25/08/2016
Happy Janmashtami. It's time to celebrate birthday of lord Krishna and enjoy buttery offerings and sweets.
Kid Krishna and an earthen pot full of butter have been always together.Different interpreters have different stories of association of Krishna and butter.
It is said that in childhood Krishna was fond of butter. One of explanation says that wisdom is the butter of the whole life. When life is churned through a wheel, then out of it comes butter, and wisdom is gained by it. There are lot of spiritual and philosophical stories. Ayurveda has different story of yummy white butter and its health benefits.
According to Charka Sanhita, Sutrasthan 27
सङ्ग्राहि दीपनं हृद्यं नवनीतं नवोद्धृतम्|
ग्रहण्यर्शो विकारघ्नमर्दितारुचि नाशनम् | 230|
Fresh butter is digestive, stimulant and cardio tonic. It is useful in malabsorption syndrome (IBS- irritable bowel syndrome). Piles, facial paralysis and anorexia.
Medicinal Importance of butter according to Ayurveda-
Butter is sweet in taste and natural coolant. It calms vitiated Vata and Pitta dosha (two of the three basic energies). It nourishes the body. It improves taste and digestion.
- Butter is aphrodisiac, Cardio tonic, improves strength and skin complexion.
Digestive system- Ayurveda texts mentioned use of butter in anorexia, diarrhoea, intestinal sprue (malabsorption disease) acidity, Piles (haemorrhoids), IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
- As an anupaan ( to be taken with medicine to enhance its properties) in different diseases like dry cough, facial paralysis, emaciation, pitta affected skin disease, eye disease , bleeding disorders etc.
As per modern researches- - White butter contains lecithin, a substance that helps in the proper assimilation and metabolism of cholesterol and other fat constituents.
It boosts your immune system- Butter is packed with fat soluble vitamins-
- It contains vitamin K2, an important fat-soluble vitamin. Butter also provides a potent source of vitamins A, D, and E, is the perfect carrier for these vitamins because it provides the fat necessary for their absorption.
-- Makes your skin glow: Butter is packed with the essential mineral selenium, a potent antioxidant along with vitamin E which helps to smoothen out the skin and keeps it healthy and elastic. This gives that healthy glow to one’s skin.
-- Helps fight cancer: It is packed with CLA or conjugated linoleic acid along with short chain and medium chain fatty acids that have anti-cancer properties.
-- Butter also contains butyric acid, an anti-carcinogenic short –chain fatty acid. Butyric acid is also a biological response modifier, a substance that arouses the body’s response to infection. Studies show that it boasts numerous healing and soothing properties on the intestinal tract.
Soooo Dreaming of Paranthas with butter!!!!
WARNING--
Hold , above mentioned benefits are of freshly prepared, homemade white butter, made of pasture grazing Indian cow’s milk, and not feedlot cows.
