidants included in paneer dodi aid in blood purification.
It also has a free radical scavenging function, which aids in the repair of damaged cells and the fight against harmful free radicals in the body.

MULETHI - Liquorice

 

 



In a time when health and immunity become main concerns, Indian medicine culture provides a treasure mine of strong perennial plants.Mulethi, or licorice root, has long been revered in Ayurveda for its health-promoting properties.Mulethi may be found in many parts of Europe and Asia, and it's utilised in a variety of cuisines for its naturally sweet flavour.

Consuming the extract of this root is good to our health in a variety of ways, including as an antiseptic, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, and respiratory infection fighter. Mulethi has long been used by classical Indian vocalists in India to enhance their voice and singing. This is due to the root's bronchodilator and expectorant properties, which can help relieve asthma symptoms as well as coughs, colds, sore throats, and bronchitis.

BENEFITS OF MULETHI 

Beneficial to the digestive system

One of liquorice's biggest assets is its potential to aid in the relief of gastrointestinal and abdominal problems such as stomach ulcers, heartburn, and other stomach-related irritation. To maintain their intestines in tip-top form, some individuals drink licorice root tea throughout the day - try switching your coffee for once and see if you notice a difference!

 

Relief for the lungs

Cold and flu-like problems such as coughing and sore throats are believed to be relieved by liquorice. Thousands of years ago, the root of liquorice was being used as a cure for upper respiratory disorders, and it is still used today to treat a variety of illnesses.

 

Inflammation of the skin

Why not pick up some licorice the next time you're out shopping for skin creams? The super sweet is commonly used in herbal therapy to treat common skin issues like dermatitis, cysts, and eczema.

 

Lower your cholesterol levels

Liquorice, believe it or not, is supposed to decrease cholesterol when consumed on a daily basis. Liquorice root flavonoids are supposed to stimulate bile flow in the body, with evidence showing that bile acids are responsible for decreasing high cholesterol levels.