Child births is one of the most beautiful phenomenon in
anyone's lifetime. However considering the amount of strain the mothers go
through before and after the birth is unbelievable and extremely tiring
physically. ancient traditions used food effectively to help mothers go through
that challenging this phase with ease and good health. That is Pillai petha
marundu. It's eaten by women who have recently had a baby. The medicine is a
mixture of herbs.
This medicine/ legiyam given after a fortnight after delivery.
a lehyam is eaten about a spoonfull in early morning in empty
stomach., even before the coffee or tea. After taking this legiyam for one hour they should not drink water or any food.Having betal leaves is helpful for digestion.
This legiyam is eaten for three months.
It will help in the healing of surgical
wound, increase production of milk, help proper digestion and bowel movements.
Give relief to constipation, help contraction of uterus, enhance excretion of
waste, relieve body pain etc. Along with this legiyam Giving Pathiya sappadu
after delivery is considered as very important to maintain the health.
I made this Pillai petha marundu for my daughter who recently delivered baby boy.
Ingredients:
Sukku-50 gm
omam-50gm, ஓமம்
Chitharathai-50gm,
சித்தரத்தை
kanda
thippili-50gm, கண்டதிப்பிலி
arisi
thippili-100gm, அரிசிதிப்பிலி
vaayu
vidangam-50gm, வாயுவிடங்கம்
krambhu/lavang-50gm,
க்ராம்பு
vaal
milagu-50gm, வால்மிளகு
seeragam-50gm,
ஜீரகம்
perunjeeragam-50gm,
பெருஞ்ஜீரகம்
kasturi
manjal-50 gm, கஸ்தூரி மஞ்சள்
athimathuram
50 gm, அதிமதுரம்
virali
manjal-50gm, விராளி மஞ்சள்
adhi
vidayam-50gm, அதிவிடயம்
kadukkai
-50gm, கடுக்காய்
thaalisa
pathri-50 gm, தாளிசாபத்திரி
Preparing the
legiyam
The prepared
powder - 1 cup
Palm jaggery
(Karupatti Vellam)-1/4 kg
Honey - 100gm
Ghee-100gm
Ginger juice-100gm
Method:
1.Clean all
above items and Sundry all the ingredients individually for a day.
2.Take
sundried items in kadai and Roast each of them individually till aroma comes.
After cooling mix all the roasted ingredients and make them into fine powder
form using a mixie.
3.Clean all
above items and Sundry all the ingredients individually for a day. In a hot
kadai, dry roast ingredients one by one, just until they become hot to touch
and reserve.
4.Once all
the ingredients come to room temperature, get them all ground to a fine powder
in a mixie.
5.Cool the
ground powder by spreading on a clean paper and store it.
6.Peel the
skin from the Ginger and clean it well with water. extract the juice from the
ginger and remove them of any impurities using a filter.
7.Add water
to palm jaggery, heat until it dissolves, strain and reserve.
8.Heat Kadai.
Add 1/2 glass of ginger juice to a kadai and heat it for a minute.
9.Then add
honey and then the palm jaggery syrup. Let it boil.
10.While
boiling Now add the powder and keep stirring until it comes to a non-sticky
halwa like consistency.
11.Once the
mix starts to become like a paste, reduce the heat to low flame and add the
ghee 12.When you touch the paste and it
should not stick to your finger, its time to take the kadai out of the flame
and keep it aside.
13. Finally
add rest of the honey as required and mix it well and let it cool down.
14.After the
mix has been cooled down, transfer it to a bottle jar or stainless steel
container.
15.Enjoy the medicine as required by eating it
in small balls in the morning hours with empty stomach. Do not each too much as
it will cause heavy bowel movement.
This is an excellent herbal medicine for everyone and especially
for post pregnancy women.
* This measurement of legiyam I made is for a week .
