Our Vedic literature states that wheat is the most favourable of the nine kinds of grains to the Sun. It is called ‘wheat’ in English and ‘gehu’ in Hindi. The kernels of wheat have macro-nutrients in abundance. The husk and the flour prepared from wheat can be used in various dishes and cookeries abundantly.
The wheat porridge, upma, halwa, pudding and pancake are mouth-watering delicacies available to us.
One can make good use of wheat to overcome health problems in one’s daily life.
Rapid Fixation of Fractured Bones
Sufficient kernels of wheat should be fried in an iron frying pan till they are roasted well and sooted. They should be cooled and sieved. Two or three grams of such a preparation should be taken with some honey. It will yield good results very soon. An equal quantity of sugar candy powder and this soot should be mixed with 50 ml water and savoured by the women suffering from excessive menstruation for better results.
For the Treatment of Asthma
An equal quantity of fifty grams of wheat and turmeric seeds should be fried lightly in an earthen frying pan on a light flame and it should be powdered. Three grams of such powder should be relished by sucking along with the intake of some lukewarm water in the morning and in the evening every day to control asthma.
For Gaining Weight
5-10 gram powder of the mixture of wheat, almond, black babul tree gum and sugar candy should be mixed with 100ml milk and consumed in the morning and in the night for natural growth of muscles along with the growth of bones. Black babul tree gum should be fried in ghee before it is powdered.
For Controlling Stout Body
Each of old wheat,rice,millet,green gram,horse gram and barley seeds should be taken in quantity of 250 grams and soaked in water throughout the night and dried in the sun the very next day. One or two rotis should be made and they should be taken along with the curries cooked in water. This preparation allows the fat in the body to be melted. If necessary some salt should be sprinkled on the curries after cooking.
For Free Defecation
In 250 grams of wheat flour one or two teaspoons full of cooking castor oil should be merged. With a handful lump of the preparation, one or two rotis should be baked in ghee on a frying pan. If one takes such rotis savoured with sugar, it will be helpful for timely defecation.
For Inflammation and Pain in the Breasts
10 grams of wheat flour should be mixed with five grams each of guggilam and masamburam and they should be ground in sufficient water. Such preparation should be anointed to the breasts for healing wounds and for curing swelling and pains.
Porridge as Energizer
An equal quantity of wheat and barley seeds should be fried in ghee separately. These two ingredients should be mixed and ground neatly. The powder should be stored for future use. It should be mixed with 100 ml milk with sufficient sugar till porridge is prepared. It should be taken by children and elderly people as an energy-producing recipe.
For the Removal of Unwanted Hair
The powder of wheat flour and datura flowers should be added with sufficient water and it should be ground into powder. Certain parts of the body are to be rubbed with the preparation daily till the unwanted hair is removed.
For the Removal of Black Marks around the Neck and Skin
The wheat should be soaked in water for two hours. A paste should be prepared in a mixie. Such a paste should be blended with honey and used after one hour for washing the places around the neck and on the skin for good results.
For Reducing Backache
Every night 60 grams of wheat soaked in the morning one spoonful of coriander powder and half a teaspoonful of poppy seeds should be mixed with the soaked wheat and ground. Such a preparation should be mixed with 200 ml milk and boiled. The lukewarm medication should be savoured frequently to find a good solution for reducing backache.
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