Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

Navara Rice Balls

–A Women’s health booster
  • Navara rice balls is a power packed energy builder is good for girls who hit puberty
  • It is used to boost milk secretion and regain strength for postpartum moms.
  • It can also be used for children with low weight and to cure back pain.
  • The Rice balls can be used for Menstruation Panic Attacks.

Ingredients:

  • Navara Rice Soaked and Sprouted
  • Red Rice
  • Ajwain
  • Garden Cress
  • Fenugreek Sprouted
  • Horse gram Sprouted
  • Dill seeds
  • Dried Ginger
  • Black Sesame Seeds
  • Cumin
  • Cardamom
  • Dry Coconut
  • Melted Jaggery

Method:

Roast all the above ingredients until golden brown and it emits a nice aroma. Make appropriate consistency of jaggery and add it to the roasted ingredients along with the grated coconut and sesame seeds.

Stir well until no lumps are formed. Add a little bit of desi ghee and roll it into balls. It can be stored for a week. Make sure to keep it moisture free.

About the Author:

A Parententrepreneur ,wisdom seeker, Ms.Lakshmi Bharadwaj is very well known, old parent from HLP Community. She has been a very active member in promoting ancient wisdom our parenting community from past few years and has many articles and blogs to her credit. She beileves that path to Spirituality is through our body.

Your body is your sanctum. Maintain with divinity – Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

Home Made Ayurvedic Oil

As market available baby massage oil might be dangerous as it has mineral oil. its has parebens and other poisonous ingredients. So i am sharing with a home made pure BALA SIDDA BABY OIL, which we use in our family.

  • Bala
  • Aswagandha
  • Hadjod (makes strong bones )
  • Mamra badam
  • Neem leaves or powder
  • Vacha/ bach/vekhand
  • Manjal
  • Ajwain
  • Crushed garlic
  • Few cloves
Direction
  1. Take 1 L of orgnaic cold pressed cocunut / gingelly oil
  2. Add the above ingredients in oil in a vessel and boil well till all the ingredients turn jet black . It means oil has absorbed the qualities of the Ingredients well.
  3. Let it cool down and store in a conatiner and take when needed .
    Warm it before using.

     

    It gives energy to body n bones ..makes skin pure. Avoids cold ….flu ..cough etc

    All the above you get in ayurvedic shops. Alternatively for pure oil, do consider our community shopping project https://hlp.world/store

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

Indriya Nigraha

Allan-Hermann Pool - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
Allan-Hermann Pool – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

We have ears, tongue and eyes among gnanendriyas most powerful knowledge providers with which there will be lot of internal disturbances.

We should not listen through “EARS”, which is not related to us or for which we are neither responsible nor answerable. Unnecessary inflow of information from this indriya generates unwarranted garbage in our astral body. This should therefore be controlled.

Next gnanendriya is “TONGUE”. Through this we become slave to taste and take unnecessary food. This in one way results in indigestion and also other diseases like diabetics. So we should have control on tongue.

Further powerful and dangerous gnanendriya is “EYES”. No doubt through this indriya we see world around us, but we also see unwanted items and create unwarranted desires. So friends eyes, tongue and ear are most dangerous gnanendriyas which require control.

Now, there is another karmendriya which is also equally dangerous. It is speech generated through tongue. Through “TALK” we either to good deeds or bad deeds. So we should be careful with this karmendriya also.
We have a commander-in-chief of indriyas. He is “MIND” . If one can control this, he can even become Almighty. Entire spiritual practices are basically aimed at controlling mind. People generally think that “indriya nigraha” (control of indriyas) is important sadhana. But it is not so. What is required is realisation

oriented attitude towards subject matter of indriyas. In Bhagavad Geeta in second chapter, Lord emphasized that any interest on subject matter of five elements (sound, touch, form, taste and smell are subject matters) converts interest as desire. If desire is fulfilled then thought for repetition is generated. If desire is not fulfilled angry will raise. With angry, person looses senses and losses control on himself. So realization oriented knowledge referred above should help us in removing interest on subject matter of five elements. To do this, we should divert our interest on some better aspects. Like doing “NAMA SMARANA ” or uttering “MANTRA” or doing meditation. Let our sadhana start on any of these points.
Pranamams.

