Some formulas to use the winter season

1. For improving memory and strength: Soak five almonds in water over night. Peel them in the morning and grind them to a paste. Mix the paste with 250ml milk, add equal quantity of water, 11 seeds of paper and sugar candy. Boil the mixture till the added water therein gets evaporated. When the mixture cool down to lukewarm, sip it repeating the mantra ‘om’ sri sarasvatyai namah. It improves memory and strength.
2. The brain tonic: Grind the kernel of two walnuts and mix it with milk. Take it repeating the mantra ‘om’ sri sarasvatyai namah. It strength the brain.
3. General tonic: Eating 7 to 5 cashew nuts with honey in the morning with japa of the mantra hrim ramay namah increases physical and mental strength.
4. Pacifying the vata: Eating 5 to 7 cashew nuts fried in ghee with rock salt and pepper with japa of the mantra ‘om vajrahastabhyam namah’ pacifies vata.
5. Appetizer and digestant: Grind dates, ginger, pepper and rock salt in to a chutney. Repeat the mantra om ram 21 times looking at the chutney. Taking this chutney, if properly made and charged with mantra, improves digestion and increases appetite. The chutney is nourishing and strength giving as well.
6. For increasing the height: Children with short height should practice pull-ups and eat 6 leaves of Aegle marmelos and 2-3 seeds of pepper after properly masticating them and remembering the mantra, ‘om gurubhyo namah.’ While chewing leaves and pepper can as well be ground mixing little water.
7. For diabetes: Grind 9 leaves of Aegle marmelos and seeds of pepper mixing a little water. Mix it with water without adding sugar and drink the mixture like a sherbet repeating the mantra om suryay namah. It helps in diabetes.
8. For cracked lips: Put 2 to 4 drops of oil on the navel and apply a little butter mixed with salt on the lips while doing japa of the mantra om hum hanumate namah. It is useful in healing cracked lips.