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Banana Plant Uses- Nature’s Gift For Your Health
Banana or Plantain is one of the most savored fruits, and though they come in various shapes, sizes and varieties, two of these varieties are widely used:
Musa sapientum – These fruits are small and raw ones are used as vegetable.
Musa paradisica – These fruits are large and eaten when ripe.
In Ayurveda banana is referred by various synonyms like Kadali, Vaarnaa, Mocha, Ambusara, Anshumatiphala. Various varieties are also described – Manikya kadali, Martyak kadali, Amrita kadali, Champak kadali, etc.
Mythological Significance
It is considered as one of the sacred trees and symbolizes Lord Vishnu. The fruit is offered to Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi for happiness in family and married life. The Banana leaves symbolize growth and regeneration and in auspicious ceremonies leaves are tied to the pillars and food is served on them.
http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.in/2013/11/griha-pravesh-house-warming-ceremony.html
Banana Plant Uses
According to Ayurveda, all the parts of the Banana tree have healing properties. The banana tree uses are listed as follows:
Flower Of Banana Plant
It is sweet and astringent in taste. The properties are unctousness, heavy and cold. It alleviates Vata, Pitta, blood disorders and emaciation.
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Juice of flowers with curd helps in meno metrorrhagia (heavy bleeding during menstruation).
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Flowers are taken as infusion for painful menses.
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Flowers of Banana and Albizia lebbek (Shirish) mixed with Pippali (long pepper) are pounded with rice water is helpful in Asthma.
Stem Of Banana Plant
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Juice of stem alleviates Vata disorders and thirst.
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Juice of stem helps in flushing out kidney stones.
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Sherbet (syrup) is given in cough.
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Inner tender stem is eaten as a vegetable.
Leaves Of Banana Plant
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Kshara (Alkali) prepared from ash of Banana leaves is mixed with flour and made into paste. Intake of this alleviates stomach disorders.
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Alkali mixed with turmeric is helpful in skin disorders.
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Leaves are wrapped on wounds for proper healing.
Corm Of Banana Plant
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It is sweet in taste and cold in property.
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It increases digestive fire, taste and strength.
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It alleviates acidity and burning sensation.
For complete article click : http://www.curejoy.com/content/banana-tree-natures-gift-for-your-health/
Further reading : http://www.phytojournal.com/vol1Issue3/Issue_sept_2012/9.1.pdf
2014 in review
The WordPress.com 2014 annual report for DR BALJOT BHARAJ’S blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many people to see it .
I am really thankful and grateful to everyone who visited my blog and found something useful about health through Ayurveda .
These are some of the responses and kind words which are so inspiring that it keeps me motivated to share the virtues of Ayurveda . I am humbled .
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Thank you so much for posting, Dr Baljot Bharaj! If I ever come to India, I would love to visit your center and see how you serve women with the kayakalpa postnatal (and menopausal?) care.
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Love this post! Thank you!! There is so much a new mom doesn’t know about breastfeeding, I’m scowering the internet myself to help my friends. I was blessed with it coming easy for me (AFTER we figured out how to latch). – but so many of my friends have struggled. And dried up their supply not knowing they were!
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Congratulations for nice article and well compare with Ayurvedic reference.
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Thanks for linking up with the Thirty-One:10 breastfeeding link-up! I LOVE the graphics here of What Moms Can Do and What Dads Can Do – perfect!
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Very informative and useful . All the parts of Lotus has a medicinal value .
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Didn’t know so many types of salt existed. Thanks for sharing!
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One of my sisters gave birth recently, choosing to do it at home with the help of midwife and she was very pleased by the entire experience. During the pregnancy we searched the internet for info and your site was one of those we checked. We really appreciated the valuable information we found there about pregnancy, giving birth and caring for the baby so thank you for that . Keep up the good work.
Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah I Sarve Santu Niramayah II
(May All Be Happy I May All Be Healthy II)
Ayurvedic Management Of Dysmenorrhoea
One of the major causes of absenteeism from work , decreasing efficiency and quality of life amongst women is Dysmenorrhoea , also called Menstrual cramps . The word Dysmenorrhoea is derived from Greek word : Dys – difficulty , Menorrhoea – monthly flow . Thus it is defined as pain associated with menstruation . It is the commonest gynecological disorder affecting women in reproductive age group .
In Ayurveda , the diseases in women are described under ‘ Yonivyapad ’ where Yoni means genital organs and Vyapad means diseases . One of them having similarity with dysmenorrhoea is Udavartini Yonivyapad . The cause of painful menstruation is Vata . The pain is before onset of menses which is relieved with start of menses .
Classification of Dysmenorrhoea :
a) Primary or Spasmodic : It is the painful menstruation in the absence of pelvic pathology . It is essentially a first day pain .
b) Secondary or Congestive : It is the painful menstruation secondary to underlying organic disease of the pelvic organs . Pain may continue throughout flow.
Risk Factors :
a) Menstrual Factors : Early menarche ; long and heavy menstrual cycles.
b) Cigarette smoking
c) Behaviourial & Psychological Factors :
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Just before and during menstruation , most women are less efficient physically and more unstable emotionally – these factors lower the pain threshold .
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Expectation of pain can be fostered by overanxious parents and by curtailment of normal physical activities during menses .
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Unhappiness at home or work .
d) Uterine hyperactivity and incoordinate muscle action of the uterus .
e) Hormonal Imbalance : It has been observed that progesterone induces high tone to the uterus .
f) Prostaglandins : They increase the sensitivity of the nerve endings to pain .
Sign & Symptoms :
Primary Dysmenorrhoea :
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Pain is experienced a few hours before and after the onset of menstruation and rarely lasts for longer than 12 hours .
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It is colicky in type and causes her to double up .
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Pain is felt in lower abdomen , inner and front aspects of the thighs .
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Some low backache may be present .
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During severe attack , woman looks drawn , pale and may sweat . Nausea , vomiting are common . There may be diarrhea and rectal and bladder tenesmus .
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In 50 % of cases the pain does not arise until 6 – 12 months after menarche .
Secondary Dysmenorrhoea:
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It usually develops after a phase of painless menstrual cycles and is seen at older age .
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Pain is worst premenstrually and relieved during menses .
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It is diffuse , dull ache in the pelvis often accompanied by backache .
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Most common causes are Pelvic inflammatory disease ( PID ) , endometriosis , IUCD etc .
Management :
a) General Measures :
i) Counselling : Explaining young girls regarding the condition and reassurance should be an essential component in the treatment plan . Girls should be taught to have a proper outlook on menstruation and health in general .
ii) Improvement in nutritional status and dietary changes .
b) Physical Activity : It can be in the form of yoga , walk , exercise , aerobics etc . The yogasanas which are helpful in dysmenorrhoea are pavanmuktasana , bhujangasana , paschimottanasana , katichakrasana , Pranayam etc .
c) Diet :
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Do’s : whole grains – wheat , rice , oats , millets , quinoa ; fruits , green leafy vegetables , legumes , nuts , seeds – sesame , pumpkin , flax ; spices – ginger , garlic , cumin , turmeric , ajwain etc .
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Dont’s : Cold , salty , sour , junk food , meats , processed food , soft drinks , alcohol.
DR BALJOT BHARAJ 
