Have you cooked with winter melon before? Or have you drank the juice?
One of our favourite summer vegetables is winter melon also know as ash gourd. Our Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant students learned about this vegetable and cooked with it this week. ๐ง๐ณ
Have you cooked with winter melon before? Or have you drank the juice?ย
In Ayurveda, winter melon is considered to be one of the most healing vegetables. In Sanskrit, it is called Kushmanda which can be translated as โthe fruit and seeds do not contain heatโ. Which makes it so perfect during the summer month. ๐๐๐ย
This vegetable is available in Australia. Keep your eyes open in your local Asian grocery store.ย
Winter melon is cultivated throughout Southeast Asia and grows well in Australia during the warm seasons. Winter melon ๐ belongs to the gourd family. This group of vegetables provide vitamins, essential minerals, antioxidants and soluble fibres.
Kushmanda has numerous benefits, especially those for balancing Vata and Pitta dosha.
1. Cooling effect on the body ๐
2. It has anti-allergic properties and can be helpful in pitta-induced skin inflammation and allergies.ย
3. Treatment of the nervous system.
4. Peptic ulcers, burning sensation, acidity๐ฅ
5. Urinary disease, cleanses the bladderย
6. Heart diseaseโค๏ธ
7. Gives relief to constipation and helps in bleeding pilesย
8. Beneficial in fever ๐ฅตย
9. Useful in asthma and cough ๐ทย
10. Has a calming effect on the mind and is found to be beneficial in slowing Alzheimerโs disease ๐ฝ๐งโ๏ธ
Traditional Ayurvedic uses and their Sanskrit terms:ย
๐Weakness (Daurbalya)
๐Painful urination (Mootrakrichchra)
๐Kidney stones (Ashmari)
๐Diabetes (Prameha)
๐Bleeding disorder (Raktapitta)
๐Fever (Jwara)
๐Emaciation (Shosha)
๐Thirst (Trishna)
๐Giddiness (Bhrama)
๐Vomiting (Chard)
๐Cough and shortness of breath (Kasa/ Shwasa)
๐Pitta disease
๐Apasmara/ epilepsy
๐Nourishes Tarpana Kapha
WOW food is medicine!!! ๐
If you would like to learn more about Ayurvedic Nutrition we recommend an initial consultation or you are welcome to join our ALC training course ๐.
With love Karin and the Lakshmi teamย
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