10 Amazing Ayurveda Health Benefits Of Mango

 

 

 

Enjoying mango moods, aren’t you? You can definitely have the fruit in more ways than one! The variety includes –

  1. The scrumptious mango slices,
  2. mango juice,
  3. Assortment of mango drinks
  4. mango squashes,
  5. pickles,
  6. mango chutneys,
  7. Tasty mango shakes,
  8. mango puddings,
  9. And the mango ice-cream and so on and so forth. I simply love to be slurping onto the ripe and juicy mango during the Mango season!

Mango – King Of Fruits

Mango, king of fruits, not only has a widespread liking owing to the delicious taste, Ayurveda believes that the fruit of mango actually bestows a number of health benefits and wellness virtues. 

 

 

 

 

What Ayurveda Conveys

Ayurveda conveys that while the ripe mango is superior in taste, it does bestow a number of  healthcare benefits.

  • Mango increases the liking for food,
  • It is good for the heart
  • Wonderful for your skin complexion.
  • Also being a natural diuretic
  • The fruit of mango improves the digestion, relieves constipation and tones up the liver.

Mango fruit also aids in increasing all the seven body nutrients or the dhatus (body tissues). These are –

  1. Rasa (food juice),
  2. Rakta (blood),
  3. Mansa (flesh),
  4. Medha (fat),
  5. Asthi (bones),
  6. Majja (bone-marrow)
  7. and Shukra (semen).

 

 

Mango And Dosha Healing 

Mango Ayurveda understanding is that it is nature’s boon as it is believed to decrease the aggravated Vata and Pitta doshas or the air and fire body humors which when aggravate and increase from their normal values create an imbalance in the body systems and thus result in the origin of a number of ailments.

 

 

10 Amazing Ayurveda Health Benefits Of Mango

 

Ayurveda counsels medicinal uses of mango fruit in a number of ailments, other than conferring Natural well -being and vigour. Here we talk about 10 benefits of mango that are great to know!

 

 

 

Some medicinal uses and home remedies of the mango in Ayurveda are highlighted.

1. Useful in Anemia

The pulp of the ripe fruit taken regularly along with sweetened milk is a natural help in increasing the hemoglobin levels.

2. Boon for the Eyes

Being rich in vitamin A, mango fruit is a boon for the eyes. Therefore, regular intake of the same during the season would you good by these reasons –

  • Not only does the Mango fruit complement the required amount of the vitamin A
  • It also stores the extra amount for any further needs.

3. Good for the Heart

Ayurveda mango benefits suggest taking moderate intake of the ripe fruit. This is believed to strengthen the heart and also relieves from palpitations.

4. Cure for Bee-Sting

The juice that oozes when mango fruit is plucked from the tree, can be applied on the site of a sting to relieve pain. Not only this, the kernel could be rubbed into the skin to undo the toxicity.

5. Useful in Burns

The ashes of mango leaves is a good remedy for burns.

 

 

6. Home Remedy for Diarrhoea

As a home remedy for diarrhoea, the kernel of the mango fruit may be roasted. Here is how you can use this.

  • Take the mango fruit kernel that has been previously roasted with lemon juice and black salt.
  • Also, powder prepared from the dried flowers of the mango tree is useful in case of chronic diarrhoea or dysentery.

 

7. Benefit for Teeth and Gums

As for the mango bark benefits, a decoction prepared from the bark of a mango tree when used as gargles relieves from ailments like tooth decay, bleeding from the teeth / gums and bad breath. Along with the health benefits of mango bark, you could use the seed of mango. This is to be dried and made into a paste which when massaged into the teeth and gums, stops the bleeding instantly.

8. Use in Diabetes

Juice extracted from a few fresh leaves of the mango tree when taken along with an equal quantity of the juice of bitter gourd on an empty stomach. Take this during the initial stages of the disease. This proves quite beneficial in eradicating the disease.

9. Beneficial for Women

The liquid extract from the bark of the tree is used to cure some of the women ailments like leucorrhoea and heavy bleeding.

10. Nutritional Benefits

Natural Analysis of Mango discloses that

  • The fruit of mango is nourishing and nutritive.
  • Mango contains a good amount of iron, vitamin A, B and C.
  • Other components include citric acid, tartaric acid.
  • Also, there is presence of some amounts of minerals like calcium, phosphorous and potassium.

 

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About the Author:

Dr Sonica Krishan is Author and Speaker in the areas of Healthy and Joyous Living through Ayurveda, Meditation, Yoga and other Contemplative practices. She is a leading Ayurveda Professional in India. She is also Health Writer, Columnist, Editor, Ayurveda Consultant at Herboveda and Holistic Healing Coach. Dr Sonica is open for National as well as International Collaborations with interested people / institutions in fields of Ayurveda, Meditation and Yoga.

 

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