Pranam
Green pepper use I sent to my friends. And the name of the black
pepper in sanskrit is MARICHA; Marichan of Ramayana one can remember; And
Susrutha samhitai 6.42 speaks of many medicine home preparation for COUGH
an done of them is as under where the maricha is used: 'General Treatment:—A
compound consisting of *Shringi
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shringi#ayurveda>, Vaca
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vaca#ayurveda>,* *K* *at-phala,
Ka-trina <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/trina#ayurveda>*, *Musta
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/musta#ayurveda>, Phanyaka, Abhaya
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/abhaya#ayurveda>*, *Bhargi
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/bhargi#ayurveda>*, *Deva-daru
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/daru#ayurveda>*, *Vishwa* and
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/sushruta-samhita-volume-6-uttara-tantra/d/doc143068.html#page-329>*Hingu
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/hingu#ayurveda>* taken in hot water
would rapidly cure a case of long-stand ing cough. A lambative composed of
the equal quantity of *Tri-phala*, *Vyostia*, *Vidanga
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vidanga#ayurveda>*, *Shringi*, *Rasma,
Vacci*, *Padmaka <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/padmaka#ayurveda>*
and *Deva-daru* pounded together and mixed with a copious quantity of
honey, sugar and clarified butter, would speedily conquer a serious attack
of cough. 13–14.
A patient afflicted with cough should use a lambative composed of *Pathya
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pathya#ayurveda>*, *sugar*,
*Amalaka,* fried
paddy, *Magadhi*, and *Shunthi
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shunthi#ayurveda>* pounded together
and mixed with honey and clarified butter, or take *Krishna
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/krishna#ayurveda>* and *Saindhava* salt
with warm water. He should use *Nagara
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nagara#ayurveda>* and *Pippali
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pippali#ayurveda>* in combination
with treacle, or use a lambative of the paste of *Draksha
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/draksha#ayurveda>* mixed with honey
and clarified butter. A compound composed of the equal parts of *Draksha*,
sugar and *Magadhika*, or of *Shringa
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shringa#ayurveda>-vera*, *Yashti-madhu
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yashtimadhu#ayurveda>*, and
*Tuga* (Vamsha-locana)
should be licked with honey and clarified butter; or a compound consisting
of *Shitopala* (sugar) and an equal quantity of *Marica
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/marica#ayurveda>* should be licked
with honey and clarified butter. A compound consisting of *Dhatri
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dhatri#ayurveda>*, *Kana, Vishva
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vishva#ayurveda>* and *Shitopala* (sugar)
should be taken with curd-cream (Dadhi-manda
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/manda#ayurveda>). A person suffering
from an attack of cough should use *Harenuka
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/harenuka#ayurveda>* and *Magadhika* taken
in equal parts and pounded together through the medium of curd. The two
kinds of *Haridra
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/haridra#ayurveda>*, *Deva-daru,
Shunthi* and the pith cf a *Gayatri-* tree pounded and mixed in equal
parts, should be taken with the urine of a goat, or a pulverised compound
consisting of *Danti <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/danti#ayurveda>*
, *Dravanti <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dravanti#ayurveda>*
and *Tilvaka
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tilvaka#ayurveda>* should be taken.
Leaves of *Vadara* pasted with *Saindhava* salt and fried in clarified
butter should be taken; or a Kola
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kola#ayurveda> (two tolas) weight of
*Hingu* should be taken with fermented rice-boilings (Sauviraka
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sauviraka#ayurveda>) or with the
juice of acid fruit.
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/sushruta-samhita-volume-6-uttara-tantra/d/doc143068.html#page-330>
Powdered *Marica* should be likewise licked with honey. 15. kr irs 26321
On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 at 01:29, 'venkat giri' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *Respected Sir/s,*
> *GREEN PEPPER:பச்சை மிளகு*
> *Grown in Karnataka and Kerala.Pepper is grown in several parts of
> Karnataka, mainly in Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Madikeri and
> Kodagu.“Pepper produced in Kodagu is of the best quality*
>
> *Idukki and Wynadu are the two major pepper producing districts in Kerala.*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *1. Green pepper is a very powerful antioxidants. They contain plenty of
> vitamin A, B Complex (especially vitamin B6 and B9), and C, which are able
> to counterbalance the destructive effects of free radicals in our body and
> maintain our overall health.2. The anti-inflammatory properties of green
> peppers are extremely favourable in relieving the pain and swelling
> associated with severe bone disorders like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid
> arthritis, etc.3. Asthma patients can be highly benefited by green peppers
> as they are full of phytonutrients, a special group of plant compounds
> (basically natural chemicals) having the capacity of relaxing respiratory
> passage and lowering panting. Phytonutrients are also known to promote
> better overall health of human beings.4. Green chili pepper can curb down
> the cardiovascular risks dramatically. The reason behind it is the presence
> of loads of vitamin C. It has been found that the amount of this
> antioxidant vitamin is much higher in green peppers than in oranges, which
> is essential for preventing blood clots as well as related ailments like
> cardiac arrest, stroke, etc.5. Vitamin B6 and vitamin B9 content of green
> peppers take active part in reducing the level of homocysteine in our body.
