In Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medical system, colored rice has been called shastika rice and claims that it can restore imbalances in the human body. Pigmented rice is rich in antioxidants and polyphenols and has two or three times as much zinc and iron as white rice [17] which possess the desirable quality to boost, strengthen, regenerate and energize the body [18]. It is also used as baby food and replaces white rice on special occasion in the state. The red color, varying from light to dark red, is confined to the bran layer. Red Rice (Zag, Tel Zag, Gull Zag, Shel Kew, Kaw Quder) Keeps You Away From Obesity, Diabetes and Cancer. Rice with a red bran layer is called red rice. Susruta (400 BC), Charaka (700 BC), and Vagbhata (700 AD), the well-known vriddha trayi (Trio of Elders) of Ayurveda, considered red rice (rakta shali) the best among the other rice varieties, due to desirable property as they had the power to redress the imbalance in the tridosha or humours (the vata, the pitta, and the kapha – are collectively called the tridosha) whose imbalance in the body causes various types of diseases. In recent times, interest in red rices has been revived because of the presence of antioxidants. The antioxidant and scavenging activity of red rice is higher than that of white rice [19].
Ancient Ayurvedic treatises laud the red rice as a nutritive food and medicine. They are known to be influential in the treatment of various ailments such as diarrhea, vomiting, fever, hemorrhage, chest pain, wounds, and burns [20]. Colored rice has been preferred in the past for their special features such as medicinal value and exclusive taste. A large number of these varieties are still grown in various parts of the sate by tribal’s and small farmers who are deprived of modern technologies and health care systems, where indigenous rice with their nutritional and medicinal properties are a rich alternative for the same. This indigenous rice variety in state and India seems to contribute tremendously to the health of the women including adolescent girls, lactating mothers and pregnant women [20]. Ayurvedic properties of Raktasali (red rice) and their effect on human physiology. Red rice (Raktasali) was the most efficacious in subduing deranged humors [21,22]. It was considered good treatment for fevers and ulcers, Improves eyesight, voice improver, semen enhancer, diuretic, spermatophytic, refrigerant, cosmetic, and tonic and was antitoxic.
In the mountainous regions of central Kerala, the chill in the air signals the planting of medicinal Indian red rice, navara, a crop cultivated only once a year, usually between February and April. Navara, with its red bran layer is characteristic to Kerala.
Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medical system, calls it shastika rice and claims that it can restore imbalances in the human body. Navara rice is rich in antioxidants and polyphenols and has two or three times as much zinc and iron as white rice. It has the rare capability to enrich, strengthen, regenerate and energize the body. It is also used as baby food and replaces white rice on traditional days of partial fasting in many parts of India.
No idea.....since diagnosed as diabetic.....I am even scared to type rice.....
LOL
joke apart....few days ago....my sister got some rice from assam....the rice is grown specially for 'Khir'/payasam purpose....it was very tasty....and texture was like wheat....
besides this statin the most popular drug to control cholesterol was first derived from red rice.... but that was some sort of red yeast growing on rice....
hmmm...guess yes....but very few know the technique...
I know the basic..I mean how they do...but never understood...lol
U know long ago I visited my fathers friend who was ayurveda doc at Nagpur.
While I was sitting at his clinic..he was checking ...and he said to patient he is running 102 fever...
I did not utter word...but after his clinic we were sitting on lunch table ..I asked him...how can he tell fever in exact number just by counting his pulse.
पुणेकर हा जात्याच हुशार असतो... आणि हि हुशारी मुळेच्या किंवा मुठेच्या पाण्या मुळे आलेली नसून श्री गणरायाची ह्या नगरी वर कृपा असण्याचे लक्षण आहे किंवा कसे.. ह्या वर वैशाली मध्ये ४/५ तास सहज जातील.
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