Health Secrets From Hindu Books

Hinduism is probably the oldest religion on earth. You may want to doubt on this but the earliest book on earth is the Rig Veda, which is estimated to be composed around 5000 BCE. Ancient Hindu Books do not only talk about Gods and Demons, they also talk about medicine and healing.

Here are the top 5 health secrets from Hindu Books these secrets are pulled from treaties on Ayurveda.

Sleep with your head facing the south. This is to avoid the earth’s magnetic north with your body’s magnetic north.

Stop eating after sunsets. There has been a lot of research on the food habit of human beings and it has been established that late-night eating has a lot of consequences.

Oil pulling is a technique where you swish herbal oils. This will not only good for your dental health but also helps you to detox.

Avoid eating meat, try to live through a vegetarian diet. When you eat animals, you also take their diseases. Modern medicine has understood the importance of a vegetarian diet, that’s why food scientists are developing plan-based meat.

Wash your hands and legs while entering your hose and before eating. Well, this is also self-explanatory. Corona Virus pandemic has taught us the importance of washing hands.

Health Benefits of Turmeric Milk

Hindu Medicinal System highly praises Turmeric Milk. Turmeric Milk is an ancient Ayurvedic drink used for various purposes.

You know turmeric has a lot of health benefits, right? You also know milk has a lot of health benefits, right? But do you know how good turmeric milk is?

Turmeric is a natural antibiotic. Milk is rich in calcium and protein. However, when you mix turmeric with milk, you will get added benefits. Turmeric milk means you either mix ½ teaspoon turmeric in the milk or boil ½ teaspoon turmeric powder in the milk for a minute and sip the hot drink

Turmeric milk is good if you have a cough or cold, or are experiencing physical pain. If you are experiencing breathing problems or have infections in the lungs, or even asthma, Turmeric milk can be beneficial.

Make sure to drink turmeric milk for at least 4 weeks to see the result.

My recent experiment with turmeric milk:  When I tested positive for Covid, I drank a lot of turmeric milk and it helped me to keep my lungs strong as turmeric milk is good when you are suffering from a cold and cough.

Plant-based diet vs. animal-based diet: Which one is better?

Hindu Medicinal System, or Ayurveda to be precise, also recommends a plant-based diet.

Until a decade ago, most Western economists used to say that people in Asia and Africa had a poor diet because they don’t eat meat even once a week. It was easy for the Westerners to say so because the meat was a staple food in America and Europe whereas plant-based diet was more common in Asia and Africa.

However, this notion has been rectified because eating a plant-based diet is more healthy compared to a meat-based diet. Western dieticians, nutritionists, and scientists have done thorough research and established that human beings need to earn more plant-based diets to remain fit and healthy.

One of the major problems related to eating a meat-based diet is getting infected with animal diseases. In the last 10 years, a lot of new diseases have evolved from animals, for example, swine flu, bird flu, and more recently Corona Virus.

Why You Need the Righteous Mindsets to Remain Mentally Fit

Hindu Therapeutic System is a holistic healing method. When you go for the Hindu Medicinal system, you will be treated for physical health issues, mental health issues, and emotional health issues.

According to Ayurveda, you will be healthy only when your mind, body, and soul are in equilibrium.

If you listen to the self-help gurus or read self-help books, you will find one common factor in them that is they all promote “Positivity.”Self-help gurus and self-help books tell you loud and clear that you need to think positive in order to bring positive changes in your life

I have just the opposite view. Well, you need to be positive and you need to discard negative thoughts but there is no need to be too positive, just like there is no need to become too negative. You need to have a righteous mindset, the righteous mindset means you see the way things are. Positive means you see light everywhere, negative means you see darkness everywhere, having the right mindset means you see the dark as well as the light. Buddha has explained well about having the right mindset. The Buddha’s Eight Fold Path explains well about having a righteous mindset.

Even social scientists have discovered that being too positive does actually not help. They conducted research on whether the self-help books actually help or not, and interestingly they found out that if you try to become too positive by repeating positive affirmations, or read too many books on positivity, it will make you stressed and more depressed.

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