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

DELICIOUS DINK LADDOO

 

WHAT IS DINK LADDOO??

Yes …It’s really unique as the name sounds
It’s really a miracle recipe for woman post partum to gain strength , to resume her activities soon and to increase the supply n quality of milk which in turn makes new born Fed with all nutrients etc .

INGREDIENTS ::

1. Sunthi – 50 gms
2. Nutmeg – 50 gms
3. cinnamon – 50 gms
4. Fox nuts – 150 gms
5. Elaichi – 50gms
6. Pumkin seeds – 100gms
7. Sunflower seeds – 100gms
8. All dry fruits – 500gms
9 .White til / black til – 150 gms
10 .Flax seeds  – 100 gms
11.Methi (optional ) – 50 gms
12 .Shatavari ,,bala – 200gms
13 .Aswagandha – 100gms
14 .Dry cocunut – 500gms
15 .Pure cows ghee – 250 to 500gms
16 .Palm.jaggrey – 2 to 3 kgs

PROCEDURE ::

Roast all the above ingredients one by one in ghee n keep aside .
Grate dry cocunut n fry it slightly in ghee until it turns slightly brown .
Now grind all these items coarsely
Make palm jaggrey syrup and keep adding the grinded mixture into slowly little by little stirring this mixture if needed one can add little hot ghee
Now that the jaggrey syrup and the mixture of ingredients gets mixed well start making laddoss of desired size .Now your yummy healing DINK laddoos are ready for New mothers
These laddoos can be had 2 to 4 daily mornings as new feeding mothers feels more hungry as she provides all the nutrients to the baby through her feed. These laddoos make her active filled n energetic .
This also deals with postpartum depression, mood swings, treats vata dosha helping her to deal and enjoy mother hood .
As they say Pregnancy is new life for womanhood n Mother hood is gift of God .

Let’s celebrate woman hood with the most amazing experience of motherhood

I have done my part sharing this recipie and now it’s your turn to try n taste it .
Don’t forget to share your feed back after trying.

 

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

Homemade Recipe For Lactating Mothers

Learn the ancient technique to increase lactations from ingredients available in kitchen.

By Azoreg – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

On the occasion of breastfeeding week, I am happy to share an age old recipe taught by ancestors.

Ingredients

  1. Adi maduram ( licorice) 10 gms
  2. Ajwain 1 cup
  3. Chitirattai (lesser galangal / kulanjan / blue ginger) 15 gms
  4. Cloves 15 gms
  5. Dal chinni 15 gms
  6. Dry ginger 200 gms
  7. Elachi 15 gms
  8. Ghee 300 gms
  9. Hing 10 gms
  10. Honey 100 gms
  11. Javitri (mace) 10 gms
  12. Jaiphal 1 small piece
  13. Jeera 15 gms
  14. Khus khus 15 gms
  15. Mustard seeds 15 gms
  16. Palm jaggery – ¾ kg
  17. Pepper 15 gms
  18. Saboot dhaniya 25 gms
  19. Tippili (long pepper) 50 gms
  20. Turmeric 10  gms
  21. Val milage (cubeb / kabab chinni) 15 gms

Method

  1. Dry roast all the ingredients separately and allow it to cool
  2. Then grind it into a powder. I make in chakki
  3. Then seive it so that the powder is evenly mixed
  4. In a khadai add half liter of water and add the palm jaggery
  5. Boil it till the jaggery is fully melted
  6. Then strain it twice to take out the impurities
  7. Wash the khadai and put the strained jaggery syrup in it and allow it to boil for five minutes
  8. Add ghee and once the ghee starts melting, add the powder little by little and mix it, stirring continuously. Keep the flame low.
  9. Now mix it nicely till all the lumps is gone and cook for ten minutes
  10. Now add little ghee again if necessary.
  11. You can see one shine in the ready mixture.
  12. It should be in pouring consistency.
  13. Now add honey and mix well.
  14. Switch off the gas
  15. Transfer the ready mix in a steel container and allow it to cool down
  16. Once its cold it will becomes little thick

Lactating mothers should have twice a day along with hot milk.
It helps in increasing the milk supply and also helps in digestion.

