Buttermilk

Uses of Buttermilk:

• Buttermilk boosts appetite.
• It is good for heart.
• It increases urination and acts as an anti-diarrheal.
• It purifies the body channels.

One should consume buttermilk immediately after lunch.

The effect of the buttermilk changes on the basis of different things added to it. Some of the ways buttermilk can be consumed for specific purposes is mentioned as follows:

• In Vata disorders: Sour buttermilk + dried ginger + rock salt
• In Pitta disorders: Sweet buttermilk + sugar
• In case of piles, diarrhoea, colitis, pain in the bladder, for digestion: Buttermilk + asafoetida + cumin seeds + rock salt
• In case of difficulty urination, other urinary disorders: Buttermilk + jaggery