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Kitchen and Ayurveda

Posted On 06 Sep 2022

Have not you ever wondered how Ayurveda medicines are made?Ayurveda explains three mandatory keys  medicine or aushadha is one among them. These medicines are made in sophisticated kitchens. Ashtanga sangraha is a book penned by a divine soul named Acharya Vagbhata.

In his textbook, he explained the ideal qualities of a kitchen as

  1. Elevated, equipped with storage facility for firewoods
  2. In the ideal direction and place
  3. Workers in the kitchen are properly monitored.
  4. With big doors 
  5. Workers should be credible.
  6. Securities in each door
  7. Each room should be well separated
  8. Extended well
  9. Equipped with a clean vessel
  10. Supplied with clean water, sufficient fuel, etc.

How are they prepared ??
 

For the preparation of Ayurvedic medicine basic understanding of all the above qualities is important. Do you know how Ayurveda medicines are prepared? What are the ingredients? How to identify them? Collecting methods?

Lolimba raja once said your food is thy medicine and vice-versa. In the olden days, medicine preparations were by using locally available herbs, the herbs were known by everyone. Usually, the herbs are mixed with Dry ginger, Nutgrass; Turmeric, Cumin, Fennel, Asafetida, and many other herbs according to the condition and these all are available in every kitchen too. Wise usage of all such spices and herbs can be handy in your day-to-day practice.

There was a practice in Kerala in south India where the raw materials of hingwashtaka churna were used to collect, dry, and powdered in the kitchen. This was then administered along with the food to the children. The practice continued to avoid any common stomach distress among children. And we have to understand that ayurveda is at your door step and we must not wait to welcome it wholeheartedly.Ayurvedic medicines are known for their customization. Usually, the combinations of the herbs are personalized according to the condition of the patient and disease. For example, Garlic if opted for a rejuvenating purpose; not to be advised in summer or people with aggravated Pitta. Each Ayurvedic medicine is thus handpicked for each individual and condition. How beautiful it is; are not they?

The branch of Ayurveda that deals with medicinal preparation is Bhaishajya Kalpana. It formed from two words – bheshaja (medicine) and Kalpana (preparation. Ayurvedic medicine should possess four good qualities

  1. Should be able to make varieties of formulations
  2. Broad spectrum
  3. Should be collected from the ideal place, ideal day, ideal time, ideally processed, etc factors.
  4. Able to cure a disease after considering disease etc factors.

    Lets learn about the five basic formulations in Ayurveda in the next blog

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