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

Indriya Nigraha – A journey towards spiritual path.

spiritual

We have ears, tongue and eyes among gnanendriyas, the most powerful knowledge providers, at the same time, we do not know how to use it, then we are opening doors for internal disturbances.

We should not listen through “EARS”, which is not related to us or for which we are neither responsible nor answerable. Unnecessary inflow of information from this indriya generates unwarranted garbage in our astral body. This should therefore be controlled.

Next gnanendriya is “TONGUE”. Through this we become slave to taste and take unnecessary food. This in one way results in indigestion and also other diseases like diabetics. So we should have control on tongue.

Next powerful and dangerous gnanendriya is “EYES”. No doubt through this indriya we see world around us, but we also see unwanted items and create unwarranted desires. So friends eyes, tongue and ear are most dangerous gnanendriyas which require control.

Now there is another karmendriya which is also equally dangerous. It is speech generated through tongue. Through “TALK” we either to good deeds or bad deeds. So we should be careful with this karmendriya also.

We have a commander-in-chief of indriyas. He is “MIND” . If one can control this, he can even become Almighty. Entire spiritual practices are basically aimed at controlling mind. People generally think that “indriya nigraha” (control of indriyas) is important sadhana. But it is not so. What is required is realisation oriented attitude towards subject matter of indriyas.

In Bhagavad Geeta in second chapter, Lord emphasized that any interest on subject matter of five elements (sound, touch, form, taste and smell are subject matters) converts interest as desire. If desire is fulfilled then thought for repetition is generated. If desire is not fulfilled angry will raise. With angry, person looses senses and losses control on himself. So realization oriented knowledge referred above should help us in removing interest on subject matter of five elements. To do this, we should divert our interest on some better aspects. Like doing “NAMA SMARANA ” or uttering “MANTRA” or doing meditation. Let our sadhana start on any of these points.
Pranamams.

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

“JEERNAM JEERNAM VATAPI JEERNAM”

Behind every practice our ancestors, there was a reason . Here is once such age-old practice which was followed after having meals.

Forwarded by : Lakshmi || Source : Unknown

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“JEERNAM JEERNAM VATAPI JEERNAM”

These lines are said by our parents and forefathers when a child finishes his food. Have you ever known the reason and meaning behind its origin? Today, let’s learn and share and start following these once again.

In olden days, when people used to travel through forest areas, two demons Ilvakul and Vatapi used to mesmerize them with their magical words saying there is a feast going on in forest, so please come and attend it.

Vatapi mean while turns himself as a goat and llvakul cooks and serves to people . After people finished their feast, llvakul used to call Vatapi and Vatapi used to come out tearing their stomach and both demons fed on dead ppl. Agastya Rushi started thinking,why people traveling through the forest couldnt return back .So he decided to go into the forest in disguise of common man to know what is happening in the forest. The saint came across Vatapi n llvakul .They repeated the same story of Vatapi turning into goat .This time Vatapi could not come out who entered Agastya rushi’s stomach, as after having the feast rubbing his stomach he uttered Jeernam jeernam Vatapi jeernam. This means how much ever you eat and if it is a mountain is in your stomach,it gets digested.

Later, llvakul was vanished into dust. So,this is the reason why our elders used to say those lines after feeding kids.Even today, few families follow them. It is believed a simple act like this, children are cured and freed from stomach ailments, at least.

