Introduction
Lotus flowers bloom in muddy water and are very beautiful. Lotus flowers are fragrant, attractive and red, pink, white and blue in colour. Lotus leaves are green from above and light white from below. Its leaves are smooth due to which water droplets do not stay on it. The stalk below its leaf is called the lotus stem and its root is called vis. A stalk with 5-6 holes comes out of the lotus on which flowers and leaves grow. A lotus flower has 15 to 20 seeds which are called kamal gatta. Raw seeds are soft and white and become black when ripe and dry. Lotus flowers bloom in the month of March-April.
Properties
Lotus is cool and sweet in taste. It eliminates phlegm, bile, blood disease, thirst, burning sensation, boil and poison. It is a good medicine for curing heart diseases and improving skin colour. Its use is beneficial in nausea, diarrhoea, dysentery, urinary diseases, skin diseases, fever, weakness, piles, vomiting, bleeding etc.
Treatment of various diseases
1. For cooling of head and eyes:
Boil lotus root in 2 times coconut oil, filter it and apply it on the head. It gives cooling effect to the head and eyes.
2. Increasing the strength of heart and brain:
Consume one spoon of lotus root powder regularly with one spoon of sugar candy. It gives strength to the heart and brain.
3. Pittatisara:
In case of diarrhoea due to excess of bile, eating Kamalgatta kernel halwa is very beneficial.
4. Facial beauty:
Grind equal quantity of lotus flower petals and leaves and make a paste. Applying this prepared paste on the face before sleeping at night makes the face beautiful and soft.
5. Bloody piles:
The patient suffering from bloody piles should mix 5 grams of saffron and 5 grams of butter and eat it twice a day. This cures bloody piles.
6. Wet cough:
Consuming 1 to 3 grams of lotus seeds powder with honey twice a day cures wet cough.
7. Fever:
Mix one to two petals of lotus flower, white sandalwood powder, red sandalwood powder, liquorice and mustak etc. and give it to the patient suffering from fever in the morning and evening. Consuming this reduces fever and removes weakness of the body.
8. Glass coming out (Anal prolapse):
Mix 5 grams of lotus leaves and 5 grams of sugar, grind it finely and drink it with 10 grams of water. This cures anal prolapse.
Consuming one spoon powder of lotus leaves mixed with one spoon sugar candy 3 times a day is beneficial in anal prolapse.
9. Dandruff of the head:
Cook lotus, triphala, satal, bhangar, lohchurna and cow dung etc. together in oil and apply it on hair daily. This removes dandruff.
10. Vomiting:
Vomiting stops by extracting juice of lotus seeds and giving it to the patient.
Roast the lotus seeds and take out the green sprouts present inside it and grind it and make the patient lick it with honey. This cures vomiting.
11. Hiccups:
Hiccups are cured by boiling lotus seeds in water and drinking it.
12. Preventing abortion:
In case of bleeding during pregnancy, grinding one or two petals of lotus flower and making a decoction and consuming it stops bleeding and prevents abortion.
Women who have repeated abortions should consume lotus seeds. Consuming it in the first month of pregnancy prevents abortion.
Grind lotus stalk and nagkesar in equal quantity and consume it in the first month of pregnancy to stop abortion.
13. Pimples outside the ear:
Grind the fruit found in the roots of lotus and apply it on the pimples to cure them.
14. Stoppage of menstruation:
Grind lotus root and consume it to cure menstrual problems and make menstruation regular.
15. Leucorrhoea:
Extract juice from lotus seeds and consume it in the morning and evening to get relief from leucorrhoea.
16. Pregnancy disorders in the second month:
If there is any kind of problem in the pregnancy in the second month of pregnancy or there is a possibility of it, then grind lotus, water chestnut and kaseru with rice water and mix it in rice water and drink it. This cures pregnancy disorders and uterine pain.
Taking equal quantity of Pashan Bhed, black sesame, Manjith and Shatavari in the form of decoction with milk and consuming it cures bleeding from uterus, pain and other disorders.
17. Breast hardening:
Breast hardening can be cured by grinding lotus seeds and mixing them with 2 teaspoons of sugar candy and consuming it for 4-6 weeks.
