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An Ayurvedic perspective

Perhaps you are reading this because you have heard about one or another of the unique qualities of Ghee and want to find out more. Perhaps, if you have heard from an Ayurvedic or a Yoga practitioner, they might have told you about Ghee as a Vedic rasayana or medicine-Aushadha and its long and celebrated history of healing properties. Or, they might have told you about its use in the culture of India for preparing healthy and very tasty food-Ahara for thousands of years. As you might surmise, Ghee is a substance that is well known and valued as both a food and a medicine.

In my studies of Ayurveda, I have learned that Medicines do not create the tissues-dhatus. Food-ahara is the only thing that creates tissues. In fact, the older Ayurvedic Teachers, Vaidyas, used to say, If you do not want to eat my diet (food), do not bother to take my medicines.î The use of food as medicine and medicine as food is one of the unique and wonderful qualities of Ayurveda and is also one of the unique attributes of the substance known as Ghee. Let me tell you some of what I have heard:

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