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

The miraculous Arjuna tree

Forwarded by : Lakshmi || Source : Unknown

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Lots has been mentioned about the benefit of Arjunarisht for heart related problems. Here are a plethora of gains by thisone herb,please read on may be somewhere it will help you.

  • The use of arjuna reduces excess bile, cures acidity, and brings stability in blood circulation.
  • It brings relief in blood bile, acidic bile and other related disorders.
  • Due to its bitter taste, it treats cough, urine related disorders and is a good suppressor. It is astringent and febrifuge. It treats various toxins and strengthens the hearts functioning.
  • Arjuna, Shirish and Palm tree are helpful in leprosy, gonorrhea, paleness and cough and are a fat suppressor. Arjuna tree, ‘ashmbheda’, ‘apamarg’ and ‘gokhru’, help in treating gastric disorders. The lithiasis sugar treats urinary disorders. Arjuna, syzygium cumin, licorice and berry, all are beneficial in abscess, inflammation and other diseases.

Family name: Combretaceae

Scientific name: Terminalia Arjuna

English: Arjuna| Sanskrit: Arjuna, Dhaval, Samba, Indradadu, Kakubh| Hindi: Arjuna, Kahu Gujarati: Gholo, Sadaro, Sajar |Marathi: Sadaru, Arjun, Sadara| Bengali: Arjun, Gach |Punjabi: Kau, Koh |Telugu: Charramachi Dravidi: Vella, Bhatti |Kannada: Kammutte |Marwari: Arjuna.

Introduction:

On dry mountain ranges, on the bank of rivers, lines of trees, growing up to 80 feet high, the green color bulbs appear as it’s warriors, armed with an infinite number of weapons in their quivers. These warriors have gathered to eliminate the various disorders and diseases, as their enemy. Arjuna tree is found in the forests. The flowers grow in ‘Baisakh’ and ‘Jyeshtha’ months, and fruits develop in the winter season.Its main trunk has a round shape with a height of 10-20 feet. Its outer layer (bark) is whitish in color, smooth, and around 1/3rd of an inch thick. The wood is red color on the inside. The bark shed its layer once in a year as the snake sheds its skin. Its leaves are 3 to 6 inches long, 1 to 2 inches broad, and on small branches are smooth and costate. On the back side of the leaves, it carries two green color glands. The flower is small, green-whitish color, and grows up in clusters. It is odorless. The fruits are long, oval shaped having 5 bulging curves with chambers. The fruits are seedless.

Gum of the Arjuna Tree:The extract of arjuna is clean, golden or brownish in color and transparent.

Chemical Composition of Arjuna Tree:The husk of arjuna has various chemical compositions. It has 34 percent of calcium carbonate and other alkalis include sodium, magnesium and aluminum. Due to excessive calcium and sodium, it helps in strengthening heart muscles at the minute levels.

Qualities of the Arjuna Tree:Arjuna is cool, good for the heart, astringent, treats body toxins, blood disorders, gonorrhea, bile, cough, fat and ‘pitta’. Arjuna bark in different composition gives strength to the heart muscles. It is good in supplying nutritious elements to the heart. When the muscles of the heart become powerful, the heart beats are strengthened with more regularity. The heart beats will reduce, with contraction in blood ducts, which regulates blood circulation. The heart gets strengthened and stimulated. The blood flow (pressure) within the blood ducts reduces, which treats hydro-related problems. Its use ensures proper contraction of the blood resources so that the heart uniformly distributes blood in the body and also pulls blood sent over different parts of the body back into the heart. Hence, its use is beneficial in heart disorders, passiveness in blood vessels, bodily inflammation, slowness in nerves, breath and cough problems, particularly chronic ones.

