TV9 - "REACTIVITY OF MILK PROTEINS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS" - 4/5.........! It is a well-known fact that milk is the only food item that fairly represents a complete diet. When we talk of milk, it is usually the cow's milk or buffalo's milk that we think of immediately. However, Ayurveda mentions milks of various animals under the head 'Dugdha varga'. Rig Veda mentions milk as "Vrishnyam payam" which means strength-giving drink. Milk increases strength, improves memory, reduces exhaustion, maintains strength and promotes long life—says the famous Ayurvedic treatise, Charaka Samhita. This is because milk contains all the elements necessary for the growth and nutrition of bones, nerves, muscles and other tissues. Milk contains vitamins, which are nature's antidotes to rickets, scurvy, and other diseases, which are caused due to defective nutrition. MEDICINAL USES • Human milk: Human milk, particularly colostrums, is rich in the immunoglobulin IgA which immunizes infants. The lymphocytes and macrophages protect the body against intestinal inflammation. The lactobacillus bifidus in milk aids the growth of intestinal lactobacilli. Lactobacilli produce lactic and acetic acids, which lower the intestinal pH and inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria and fungi. Infants absorb iron more efficiently from human milk than any other form of milk. Breast milk is used in Ayurveda for administration in nasal bleeding and in eye diseases as eye drops. It is also used as one of the ... Cuisinart Toaster Oven Tob Fast
