Ghee – An Ayurvedic Perspective

The milk of cows is considered to possess the essence or sap of all plants, and Ghee, clarified butter, or Ghritam is the essence of milk… When we consider the dairy, we are in the company of superlatives. In India, dairy product has been so highly regarded for so many things for so long that one is slightly embarrassed to enter into this crowded river of praise.

The ingestion of Gritam is like offering the finest of fuels into the fires of digestion-Agni. In accord with this, it builds the aura, makes all the organs soft, builds up the internal juices of the body, which are destroyed by aging, and increases the most refined element of digestion-Shukra or Ojas, the underlying basis of all immunity and the “essence of all bodily tissues”. Maya Tiwari calls it the

“single most ojas producing food on earth.”

Also known as clarified butter, it is known to increase intelligence–Dhi, refine the intellect-Buddhi, and improve the memory-Smrti.

Although the dairy oil kindles or increases the digestive fire- Agni, on which all nutrition depends, it does so without aggravating Pitta- the elemental functioning of fire within the body. It cools the body, which is essential in much of today’s world in which everything is overheating.

Clarified butter causes secretions and liquification in the dhatus-bodily tissues that dissolve wastes, allowing the functional intelligence of the body-doshas to carry away toxins-ama (also known as aam). The ingestion of it is used in Panchakarma specifically to penetrate into and then dissolve ama in the dhatus, allowing the wastes to be carried to the intestinal tract and then expelled.

Traditionally, the older the Ghritam, the better its healing qualities. 100-year-old clarified butter is highly valued in India and is very expensive. Such items were often kept in Temples in large vats, and families often passed on aged Ghritam to the next generation to be used as medicine.

Qualities of Ghee

Clarified butter is known as a substance that gives longevity… This is because it has opposite qualities (heavy, slow, oily, liquid, dense, soft), and thus pacifying effects, to the light, dry and rough qualities of Vata dosha. It is the increase of the qualities of Vata that are synonymous with aging. The dairy oil slows the aging process by balancing the living one in a very sure and steady way.

Clarified butter oil has the quality of snigda, oiliness, and unctuousness. It is smooth, lubricated, and nurturing. The product is thought to make the human voice soft and melodious.

It is Guru, heavy. It increases the qualities of Kapha and decreases Pitta and Vata, which are both light.

Ghritam has the quality of mridu, softness. In Ayurvedic Panchakarma treatments, it is the healthy oil used on the eyes. In Netra Basti, a small dam is built around the eyes and filled with warm Ghrita oil. Then, you open your eyes to its soothing softness. After that treatment, it seems that you see the world through a soft diaphanous curtain of love and loveliness.

Healing Properties of Ghee

In ancient India, wells full of Ghee were especially recommended for those who suffered wounds… When a surgeon cuts open a body, he only does so knowing it can heal itself.

The surgeon cannot do this. Ghrita is known for the quality of Ropana-healing and its effectiveness in facilitating recovery from wounds. In Ayurveda, when a person has a chronic peptic ulcer or gastritis, Ghrita is used to heal that ulcer inside the intestinal tract.

The dairy elixir works wondrously on bedsores for the elderly or debilitated. It can be applied for broken bones and bruises.

It is highly effective for all sorts of skin rashes. It is also used on burns of both fire and chemicals.

In many cases, people experienced a pressure cooker blow up on the face, causing second and third-degree burns. He immediately put some clarified butter on his face and went to the emergency room.

They told him that he would be scarred for life, that the burns would take several months to heal, and that he should take steroids to help him (the body shuts down testosterone production after burns). He declined to take the steroids and continued to put on the Ghee twice daily. After six days, he was completely healed without scarring.

Those with obesity should be very frugal in their use of Ghee and those with high ama should not take the oil at all.

Ghritam increases the overall strength, luster, and beauty of the sarira-the body. Let us look at a variety of ways:

Used on the skin, the oil softens and strengthens, protects and nourishes. Until the last generation in India, there used to be men who massaged it on the street. It was always the preferred substance for the skin, but since it was more expensive than oil, it has come to be used only for internal purposes.

For generations, Indians have used Ghee for cooking as an added measure on top of their food and as a medicine. In India, medicinal ghee is passed on from generation to generation. It was used for old and young, for new babies (Mothers in India will massage their children with Ghee), and for those in the last days of their lives.

Sometimes, when he could not sleep, I rubbed it on his feet and temples, which soothed his agitation. It is considered one of the best substances for self-massage-Abhyanga.

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