The use of arjuna reduces increase in the ‘pitta’ and acidity and generates stability in the blood circulation. It is helpful in case of blood bile and acidic biles. Since it is astringent it treats cough and urine disorders. It also treats fever and strengthens heart functioning. It is anti-toxin. ‘Arjuna’, ‘Shirish’ and palm tree are good for leprosy, gonorrhea, paleness, cough and fat. Arjuna, syzygium cumini (Jamun), liquorice and berry, all are good for abscess, as well as sexual diseases.Medicinal .

Use of Arjuna Tree According to Ayurveda:

*Treatment of Recurrent Mouth Ulcer (Stomatitis) with Arjuna Tree:‘Mukhpak’ – When the powder of its root is mixed with eating oil and gargled with hot water, it treats ‘mukhpak’.

*Treatment of Ear-ache with Arjuna Tree:When 3-4 drops of juice from its leaves are put in the ears, it treats ear-ache.

*Treatment of Melasma on the Face with Arjuna Tree:When its bark is crushed finely and mixed with honey to put a paste of it on the face, it cures melasma.

*Treatment of Tuberculosis Cough with Arjuna Tree:When the powder of the bark of arjuna is mixed with seven pinches of ‘vasa’ leaves and taken with 2-3 grams of honey, sugar candy (misri) or cow ‘ghee’, it treats TB cough with blood.

*Treatment of Rapid Heart Beat with Arjuna Tree:

  • When heart beats exceed from 72 to 150, take one glass of tomato juice, with one spoon of arjuna bark powder. Its regular use normalizes heart beats.
  • A spoonfull of fine powder of broad bark of arjuna tree, when taken with one cup of milk without cream, regularly in morning and evening, treats all heart ailments. It gives strength to the heart and treats weakness. The increasing heart beats too are reduced to normalcy.
  • Roast 20 grams of wheat flour in 30 grams of cow ghee. When it turns pink, put 3 grams of arjuna bark powder and 30 grams of sugar candy (misri) with 100 grams of water. After the mix is properly prepared, take it in morning. Its regular use treats heart pain, increased heart beats and anxiety.
  • Mix powder of bark of arjuna tree with flour and mix with honey and sugar candy (misri). These treats severe heart problems.

*Treatment of Heart Troubles with Arjuna Tree:

