TAKRA-BUTTERMILK

TAKRA....BUTTERMILK.....છાસ

“He who uses takra daily does not suffer from diseases, and diseases cured by takra do not recur; just as amrita (divine nector) is for the gods, takra is to humans.” Bhavaprakasha Chpt 6.7

Daily intake of Takra keeps the person healthy by virtue of its agni deepak and tridosha shamak properties. In combination with different drugs, Takra is indicated in various disorders.

Takra or buttermilk, is a liquid preparation prepared by continuously churning yogurt in water. This preparation is used in many diseases and is overall quite healthy for the human being. It is a great treatment for IBD and Crohn’s disease as well as poor digestion, hemorrhoids, tumors, oedema, diarrhea, anemia, urinary diseases and many more.

Takra is light, astringent, hot and digestive stimulant. It alleviates kapha and vata. It helps to cures sotha (oedema), udara (obstinate abdominal diseases including ascitis), arsas (piles), grahani (sprue syndrome), mutra graha (anuria), aruci (loss of taste), gulma (phantom tumour), plihana (splenic disorder), ghrta vyiipat (complications because of wrong administration of ghee) and pandvamaya (anemia).

By the great sages like Sushruta, takra is described to be of four types viz., ghola, mathita, udasvit and takra. The butter­ milk which contains cream and to which water not added is called ghola. When the cream is removed but no water is added then it is called mathita. When one fourth quantity of water is added then it is called takra. In udasvit half the quantity of water is added.

When there is aggravation of vayu, sour variety of takra should be taken by adding rock salt. In pitta. sweet variety of takra should be taken mixed with sugar. In kapha the un­-unctuous variety of takra should be used by adding alkalies, sunth, pippali. 

If hingu and jira are added and the powder of rock salt is sprinkled over takra, then it becomes an excellent alleviator of vayu. It also becomes an excellent curative for arsas (piles) and atisara (diarrhoea). It is an appetiser, nourishing and strength promoting. It also cures colic pain in the region of vasti (urinary bladder).

But those who take buttermilk regularly, slow aging, keep their arteries flexible for a longer time. Thus buttermilk is an elixir (param-amrutam) which keeps `Jara’ (oldage) and `Vyadhi’ (disease) away. The ayurveda treats buttermilk as an excellent food to keep cholesterol related problems miles away.

Daily intake of Takra keeps the person healthy by virtue of its agni deepak and tridosha shamak properties. In combination with different drugs, Takra is indicated in various disorders.

There is no medicine better than buttermilk for treatment of hemorrhoids cause by vata and kapha. – Charaka Samhita CS. Chpt 14

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