> Being a noxious by-product of various internal biochemical procedures, it
> can take a toll on our health.6. When it comes to taking care of our colon,
> nothing is better than dietary fibers and green peppers are loaded with
> these. If you increase your intake of green peppers along with healthy
> diet, you can easily safeguard your colon from the damaging effects of
> microbes as well as toxic elements.7. Apart from maintaining colon health,
> green chili peppers also play an important role in lessening the risks of
> colon cancer. The antioxidants vitamins (A, B9 and C) are considered as the
> main responsible factors for this.8. As said before, green peppers contain
> high amount of vitamin B6, which is one of the most vital nutrients for our
> body. From improving our immunity to keeping our nervous system up, it can
> regulate a number of bodily functions effectively.9. Being rich in calcium,
> green peppers can keep our bone and teeth strong and healthy. It can even
> aid in maintaining our oral health greatly.10. Regular consumption of green
> pepper juice is very useful in combating all signs of ageing and keeping
> our skin healthy forever.RegardsV.SridharnTrichy*
>
> On Thursday, 25 March, 2021, 08:54:51 pm IST, 'gopala krishnan' via
> iyer123 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> *BALANCE AND SPRING BALANCE*
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Today I was taking my afternoon siesta or in better words - sleep. I woke
> up with the memory of old spring balance used by merchants mostly in weekly
> markets which has practically disappeared today.
>
> I thought my posting today can be of those disappeared weight measuring
> items.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gopala Krishnan 4-12-2011
>
> *Reposted on 25-3-2021 after editing and updating. R. Gopala Krishnan*
>
> 1. The brass spring balance
>
> To describe it is sleek tiny brass front equipment with a pointer
> attached to a steel metal spring which would move on the marked scale on
> the brass frame through a straight 3 mm gap facilitating movement of the
> pointer . The item to be weighed is attached to one side of the spring
> having a bigger hook mostly in a cotton container, The equipment hold using
> hand on the top hook( slightly smaller) , connected to the spring and
> depending on weight of the item the needle would move on the pre-marked
> brass frame, indicating weight of the hooked item. The equipment used
> to be about 3”x1” with a depth of about half an inch normally.
>
> Normally pepper dealers, cashew nut dealers and other spice items dealers
> had a specially stitched cotton cloth bag with a convenient hooking
> arrangement for weighing the item placed in it. *The zero weight would
> be indicated after the weight of the bag hooked.*
>
> Since the spring balance worked on the expansion of the metal spring and
> the spring balance is hold by hand there was an upper limit of about 10 kg
> to be weighed. *The spring was made of quality steel which retained the
> proper expansion and contraction for a pretty long time.*
>
> The tiny balance was normally kept by the vendors in the waist are on the
> dhoti worn by them. We could see the brass scale shining in the sunlight
> while holding and weighing by them.
>
> Normally these merchants would procure only the items and on the same day
> they would hand over to whole sale merchants after transporting to cities.
>
>
> 1. Weighing pepper and cashew nuts.
>
> Having pepper creeper and cashew trees in my ancestral home, it was a
> practice for us to sell them taking in bag to weekly market. Depending on
> the size of the item the price was fixed. There was no question of selling
> surplus only. *Except one kg of pepper or cashew kept for use, all
> remaining were compulsorily sold.*
>
> Most important- We had to pay Panchayat Tax to enter with our item for
> selling and very often as a tactic; *a subordinate of the merchants would
> pay tax with a smile*. So we were obliged to sell our item to the person
> whom he direct. Normally we used to sort out and pack the items before
> taking to market to get best price.
>
> 2. Story of getting green pepper.
>
> It was in 1994. I was working as lecturer at Trivandrum. We were
> conducting a seminar and I was the chief coordinator of the same at that
> time.
>
> One of the directors from Coimbatore attended the seminar desired to
> have some green pepper. He knew me earlier while I was working in
> Kodaikkanal in 1973. I have told him earlier we have pepper plants in our
> home in native and used to sell in market.* I LEAST EXPECTED HE WOULD
> RECOLLECT AND ASK ME AFTER SO MANY YEARS FOR GREEN FRESH PEPPER.*
>
> Going over to my native and getting was not possible since all our plants
> were in the land already sold by my elder brother before 10 years on
> partition.
>
> Green pepper was least available in Trivandrum. One of my staff said, it
> can be at Vamanapuram (30 KM away from Trivandrum) area. He was correct. I
> went to Vamanapuram on the coming holiday. One merchant there arranged a
> person to pluck green pepper from his house and I got it for him a few
> hours before starting for his flight to Coimbatore on that holiday-
> Saturday.
>
> 3. T Nagar and Green pepper
>
> During season it is a common sight to see platform vendors keep green
> pepper with thiri, Manga inchi, (A variety of ginger with no hotness) and
> big gooseberry selling. There is no price below Rs 50-00 in T Nagar for
> anything like this now a day. Many in Tamilnadu use green pepper for
> pickles. In Kerala dried pepper is only used. However I like green pepper
> pickle for the smell and taste. I am not sure from where they get green
> pepper.
