What are Benefits and Medicinal uses of Rejuvenation By Thick Buttermilk

 

                           Rejuvenation By Thick Buttermilk

 

What is Rejuvenation Thick  Buttermilk?

                                           Many expert dieticians consider thick buttermilk (matha) to be more effective than milk or curd in certain ailments. Thick buttermilk has a special significance as it is light and easy for digestion. It is called the nectar of the earth. It has no equal in rejuvenating the body by expelling harmful elements from it.

                           The properties and effects of buttermilk vary in proportion to quality of milk of which it is made. If one desires to get oneself rejuvenated by thick buttermilk, one should use only the milk of cow. A mixture of three-fourths of curd with one-fourth of water makes a delicious thick buttermilk. The sour curd should not be used for preparing buttermilk. For treatment, thick buttermilk should be prepared three to four times from fresh curd every day.

                            There is a clear reference in ‘Bhavaprakash, the famous ancient book of medicine, that one who takes thick buttermilk in prescribed manner never loses one’s health.

                               According to the Ayurveda thick (cow) buttermilk is delicious, light and warm. It kindles gastric fire. It is sweet and digestive. It eliminates all the three principal systemic disturbances i.e. ‘vata, ‘pitta’ and ‘cough'. It helps to digest fried items, sweets and other heavy items.

                            Thick buttermilk made of skimmed-milk is nearly devoid of fat. Other contents of thick buttermilk are as follows:

                            Protein about 3.2 to 3.4 per cent, Lactose about 4.6 to 5.2 per cent, Lactic acid about 0.5 to 1.1 per cent, Calcium about 0.12 to 0.14 per cent, Phosphorus about 0.09 to 0.1 per cent, Iron about 0.2 to 0.3 per cent.

                             It also contains magnesium, potassium, sodium, chlorine, sulphur and other salts in small proportion. It contains Vitamin ‘B2’ 30 mg/100 gm and Vitamin ‘A’ in a small quantity.

 The method of taking thick buttermilk for rejuvenation:

                                   The method of taking thick buttermilk for rejuvenation is the same as that of taking milk. If taking milk for rejuvenation does not suit one, one can take thick buttermilk instead. It should be well remembered that thick buttermilk should not be sour.

                          One who takes up thick buttermilk for rejuvenation in order to maintain health and to allay minor disorders need not do any preplanning. One can begin the regimen of thick buttermilk after observing fast or juice-fast for two to three days.

             However, in cases of chronic diseases, the patient can preplan to get the maximum benefits out of the regimen of thick buttermilk. First of all, the patient should resort to nature-cure to check the disease. Then he should get his body cleansed by observing fast or juice-fast for about four days. He should begin taking thick buttermilk on the fifth day. As per the chart given below, thick buttermilk should be taken every two hours.

 

Day                 Quantity of thick buttermilk                 How many               Total quantity                                                to be taken                        times?                           of thick                                                                                                                                        buttermilk

First                               25 ml                                           7 times                   175 ml

Second                           50 ml                                           7 times                    350 ml             

Third                              75 ml                                           7 times                     525 ml

Fourth                            100 ml                                         7 times                     700 ml

Fifth                               125 ml                                         7 times                      875 ml

Sixth                              150 ml                                         7 times                     1050 ml

 

  Note:

                             From the 7^th day onwards, thick buttermilk should be taken at the intervals of one and half hours instead of 2 hours.

 

Day                    Quantity of thick buttermilk               How many              Total  quantity                                                to be taken                               times ?                    of thick                                                                                                                                       buttermilk 

                                                                                                                                                  Seventh                          150 ml                                          9 times                         1350 ml

Eighth                            175 ml                                          9 times                         1575 ml

Ninth  

 And                     200 ml                                          9 times                          1800 ml

Tenth

 

  Note:

                         From the eleventh day thick buttermilk should be taken at the interval of one hour.

 

Day                     Quantity of thick buttermilk                How many         Total quantity                                            to be taken                                     time?                    of thick

                                                                                                                     buttermilk

                                                                                                                  Eleventh                   200 ml                                          12 times                      2400 ml

Twelfth                      250 ml                                          12 times                      3600 ml

Thirteenth                 300 ml                                           12 times                      3600 ml

From the fourteenth day, the patient should take thick  buttermilk  at the interval of every three quarters of an hour and sixteen times a day. Thick buttermilk should not be taken in noon times. This order should continue at least for 30 days. Some experts advise to continue the regimen for even more days.

            Start should be made by taking the first dose in the morning at 7. Buttermilk should be taken till 7 in the evening. Neither sugar nor salt should be added to it for taste. Adjustments in quantity, if circumstances warrant, may be undertaken.

 

The conclusion of the regimen of thick buttermilk:

            The patient  take thick buttermilk six times (only for the first half of the day) on the day when the regimen is to be concluded. In the afternoon, he should take fruits or vegetables or whole fruits containing minimum quantity of fibres. The same quantity of thick buttermilk should be taken on the second day, but in the noon, he should take fruits and steamed vegetables. On the third day, he should take thick buttermilk in the morning, at noon in the evening-three times only. He should take fruits or steamed vegetables during the intervals. From the fourth day he should begin talking a small quantity of cooked food. Gradually he should come back, to normal diet.

Hints:

            During the regimen of thick buttermilk, it is possible that one may suffer from minor ailments like swelling of gums, body ache, constipation or diarrohea. The patient need not worry about these disorders. Something, the patient feels feverish during the regimen of thick buttermilk. In such cases he should stop taking thick buttermilk for a day or two and observe fasting. When temperature becomes normal, he should resume taking the regimen. During the regimen, there is an increase in the amount of perspiration and urine. It is natural. The patient need not worry about it.

 

Disease in which thick buttermilk regimen is useful:

            Physicians are of the opinion that there is no remedy superior to thick buttermilk for the cure of abdominal disorders and dysentery. Thick buttermilk vitalises, strengthens and activates the digestive organs.

            Moreover, the efficacy of the regimen of thick buttermilk in skin-diseases, piles, dropsy, asthma, arthritis, diabetes and other disease has been well established.

            In short, thick buttermilk is a simple and harmless remedy for cleaning the body, expelling hostile elements from the body and the rejuvenation of the body.