Milk and Milk Products in Ayurveda: A Review

Abstract

Milk and milk products have been used by mankind since earlier days. Ayurveda makes use of dairy products for preventive and curative purposes as diet and in medicinal preparations. However, the exact reasoning behind such specific preparations and their concerned action is yet to be explored. Dairy products undergo many processes in preparation for use as part of diet as well as medicine. Milk being an emulsion has the ability to incorporate water-soluble and lipid-soluble substances from the drugs. Specific preparatory procedures such as heating and fermentation make drug delivery effective and increase bioavailability, thereby giving the desired therapeutic action.

Keywords

• Ayurveda
• pathya
• milk
• milk products
• milk products and health