GULKAND (Rose Petal Jam) Ingredients Quantity Rose petals - 250 gm Sugar - 250 gm Total quantity: 450 to 500 gm Method of preparation Collect fresh, preferably desi rose petals, sort and wash well, dry thoroughly.  May crush or finely chop the petals.  Mix the petals with  sugar in an airtight jar.  Keep the jar in sunlight for 2-3 weeks. Stir well  everyday with clean dry spoon. Desired adult dose of gulkand is 2 to 3   tablespoons, it may be blended in milk to make a cooling drink. Health benefits - Helps in digestion, improves health of gut flora and intestinal mucus. - Reduces hyper acidity and thus useful in peptic ulcers and mouth ulcers. - Pregnant women and kids can safely consume gulkand to relieve constipation. -  It helps in controlling various skin issues like pimples, boils, blemishes etc.   -Provides restful sleep, increases urine output so can help in reducing  edema or patients having water  ...

Medical uses: 1. Prameha(Diabetes) : Take 15ml of leaf juice once in a day before food to manage diabetes and reduce excess urination. 2. Intestinal worms : 5 grams of dried and powdered pulp of the bilva fruit with butter milk should be administered twice a day  for one week for elimination of intestinal worms 3. Piles : Crush an unripe bilva fruit3gms of dried ginger and 3gms of fennel soak this mixture in 200ml of Hot water over night. Consume this water in dose of 50ml 3 to 4 times a day to heal piles. 4. Constipation : Intake of 5gms of bilva fruit pulp mixed in a glass of butter milk or warm water twice a day to get relief from irritable  bowel syndrome, constipation and indigestion. 5. Chronic diarrhea: Dry the slices of an unripe bilva fruit in sun and grind them into powder. intake of 5gms of this powder along  with warm water 2 times a day is useful. 6. Jaundice : Administration of 3gms of black pepper in a 15ml of bilva leaves juice fol...

1.Piles : A sitz bath with 10gms of Haritaki or Triphala powder, in half a bucket of hot water, for 10 minutes, before bath, is useful in  reducing the swelling and pain in piles. 2. Acne : Local application of haritaki paste on acne will not only cure acne but also prevents scarring. 3. Cough : Administration of haritaki powder 2 gms with honey two to three times a day internally alleavates cough. 4. Gastritis : Internal administration of 5gms of haritaki powder mixed in hot water and regularly, increases mucus production in  the stomach forming a protective barrier, preventing heartburn and ulcer. 5. Dandruff : Take a cup of coconut oil in a pan and add 3 haritaki pods and heat it. Once it turns brown, with outer shell cracks turn off the flame, let it be cool and store in a glass bottle. Apply this oil regularly to prevent from dandruff and lice. 6. Obesity: Intake of 5gms of haritaki powder with warm water in the early morning on empty stomach can r...