Gulkand

Ingredients:

Rose petals - 100gms

sugar - 100gms

Directions:

1. Collect the rose petals.

2.Add sugar and petals in a jar as layers.

3.Leave the jar in light for 10days....Gulkand is ready to serve with sweets,yogurt,milk etc.


Tips:The used should be dry before its used.


Ayurvedic benefits:

• Cooling tonic to combat fatigue, lethargy, muscular aches, biliousness, itching, and heat-related condition.
• Nose bleeding, hemorrage, vomiting of blood or bitter-sour pitta, excess menstrual discharge, frequent abortions etc are the indications wherein Gulkand gives excellent cooling. The rose has special properties. It is sweet, cool, pungent and yet slight bitter. After digestion it produces sweet (Vipak) juice due to which it shows very benificial effect on intestines, improving digestion and metabolism. In many cases, when pimples arise due to heat in the blood, the use of Gulknad removes the heat from the intestines. This removes pimples and old blemishes.
• Gulkand gives cool feeling to nerves. In todays world filled with stress and strain at every point, it is a good tonic for central nervous system as well as liver. It pacifies pitta in blood, reduces constipation and strengthens all seven dhatus of the body, as per Charak Sanhita.