As winter sets in, common ailments like dry skin, coughs, and joint pain become more prevalent. Ghee, an ancient remedy used in Ayurvedic practices, is packed with healthy fats and antioxidants that help alleviate these winter woes. Incorporating ghee into your winter routine can keep you healthy, hydrated, and pain-free. Here are 9 ghee-based remedies to stay healthy this season:
Soothe a cough
Mix a teaspoon of warm ghee with a pinch of black pepper or turmeric. This remedy helps soothe throat irritation and reduce coughing.
Improve sleep quality
According to Khushboo Jain Tibrewala, nutritionist and diabetes educator, “Start your day with a spoon of ghee—this simple remedy ensures stable glucose levels throughout the day and improves immune function and liver health. Massage your feet with 3-4 drops of ghee at bedtime; this improves overall circulation and excretion of toxins from the body. Warm milk with a teaspoon of ghee and a pinch of nutmeg before bed can promote better sleep and relaxation.
Relieve dry skin
Warm ghee and massage it onto dry skin, especially on the face and hands, before bed. It deeply moisturises and nourishes the skin.
Ghee for allergies
Add ghee to each meal to combat allergies. Ghee is rich in a short-chain fatty acid called butyric acid. This acid improves the integrity of the gut lining, thereby reducing allergic responses.
Boost immunity
According to Ravin Saluja, director, sterling agro industries, “Ghee is an Ayurvedic immunity booster known to Indians from ages. Our grandmothers smeared ghee on our chapatis and dal to bolster our immunity. Add a teaspoon of ghee to your morning tea or coffee. This helps generate warmth, boost energy, and improve immunity.”
Ease joint pain
Ghee has antiinflammatory properties. Mix warm ghee with ginger powder or carom seeds, and consume it to ease joint stiffness. For external relief, massage ghee onto painful joints.
Lower anxiety
Triphala with Ghee: mix 1/2 tsp. Triphala powder in 1 teaspoon Ghee and have this with 1 big glass of warm water at bedtime. This improves the quality of sleep, lowers anxiety, and regularises bowel movement.
Clear sinus
Try Nasya with ghee. Dip your fingertip in ghee and apply this inside your nostrils. This lowers anxiety and improves brain fog almost immediately.
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