  • The weakness of heart and inflammation generated due to it, could be treated with arjuna bark. Mix 6 to 10 grams of arjuna bark powder with ‘gur’ (jaggery) and milk and boil it. Filter it and drink. It stops water content of lymph filling in the blood vessels. This treats heart inflammation and hence, the weakness is treated.
  • Take 50 grams of arjuna bark (if wet is not available, take 50 grams of dry bark) and boil in 4 kg of water. When the mix is reduced to one fourth, filter the decoction. Take 50 grams of cow ‘ghee’ and mix 50 grams of arjuna bark and the other ingredients cooked earlier. Heat it on a slow fire. Later, cool it. Now mix 50 grams of honey and 75 grams of sugar candy (misri) and keep it in china clay pot or glass jar. Take around 6 grams with cow milk. This will strengthen the heart.Weakness of the heart, excess heart beats, swelling or heart enlargement problems are best treated with this mix.
  • If a person has suffered heart attack earlier, take the above decoction 40 ml in morning and evening. It is a miraculous heart and cardiac tonic.
  • For complete benefit of the mix, prepare the decoction in milk. It helps in the treatment of angina pain, heart beats and anxiety.
  • The powder of arjuna bark, when filtered with cloth is more effective as compared to other medicines. Chew it, keeping it on the tongue. It was found equally beneficial as sorbitrate pill. When the pulse rates or heart beats are very low, keeping it on the tongue starts giving relief immediately. The medicine gives permanent relief and it does not have any adverse impact. It is more beneficial as compared to the allopathic medicine digitalis.
  • It is beneficial in cases of high blood pressure. If swelling or inflammation has developed due to the high blood pressure, it gives relief.
  • Treatment of Excessive Urine with Arjuna Tree: To stop the problem, take 40 ml decoction regularly in morning and evening.
  • Treatment of Blood Diarrhea with Arjuna Tree: Take the finely grinded powder of arjuna bark, 5 grams, and warm it on a slow fire with 250 grams of cow milk and around 150 grams of water. When only milk is left and when its temperature is reduced, comfortable to drink, mix with 10 grams of sugar candy or sugar. Take the mix regularly in the morning, which treats all the heart ailments. It is especially beneficial in gastric troubles or heart ailments. This milk, mixed with arjuna bark powder is also helpful in chronic fever, blood diarrhea and blood bile.
  • Treatment of Blood Blennelytria with Arjuna Tree: Take arjuna bark powder 1 spoon and boil with mix of 1 cup of milk. When the residue remains half, mix sugar candy and take three times a day.
  • Treatment of Gonorrhea with Arjuna Tree: Take arjuna bark, neem bark, amliki bark, neelkamal and turmeric, all in equal proportions, around 20 grams and mix with 400 ml of water. Boil till residue remains 100 ml.Take the mix with honey in morning and evening, which treats gonorrhea.
  • Take leaves of arjuna, quince, syzygium cumini, ‘mrinali’, ‘shriparni’, ‘mahendi’, ‘dhai’ and mix them with ‘ghee’ and salt. It is much beneficial in the disease.
  • Treatment of Shukrameh with Arjuna Tree: The patient should take the decoction of the arjuna bark or white sandal regularly in morning and evening, which treats the disease.
  • Treatment of Urine disorder with Arjuna Tree: Take 40 ml decoction of arjuna bark, which treats urine disorders.
  • Treatment of Fracture with Arjuna Tree: When the body part is plastered due to broken bone, take finely grinded powder of arjuna bark, one spoon with 1 cup of milk, which strengthens bones. On the broken bone, use paste of its bark mixed with ‘ghee’. It also helps speed union of the fractured bone.
  • Treatment of Inflammation with Arjuna Tree: It effects on the kidney and helps in proper urine formation. It helps in the treatment of excessive water content in the body parts besides heart ailments.
  • Treatment of Obesity with Arjuna Tree (for Weightloss): Take powder of arjuna root bark and ‘gangeran’, two grams each regularly in morning and evening, which treats diseases related to obesity.
  • Treatment of Blood Bile with Arjuna Tree: According to Charak, soak Arjuna bark for entire night and in the morning filter the water and prepare a decoction. Its use is helpful in blood bile.
  • Treatment of Leprosy with Arjuna Tree: In blood disorders and leprosy, take one spoonfull of arjuna bark powder with water daily. Also, its bark, when rubbed with water to prepare a paste, is helpful.
  • Treatment of Fever with Arjuna Tree: In fever, take around 40 ml of its decoction, which treats fever.
  • Treatment of Abscess with Arjuna Tree:Finely grind arjuna bark and prepare a decoction. Wash injuries and abscess with it, which is beneficial.
  • Take powder of its root, one spoon with milk, which treats bluishness due to some injury.
  • Treatment of Chronic Fever with Arjuna Tree: Take one spoon full of its bark with ‘gur’ (jaggery), which treats chronic fever.
  • Treatment After Heart Attack with Arjuna Tree: Take fresh bark of arjuna tree, dry it in open and prepare a powder. Take 250 grams of milk and an equal amount of water and boil it. Put three grams of arjuna powder (partially filled tea spoon) in it. After boiling, when the milk remains half of the quantity, remove it from the flame. Filter it and drink, which treats all heart problems and stops heart attacks. It is very effective medicine after heart attacks.
  • Other Procedures:Take 12 grams of arjuna bark and boil with 250 grams of cow milk and an equal amount of water. When it remains half, mix 10 grams of sugar candy, which treats all heart troubles. In fact, arjuna is a miraculous gift of the nature and we all should take advantage of it.

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.

Oil Bath – A Maharashtrian way

Our first detailed article about oil bath has triggered many parents to practices this time tested system. We are very happy to hear some good results. Many parents have responded back to us about their traditional or family way of oil bath.

