🌹GULKAND🌹~ The delicious Ayurvedic Preparation

         

Do u know,❓❓  Rose~the king of flower (known as “Taruni” in ayurveda) loved for it’s intense beauty & aroma, can be useful to us in various ways rather than only to express love, forgiveness, appreciation to our loved ones❗❗

  Recently I tried to prepare ” GULKAND” ~ a sweet rose petal preserve (Jam/Gelly in local language)at home, which is really delicious, commonly known for its calming & soothing effect on body as well as mind due to it’s sheet virya(cooling property)

It also known to us, for various diseases that occur due to excessive heat in the body (known to as Pittaj vyadhi in ayurveda)

So,
       Let’s -Beat the heat with natural coolant
& lets know about it’s health benifits.

💠Acidity is common problem worldwide, many of them have to take antacid drugs before meal eveveryday. Some feels burning sensation in throat, heart burn , sore mouth,etc.
    Daily dose of gulkand reduce stomach heat, enhance digestion & to keep us at ease & free of irritation in stomch linnings

💠It helps healing mouth ulcers if dissolved in water & gargled.
It also used as a mouthfreshner.

💠It helps reduce excessive perspiration (atiswedapravrutti) & removes foul body odour (sharir-dourgandhya) by acting on dushta-swedavaha strotas.

💠It removes toxins & purifies the blood (act as a Raktashodhak) so helps keeping skin clean & clear, and prevents skin diseases like acne, blisters, boils, etc.
By its cooling property-
It also helps to reduce burning sensation of palm & soles (hasta-pada Daaha)
It gives protection during summer & helps preventing sunstroke
It also treats & prevents nasal bleeding (raktapitta) due to excessive body heat in the body.

💠It’s described ‘Vrishya‘ in ayurveda (correlated with improving virility & health of offsprings)
It’s proved that, essential oil present in rose flower has “Aphrodisiac” properties, this could be another reason why rose is associated with love.
It also helps to Boosts the fertility.

💠As mentioned in ayurveda, it has “Hridya” Prabhav~ correlated with effect on conductive system of heart , thus it control various heart ailments like- Palpitations, & Arrhythmia.

💠Ayurveda mentioned Taruni has Medhya effect so helps to improvise memory
& also treat mastishka-dourbalya janya Vikar (diseases which alters our mental state) like ~ stress, depression, fatigue, anxiety neurosis, etc.
     Daily intake of this preparation combats this issues & also gives soothing & calming  effect on the nervous system.

💠It also helps to relieve some gynaecological symptoms like – Dysmenorrhoea (painful menstruation) ,
Leucorrhoea(excessive whitish discharge from vagina) &
Foul smelling vaginal discharge.

💠Menopausal women commonly suffer from Hot flushes (feeling of warmth mostly on neck, chest & other body parts alongwith profuse sweating) due to decline in hormonal levels, this preserve can reduce this symptoms in very well manner.

 
💠Safe in pregnancy, lactating mothers & kids too!
Constipation in pregnancy & kids~
Gulkand softens the stool & it’s sugar & fibre contents helps drawing liquids in the intestine which ultimately get rid of constipation.

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💠In Indian tradition, gulkand commonly used as an ingredient of Paan (beetle leaf) , a famous dessert , works as multi-nutrient & digestive agent!

💠Praval (corals) & Mukta pishti (calcium supplements) can be added to boosts it’s action.

Dose–

Consult your physician for appropriate dose according to your prakriti!
Granthokta dose –  10-12gm a day

Contra Indications –

⭕Diabetic patients⭕ with high level of Blood sugar should consume it only after the advice of their personal Vaidya or diabetologists only.

🌸So after this, if someone give you rose 🥀, prepare GULKAND☺

               After reading this lengthy article, one thing is for sure, you all will know about benifits of this preparation.

           🌸 Still, want to make efforts to buy & eat fancy chocolates/desserts ❓❓

            🌸  Instead , buy /prepare GULKAND a healthy dish for your sweet cravings & Enjoy the power of ancient Ayurveda.

By-
Dr. Mrunal Vasant Ajane
B. A. M. S.

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