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treat kidney stones, which bear an uncanny Finally, nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) is
resemblance to the gokshur fruit itself. It a delightful but powerful herb with a
also relieves many urinary disorders and wonderful fragrance. The common spice is
improves urine flow. An old remedy was to an aphrodisiac, digestive tonic, and calms the
mix 1 teaspoon of gokshur powder with the mind. It has a heating property that relieves
juice of one lemon. After sitting overnight, abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea and
the mixture was filtered and consumed the gas. Too much nutmeg is not good, however,
next morning, afternoon, and evening to because it can cause dullness of the mind. A
treat kidney stones. The next time your pant warm snack for autumn is to eat apples or
legs are full of burs, look for the wonderful pears stewed with cinnamon, cardamom,
Goats head ‘weed’ it came from! cloves, ginger, and nutmeg. Taking a pinch or
two of nutmeg in hot milk at night pacifies
Another lovely herb is flaxseed (Linum nerves and helps get a good night’s rest.
usitatissimum), referred to as ‘Devi’ in
Sanskrit, for female goddess. In olden days, There are many amazing, healing herbal
flax linen clothing was worn to protect remedies all around us. The energies of plants
from bad energies. In the 8th century, King aide and support the very existence of human
Charlemagne even passed laws requiring and animal life and the lifecycle that sustains
people to eat flaxseed in France because he Mother Earth. Let us take care of our world and
believed so strongly in its healing properties! make the best use of its beautiful resources.
It is oily (rich in omega 3 fatty acids) with a
sweet taste and heating quality. It is used for Uma Hingorani
relieving constipation, as a skin emollient, Ayurvedic Practitioner,
expectorant for coughs, lowering cholesterol, Ashoka Holistic Ayurveda LLC
drawing out toxins from the body, and even
preventing some type of cancer. Add a flax ‘egg’ References:
or two to your next baking dish by combining 1. https://www.easyayurveda.com/2014/12/18/
1 tablespoon of ground flax meal with 3 devadaru-cedrus-deodara-uses-research-side-
effects/
tablespoons of ice water and letting it sit for 2. https://www.easyayurveda.com/2012/10/19/
15 minutes. Or pick up a bag of flaxseed at the tribulus-benefits-dosage-side-effects-medicines-
grocery store and just munch on a teaspoonful ayurvedic-details/
every morning. It’s worth getting the seeds 3. https://www.webmd.com/diet/features/benefits-of-
stuck in your teeth! flaxseed#1
4. https://jessicainthekitchen.com/how-to-make-a-
flax-egg/
5. https://www.easyayurveda.com/2014/11/26/
jaiphal-nutmeg-myristica-fragrans-uses-dose-side-
effects/
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