>
> 4. Measuring Balance or the scientific balance
>
> During my Physics experiments in Laboratory, one of the items was finding
> out the mass of an item using measuring balance. For this the balance
> with scale is used in a glass enclosure with more accuracy than the one
> used by Gold merchants earlier. Here milligram measures are added or
> subtracted to measure mass.
>
> 4a. Difference between mass and weight.
>
> For those not familiarise to the difference between mass and weight, MASS
> IS A CONSTANT, but weight would vary (slightly) with height for the same
> item. The spring balance measures weight and not mass.
>
> The jewellery shops used to weigh mass using measuring balance. Now
> everywhere digital balance is there (in enclosure)
>
> 5. Weighing 5 grams salt.
>
> After hospitalisation about 3 years back, I was instructed to take *NOT
> MORE THAN 5 GRAMS OF SALT in their report as future instruction.*
>
> But how to weigh 5 grams of salt appeared as a Himalayan problem to me
> then onwards. My wife just pinched some salt and said it is 5 grams as if
> she has so much mental weighing capacity. I could not challenge her that
> it was not even 2 grams. No provision shops can weigh 5 grams.
>
> But for that purpose no gold shop would weigh salt in their balance.
> Finally I suggested we would go to our family doctor. Reluctantly she
> agreed. She had some body ailment which I took as a reasoning for meeting
> the doctor.
>
> On my problem of getting weighed 5 grams of salt told after her ailment
> treatment, he smiled and *took 5 pinches of salt and said IT IS
> APPROXIMATELY 5 grams. He neither said it is above or lesser. (I had taken
> table salt with me)*
>
> I showed my wife the quantity. It appeared a good quantity. Though she
> nodded in front of the doctor, immediately on reaching the home, told as I
> expected- *Doctor does not know correct measurement. He is only doctor*.
> I did not ask who know then correct measurement. I felt in mind- Mounam
> Vidwanu Bhooshanam (Learnt will keep silence)
>
> 6. Weight machine
>
> The weight machine used an expanding and contracting spring to measure our
> weight while standing on a platform in the front.
>
> Olden day’s railway stations, restaurants used to keep them in plat forms
> or in front. They used to have a pointer which indicated the weight. *By
> dropping the coin and standing for a minute, a printed weight docket will
> come out of the machine outlet. The docket used to be somewhat similar to
> train ticket of yester years.*
>
> 6a. our future
>
> On one side of the ticket there used to be a forecast about us like – You
> will deliver a child in two months. IT MAY MOSTLY COME FOR A MALE. The
> forecast printed depended on the print out of the docket coming.
>
> 7. Weighing machine in homes
>
> The weighing machine in the house used to measure our weight just standing
> on it in a circular scale provided in the measure. *When I got one from
> Dubai, it was called Bath room balance. How it was called so, I am not so
> sure.*
>
> Now this also has come digital. This weighing machine is much used now by
> my son and daughter in law for weighing their luggage for flight limit
> while going abroad. For this a plank is first weighed on the machine and
> luggage is placed on it for weighing and plank weight is subtracted from
> the weight shown.
>
> As I read elsewhere in a member posting, about his aluminium ladder, I too
> am mostly avoid giving to others unless not possible to refuse. It should
> not be *a case of “Ullathum pochuda Nallakkanna”*
>
> (We use rarely and carefully and keep the bathroom scale in working
> condition. If anybody keep excess weight and break the spring… Can we ask
> for replacement for such an old machine?)
>
> 8. Small weighing machine.
>
> As a fancy from a domestic item seller about ten years back I purchased a
> small weighing machine of mechanical type weighing 5 kgs maximum. Now its
> best use is for disposing old newspaper by weighing and a show piece in
> store room.
>
> Many times I have weighed soaps to check the loss of weight in soaps
> during storing, it was observed slightly reduced as told in the soap cover.
>
>
> 9. Reduction in the use of balance
>
> Old balance having one beam and pointer and two thras, shown in courts
> hold by a person eyes closed, has practically not available in shops now.
>
> Some scrap merchants only carry them now. Most merchants use digital or
> mechanical weighing system. In the mechanical weighing system of today, has
> two pointers shown in a level when there is no weight and measure. The
> weight area is a wider one than measure area. In streets we can see still
> fruit vendors using them. With shop fruit merchants it is digital now.
>
> 9a. Provision stores
>
> Practically in provision shops too there is less weighing now a days. *Most
> of them items are premeasured and packed*. The items measured are like
> potato, onion and jagerry in the weighing machine.
>
> 9b. Supermarkets
>
> In super markets too except vegetables, all others are pre measured and
> packed to save time. Only ordinary vegetable and fruit merchants measure
> on scale during purchase.
>
> 10. Jewellery shops
>
> Maximum weighing using digital weighing machine is done in jewellery
> shops. *Any item sold is at least weighed three times, though the weight
> is marked in it already to ensure accuracy on both sides and before final
> giving.*
>
> 10a. Hardware and metal shops
>
> There is good use of balance for weighing hardware items and metal items.
>
> I am not so clear about the method of operation of the plat from balance
> used to weigh rice, paddy etc. in rice mills. I have not included it.
> Learnt members can supplement about it.
>
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