How milk act in ayurvedic medicine

The raging controversy on whether milk is good or bad for human body has both sides energetically proving their point. But Ayurveda lays to rest some of the demons.

Milk is a complete healthy food for humans. Milk is poison in well packed bottles and cartons. Which is the truth? Whom should we believe? Scientists and researches are hot on the trail of the truth. Perhaps now we need to turn to traditional wisdom for an answer.

Ayurveda, the science of healthy eating has its own take on this situation. Though it does not take a positive or negative stand on this, (Ayurveda is not chemical research based, only a science of types of human constitutions and what suits each type best鈥?thereby setting out a system of food intake as medicine for a healthy body), it does recommend in what form and for whom milk is best for consumption.

Ayurveda declares milk to give mass, sweetness and coolness to meal, so it is supposed to be calm and beneficial for nursing mothers. It does help to strengthen the heart in some constitutions but also accumulates phlegm in certain others, adding congestion where it is not needed.

Modern Ayurveda scientists maintain that western researches have found milk harmful more because of their mode of intake. If taken cold, unspiced, homogenized, combined with unsuitable foods and in excess鈥t will definitely be bad for health. The secret to milk being a healthy food lies in the way it is consumed, prepared and stored.