Musale - Benefits of Natural Healing Herb
There are two varieties available, white and black. The former is known as Safed Musali and the latter, Kali Musali. The white variety is more easily available and the roots are used for medicinal purposes.
It is sweet, cold, light, unctuous and the best tonic. It is aphrodisiac, strengthens the semen and is a galactagogue. The white variety contains more fat, the black one has more starch.
The powder of the white variety is boiled with milk and this milk taken daily in the morning on an empty stomach for a long period is very helpful for debilitated persons. The usual dose is 3-6 grams, but even 6-12 grams can be taken.
Many experienced clinicians give the powder of Shatavari along with musali and it increases breast – milk. This combination is also useful to ladies suffering from leucorrhoea.
A combination of embolic Myrobalan, Indian Cowhage, Gokharu, White Musali, extract of Gulancha, the root of Shalamali and sugar known as Mushalyadi Churna is given in dose of 3-6 grams with honey or milk morning and evening to increase sex libido. It improves the quality of semen.
The root of black Musali cut into small pieces is available in the market and is very efficacious. It is unctuous, diuretic, tonic and aphrodisiac. It is sweet, cold, subsides Pitta, burning sensation and removes blood impurity. The powder of black Musali can be taken in dose of 3-6 grams with honey morning and evening. Otherwise. The powder should be boiled in a cup or glassful of milk and a little cardamom, nutmeg and saffron can be added and it should be taken morning and evening. It this combination is prepared with cow's milk, it is more effective.
Nowadays people take various tonics for debility. Some of these contain merely combination of oil and water soluble Vitamins, some contain Iron and Folic acid and Minerals, a few contain male and female hormones also in smaller doses. Some such liquid tonics contain glycerophosphates also. However, it should be remembered that these are merely synthetic dietary supplements, whereas Shatavari, ashwagandha, Gokharu, Cowhage, Musali etc. described by us in the Section of home Remedies or in the Section of queries are very effective Ayurvedic herbs and tonics. They are quite innocent and have no side effects. They are very easily available. These tonics can be given to young and old men and women alike. The only thing to be borne in mind is that these tonics do not act in the same way as other stimulants. They slowly and gradually enrich the Rasa dhatu (body nutrient), whereby respectively the blood, flesh, semen etc. are enriched and a person experiences a state of general well being. The life – saving antibiotic drugs, which should be used only in serious emergencies under the guidance of an expert physician, are not being freely used even for minor ailments and they bring about a lot of debility. The diet is not as nourishing as it ought to be. It would therefore be better that grandmas and housewives learn about tonics like Shatavari, Ashwagandha, Gokharu, Cowhage, Musali etc. and administer then to the family members to see that they are really benefited with tese useful tonics. Especially in the season of winter the regular use of these tonics will keep the body fine and fit for the rest of the year.
