Milk, Curd, Buttermilk and Ghee in Ayurveda: The Kshira Varga of the Ashtanga Hridaya (Dugdha, Dadhi, Takra and Ghrita)

Quick Summary No cupboard in the Indian kitchen has been studied as lovingly by the old physicians as the one...

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Kacha and Linga-nasha in the Sushruta Samhita: The Ancient Ayurvedic Cataract Couching Surgery (Uttara Tantra, Chapter 17)

Quick Summary Somewhere around two and a half thousand years ago, an Indian surgical text set down, step by careful...

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Cow Ghee in Ayurveda: Why Bhavaprakasha Calls It the King of All Healing Fats

Quick takeaway: The 16th-century Bhavaprakasha names cow ghee the supreme sneha dravya, declaring "of all ghees, cow ghee is supreme."...

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