By Suzana Mussiow |
Golden Milk – A Potion That Heals and Rejuvenates |
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Ayurvedic warm drinks are beneficial for the body and soul.
They nurture, heal, calm emotions, stimulate natural immunity, and provide you with the feeling of peace, mental calmness and pleasure.
One glass of “golden milk” has that effect.
Mixed with honey and spices, this milk is precious because it preserves your health and helps in fighting many diseases.
Healing properties of this beverage are many due to its main ingredients – honey, turmeric and milk.
Combination of these ingredients increases their individual healing benefits.
Gee is also an important ingredient that is valued in Ayurvedic medicine.
Gee helps to remove the toxins from the body and increases the mobility of wrists and gives strength to the vital organs.
Healing Benefits of Golden Milk
Benefits of milk and honey are known throughout history.
Glass of warm milk with honey is well known, efficient traditional remedy for treating cold and flu.
Even old civilizations knew that combination of milk and honey is excellent for skin. It nourishes the skin and prevents aging.
Combination of milk and honey gives energy, boosts health and vitality, strengthens the bones and improves digestion.
Ayurvedic medicine added one more ingredient to golden milk – turmeric. This milk was named golden because of the color of turmeric.
Combination of diary fat and turmeric increases the benefits of this spice and makes it easily digestible.
Curcumin is an active component of turmeric that has many healing benefits. Some of them include anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogen effect.
It prevents heart problems, improves digestion and it is considered as one of the strongest antibiotics.
This is the reason why golden milk is excellent during winter because it boosts your immunity.
One more important ingredient that should be added to golden milk is black pepper.
Black pepper has a sharp and heating effect and it increases healing benefits of turmeric.
Due to turmeric and black pepper, golden milk has anti-inflammatory effect.
It is useful in treating rheumatic problems. It eases inflammation and bloated wrists, strengthens and protects bone tissue and improves wrist mobility.
Golden Milk Preparation
Ingredients for one person:
- One glass of organic cow milk (it can be replaced with almond milk which is good for all three doshas)
- 1 teaspoon of gee
- 1/3 of teaspoon of turmeric
- Pinch of black pepper
- Honey
Preparation:
Pour the glass of milk into a bowl and place it on the heat. Add gee and spices for them to melt.
Constantly mix until the milk boils. Remove the milk from the heat and let it cool so you can drink it.
Add honey into warm milk per taste and mix. Drink while warm.
One glass of warm golden milk calms the mind and helps with sleeping disorders and problems.
Sleep is important for the health of your body, mind and emotions.
It is important to ensure a good night sleep because according old ayurvedic saying – sleep nourishes all living entities.
Golden Milk with Dates and Almonds
You can prepare milk with dates and almonds in the morning.
Combined dates and almonds are used for centuries. They represent a real energy bomb for the human body.
Dates are considered as an ideal food and the healthiest fruit. Almonds are considered as superfoods due to their nutritious properties.
Preparation:
In the evening put 4 washed dates into water. In a separate bowl put 5 almonds into mild water.
In the morning clean the almonds and remove their bark, put them into a mixer, then add dates (previously remove the pits), add a glass of warm milk, pinch of black pepper and 1/3 teaspoon of turmeric.
Mix and pour into a glass.
Voila! You have prepared a nutritive and energetic drink for ideal start of the day made with the powerful ally of your health i.e. turmeric.
Note:
If you are using drugs for the purpose of blood dissolution or you are suffering from bile stones, before taking turmeric you should consult your doctor.
Where to purchase?
High Quality Turmeric can be purchased in Alternativa Webshop.
Products that can be found in our Webshop are also used by our staff.
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