Science and Scientific Reason behind Indian Tradition and Culture - PART-2

Let’s continue with yesterday’s topic,

1.      Why do Indian married women apply sindoor on their forehead?

The sindhoor was not just applied to indicate married women. As the sindhoor was made of a mixture of lime, turmeric, and mercury. As we all know lime and turmeric are the famous medicines in Ayurveda. But, what about mercury? Mercury helps to decrease blood pressure and also enhanced the sexual drive. Hence widows were not allowed to use sindhoor. Mercury also helped to bring down feelings of stress and strain.

For best results sindhoor was used all the way from the forehead right down to the pituitary glands. The seat of all thoughts and emotions.

2.      Why do Indian women wear bangles?

Whenever we see a girl almost all girls wear bangles as our tradition. It said that the tinkle of a bangle keeps the negativity outside. Ancient Ayurveda states that the bones of women were weaker than those of men. Bangles were traditionally made of gold and silver. The metals helped to absorb energy, which was then transmitted to the body improving psychological functioning.

The constant friction between the bangles and the wrist area ensured good blood circulation. So, now you know bangles are just not ornaments but also served a very good scientific reason.

3.      Why is turmeric considered holy in India?

Turmeric is well known for its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. All curry powder in India contains turmeric. It is also considered holy and is a part of all auspicious occasions. It is treated as the gold in the spice family.

Turmeric has been widely used in traditional Indian medicine throughout the centuries.

Today turmeric finds an important place in conventional medicine and helps to cure diseases like Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, and arthritis.

4.      Why do Indian women pierce their ears?

Ayurveda stated that by piercing the ears and wearing earrings several diseases like hernia could be controlled. I know this disease as I was operated for this one when I was in 8^th I guess. It also helps to regulate the menstrual cycle and restrict hysteria. The electric current within the body was also regulated by wearing earrings. It also helps to contain incessant chatter, a process that drains the body all its energy making sure that the person was calmer and maintains a certain dignity and decorum.

Problems associated with the ear, channels could also be curtailed by wearing earrings.

5.      Why do we worship the Tulsi plant?

In Indian culture Tulsi is accorded the status of the mother. Tulsi is also called holy or sacred basil. The spiritual and medicinal properties of Tulsi the renowned all over the world. Tulsi is an important adaptogenic herb, which helps to reduce stress. Tulsi is also known as a remarkable antibiotic.

It helps to cure many things like the common cold. Containing no caffeine and other stimulants Tulsi helps to increase physical endurance. Taking Tulsi every day helps to maintain the physiological balance in the body and increases immunity. The most important fact is Tulsi increases your life span. Keeping a Tulsi plant at home keeps insects and mosquitoes away.

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