Introduction
For some people, millet causes constipation, but where millet is the main diet of people, this defect is not taken into consideration. For those who are favorable to millet, millet tikkad tastes very sweet. Apart from millet in buffalo milk, millet rab, khichdi, sukhli and dhokli are also made. “Kuler” is made by mixing ghee and jaggery in millet flour. This is a special dish. Kuler is not made from the flour of other grains. On the day of Nag Panchami, people of Naga region offer kuler as naivedya. Hola of millet is also made.
Properties
It makes the body fat and also strengthens the stomach and the body. Its consumption causes dryness in the body. It stops diarrhea in summer, brings more urine and aborts an unripe fetus. Making a bundle of it and heating it removes the pain caused by cold. It Eliminates the pain of piles. Its paste with vinegar removes the swellings caused by cold. Bajra is laxative, hot, destroys mucus and phlegm.
Harmful effects
Its excessive consumption causes heaviness in the body. It takes time to digest and causes flatulence.
Treatment for various diseases
1. Stomach ache:
Consumption of Bajra increases the milk of a lactating woman and the newborn baby also does not complain of stomach ache.
2. Stains on horse's back:
Burning old millet ears and mixing its ash with water and applying it on the wounds on the horse's back is beneficial.
3. Beneficial for the heart:
Millet is beneficial for the heart. It is considered to be strength giving, heavy to digest, digestive power enhancer, destroyer of heat, bile rage, aphrodisiac for women, laxative and constipation stimulant and semen warming.
4. Belturing:
Eating asafoetida equal to a grain of millet mixed with jaggery or banana stops belching.
5. Cholera:
Massage with millet flour mixed with powdered dry ginger and powdered rock salt reduces sweating.
