Healthy combo- milk and ghee !

What is Rasayana?

These medicines improves the bodily elements and give strength and vitality. They are known for maintaining healthy state.

 Other benefits are:

• Long life
• Improve immunity
• Improve memory
• Maintain youthful appearance and delay ageing
• Improve luster and complexion
• Maintain optimum strength of body and senses

According to Ayurveda, ghee added to milk is a great combination and is called as Best Rasayana by Acharya Charaka. Each of them being Rasayana itself, together the benefits are even more as they compliment each other.

Among the vast options of Rasayana foods, milk and ghee are two easy to consume options. 
Cow's milk and ghee are best to be consumed.


Benefits of cow's milk:

• Easy to digest 
• Wholesome
• Rejuvenating
• Strength promoting
• Cardiac tonic
• Promotes intellect, longevity and virility

Benefits of ghee:

• Ghee is ideal for improving intelligence, memory and  ingenuity.
• Improve digestion strength, long life, semen (sexual vigour), and eye sight.  
• It is good for children, the aged and those who desire kids, tenderness of the body, and pleasant voice, for those suffering from emaciation as a result of injury to chest (lungs), Parisarpa (herpes), injury from weapons, and fire, disorders of Vata and Pitta origin, poison, insanity, inauspicious activity (witchcraft, etc.) and fevers;
• Of all the fatty materials, ghee is the best. 
• It is a coolant
• Best for retaining youth.

How is it to be taken?

1 teaspoon ghee in 1 glass of warm cow's milk once or twice a day , daily.

Who should avoid taking?

If someone has high cholesterol, should avoid.

How does this combo help?

• Improve digestion:
  
  It pacifies the vata and pitta doshas, lubricates colon. Helps in bloating and constipation.
• Keeps check on hyper acidity:
  

 Help in healing the gastric ulcers. If you suffer acidity, then you must be friend with this combo!

• Improves health and strength: 
  
  Milk is called as a complete food. It has protein, fat and sugar as well.

• Lubricate joints : 
  
  The loss of unctuousness is the reason for osteoarthritis, this combo maintains the lubrication.

• Induces sleep:
  
   Insomnia is one of the major health issues now a days. Milk with ghee at bedtime will make you sleep better.

• It's like an elixir for kids and elderly people. 

                                               
         Gives energy and helps building the healthy tissues. 

• It delays the signs of ageing
  
  like lines and wrinkles on skin, drying of skin etc.
• Must for pregnant women : 
  
  Provides nutrition to mother and growing baby. Also helpful to avoid constipation and related complications during this phase.
• It improves  memory and intelligence.
  
  Good for kids and elderly too.
• Good for gaining weight, as it facilitates healthy growth .