One such parent is Lakshmi Bharadwaj from Pune. She is been a active member in promoting ancient wisdom to all parenting community.  She share a great inside about oil bath followed in Maharashtra.  So we invite her to be our guest author.

So, here we go..

baby massage

Massage can be a great way to bond with the baby. It has its own way and is practiced differently in every state. One among them would be Maharashtrian oil bath or massage. Massage can be done using baby oil or any suitable oil. Traditionally in North or Eastern part on India, Mustard oil is used for oil massage. Its good in winter season as its warms the body.

Dough Ball Preparation

Newborn babies are given oil massage using a dough ball for first few days for cleansing. This is a gentle act which is very soft as cotton. Take a little quantity of wheat or Maida, dip it in warm oil and do rub it on baby’s body. This enhances circulation, expels toxins from the new born. The ingredients are:

  1. 1 bowl mustard or any oil preferably
  2. 4-6 cloves of Garlic.
  3. ½ tea spoon of Ajwain

Now, Heat Oil with Garlic Cloves and Ajwain until they turn black and filter the oil.

Art of Massaging

A traditional baby massage starts from toe to the face which is to be massaged in the last. Legs and arms are usually very soft and firm downward strokes like hip to ankle and shoulder to palms. Circular clockwise movements are used for the stomach and chest. Anti-clock wise movements to his/her back. Usually quite a lot of pressure is applied for vigorous strokes especially to the legs and head. There is a belief that it straightens the slight bow shape of the legs or curve shape head.

This generally helps in the physical development of the baby. Doctors suggest best not to massage the baby with Ubtan Oil until their Umbilical Cord stump falls off.

Bathing Method

Jessica Bathing

The traditional way is Mother or Granny or well-practiced Mausi to to sit on the bath floor or any very short stool with legs stretched in front and crossed at ankles. Baby either lies along the legs with his head towards the body and feet towards the feet. Usually baby is placed facing downwards when washing his head.

Warming

After giving bath, baby is thoroughly wiped with a soft towel and moved over an aromatic smoke coming from incense Sambrani on a heated coal by sprinkling Ajwain crushed Garlic, Vavding and Shepa. Vekhand should be used to dry any wet parts like hair, armpits etc. This makes the baby to have a very good sleep.

Lulling

Vekandh is applied all over the baby’s body after giving him warming with an aromatic smoke. He is then swaddled in cloth to make baby’s legs held together and kept straight for them to develop properly.

Caution

  • Be gentle while massaging
  • Do not use rough strokes
  • Do not put oil in baby’s ears, nose eyes, etc. without proper guidance
  • Be cautious while using Ubtan [Mixture of Gram flour, Turmeric & Milk]. This is applied to the human body in order to remove the dirty stains, hair and used to moisturize baby’s skin
  • To make sure that the babies does not ingest anything in their mouth while giving the bath
  • It is utmost important to handle the baby at a safer distance from coal as the fumes from the heated coal would harm the baby
  • keep away the smoke from the baby’s face as it may cause him discomfort

About author

82557522-0e82-462a-aa0c-3a198248d823Lakshmi Bharadwaj is a home-maker and mother of two lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies. She was the Parent of the month last year. She is passionate about reviving our ancient lifestyle practices and has guided parents, from  whatsapp, about various home remedies.

Author: Lakshmi Bharadwaj

Lakshmi Bharadwaj, known as OJAS in whatsapp group, is a home-maker and mother of three lovely kids. She comes with a rich tradition that follows home-remedies, which makes her a passionate towards ancient knowledge in Ayurveda naturopathy and herbs. She is one of the sincere and senior member of swarnaprashana Whatsapp parenting community. She has been constantly guiding new parents and with her continuous selfless efforts on various social and educative platforms. In 2015, She was the Parent of the month for her exceptional guidance in home-remedies to many parents in our whatsapp community.