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Food as Medicine - Medicinal Herbs

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🌿 Medicinal herbs

🌿 Major Siddha Medicinal Herbs Siddha Medicine 18 Siddhas 🌿 Basil Tulsi Cold, fever 🌾 Turmeric Turmeric Inflammation, cancer 🌳 Neem Neem Skin disease 🫚 Ginger Ginger Digestion 💪 Ashwagandha Ashwagandha Power, stress 🍇 Gooseberry Amla Vitamin C "Your food is your medicine" - Hippocrates "Food is medicine, medicine is food" - Siddha philosophy

📊 Key Herbs - Uses

herb English Medicinal use Method of use
🌿 Basil Holy Basil Cold, Cough, Flu, Immunity Tea, juice
🌾 Turmeric Turmeric Inflammation, cancer prevention, injury Milk, in food
🌳 Neem Neem Skin disease, diabetes, antiseptic Leaf, oil
🫚 Ginger Ginger Indigestion, nausea, gas Tea, cooking
🍇 Gooseberry Amla Vitamin C, hair, immunity Green, Pickled
💪 Ashwagandha Ashwagandha Energy, stress, insomnia Powder, pill

🏛️ 18 Siddhas - Herbal sages

Agathiyar
Father of Tamil Siddha medicine
Thirumool
Yoga, spirituality
Poker
Palani Murugan idol
Konkanar
Medical texts
Toad
Nadi Shastra
Yugi Muni
Vatham, bile, phlegm

💡 Memoir - Essential Herbs

"D.M.W.E.N.A."= 6 essential herbs
ThLasi - cold, fever
MYellow - inflammation (Curcumin)
WayMbu - skin disease, antiseptic
eGinger – Digestion
NeLicorice – Vitamin C
ASwaganda - Shakti, Adaptogen

🍲 Healing foods

🍲 Disease wise food medicines 🤧 Cold & Flu • Basil tea • Paprika Rasam • Ginger + honey • Yellow milk ✓ Hot foods are good 🩺 Diabetes • Fenugreek • Bitter gourd • Small grains • Curry leaves ✗ Avoid white rice ❤️ Heart health Garlic Oats • Flaxseed • Walnut, almond ✗ Reduce oil and salt 🫃 Digestion Ginger • Asafoetida Buttermilk Cumin ✓ Fibrous foods 🛡️ Immunity • Gooseberry (Vitamin C) Honey • Papaya Greens ✓ Fruits and vegetables 🦴 Joint pain Turmeric Sesame oil Drumstick • Omega-3 fish ✗ Avoid cold foods 🌟 Tamil Super Foods Rye Iron, Fiber Ragi Calcium Dept Low GI Arrival Diabetes Samai Weight Loss

📊 Small grains - Millets

small grain English Nutrients Disease prevention
Rye Pearl Millet Iron, fiber Anemia
Ragi (Kelvaraku) Finger millet Calcium Bone strength
Dept Foxtail Millet Low GI Diabetes
Arrival Kodo Millet Polyphenols Diabetes, heart
Samai Little Millet Antioxidants Weight loss
horseradish Barnyard Millet Fiber Constipation

💡 Memo - Small grains

"G.R.A.D.V.S.A.K."= 6 small grains
KMbu - Pearl - Iron
RaKi - Finger - Calcium
TheNai - Foxtail - Low GI
WRahu - Kodo - Diabetes
ChMy - Little - Weight Loss
KuBarnyard - Fiber

🇮🇳2023 - International Year of Millets(UN)

🌶️ Spices & 🥬 Greens

🌶️ Medicinal spices 🌶️ pepper Black Pepper Phlegm, digestion Piperine 🧄 Garlic Garlic Heart, BP Allicin 🫚 Ginger Ginger Vomiting, pain Gingerol 🌿 Cumin Cumin Gas, digestion Thymoquinone 💧 Aloe vera Asafoetida Degassing 🍃 Curry leaves Curry Leaves Diabetes, hair Carbazole 🌿 Coriander Coriander Digestion, sugar 🌰 Dill Fenugreek Diabetes, breastfeeding Galactomannan 🌿 Mint Mint Cold, gas Menthol 🍋 Lemon Lemon Vitamin C 🥬 Medicinal herbs Spinach Eye, Liver Vitamin A Spinach Bone, blood Iron, Calcium Blonde girl Eye and skin disease Beta Carotene Keezhanelli Liver, jaundice Hepatoprotective Vallarai Brain, memory Brahmi messenger Asthma cold "Ginger in the morning, sugar in the afternoon, mustard at night" - Thiruvalluvar "A thousand diseases can be cured by eating ginger"

📊 Greens - Medicinal Uses

Lettuce English Nutrients Medicinal use
Spinach Drumstick Leaves Iron, Calcium, Protein Anemia, bone growth
Spinach Agathi Leaves Vitamin A, C Eyeball, Liver
Blonde girl Sessile Joyweed Beta Carotene Eye and skin disease
Vallarai Brahmi/Gotu Kola Triterpenoids Brain, memory, Alzheimer's
Keezhanelli Phyllanthus Phyllanthin Liver, Jaundice, Stone
messenger Solanum Trilobatum Solasodine Asthma, Cold, Cough

💡 Memoir - Greens

"M.A.B.V.Kee.Doo"= 6 medicinal herbs
MRungai - Iron, Calcium (Bone)
AKnife - Vitamin A (Eye)
BNnanganni - Beta Carotene (Skin)
WLlarai - Brahmi (Brain)
KeyZanelli - Liver
ThuAsthma (breathing)

🏥 Ministry of AYUSH & Schemes

🏥 Ministry of AYUSH Established: 2014 | Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal A.Y.U.S.H = 5 systems of medicine A - Ayurveda Y - Yoga U - Unani S - Siddha H - Homeopathy 📋 Major projects 🎯 National AYUSH Mission (NAM) - 2014 💊 AYUSH Wellness Centers - 12,500 🏫 AIIA Delhi (All India Institute of Ayurveda) 📱 AYUSH Sanjivani App - COVID-19 🌍 AYUSH Visa - Medical Tourism 📅 International Yoga Day - June 21 📅 Ayurveda Day - Dhanvantari Jayanti 🌍 WHO Recognition ✅ WHO Global Center - Jamnagar, Gujarat ✅ ICD-11 includes Ayurveda codes ✅ WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy ✅ AYUSH export: $500 Million+ (2023) ✅ 150+ countries - Ayurveda products ✅ Tamil Nadu Siddha University ✅ NIN Hyderabad - Nutrition Research 🏛️ Tamil Nadu Siddha Medicine Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Siddha University Arumbakkam Chennai CCRS - Research Council 12,500+ AYUSH Wellness Centers $500M+ AYUSH Export (2023) 8 Lakh+ Registered Practitioners June 21 Int. Yoga Day (2015)

🎯 TNPSC Important Points

matter Detail year
Ministry of AYUSH Creation as a separate ministry 2014
International Yoga Day UN ratification, June 21 2015
WHO Global Centre Traditional Medicine - Jamnagar 2022
International Year of Small Grains UN - India proposal 2023
Ayurveda Day Dhanvantri Jayanti - Oct/Nov Diwali 2 days before

🧠 TNPSC Master Mnemonic

"Dumae Vea" + "Mi Poo See Ve" + "Muva Gee Doo"

5 basic herbs

Tulasi, Turmeric, Ginger, Neem, Ashwagandha

4 spices

M. Bhu. C. Ve = pepper, garlic, cumin, fenugreek

4 Medicinal herbs

Mu.va.kee.dhoo = Moringa, Vallarai, Geezhanelli, Doothuvala

AYUSH = Ayurveda +Yoga +Unani +Siddha +Hhomeopathy

📚 Siddha Medical Books

Agathiyar - 12,000 Basic Siddha texts
Thirumoolar - Thirumantram Yoga, breathing exercises
Poker - 7000 Alchemy, drugs
Toad Arthritis, nervous disease

⚠️ Important numbers - to remember

  • 2014- Formation of Ministry of AYUSH
  • June 21, 2015- First International Day of Yoga
  • 2022- WHO Global Center Jamnagar
  • 2023- International Year of Small Grains
  • 12,500+- AYUSH Wellness Centers
  • $500M+- AYUSH Export Value
  • 18 Siddhas- Tamil Siddha Medicine
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