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Ghee (purified butter) is the most important product in the Ayurvedic “medicine cabinet”. Ayurvedic ghee is cited in the ancient scriptures as the “elixir of life”. It has natural restorative properties. Ghee strengthens kapha, reduces vata and has a cooling effect on pitta. Ayurvedic scriptures attribute a number of important properties to ghee, including the following:

• Ghee is a natural rasayan (rejuvenating agent) and is ideally suited to preserving youth. It promotes long life and enhances sexual vitality.
• Ghee the most important of all fatty substances. It is used in both medicine and cooking.
• Ghee purifies the srotas (body parts), strengthens the dhatus (the seven body tissues), stimulates the agni (digestive fire) and promotes mental clarity. It is cold (in its effect).
• Ghee enhances intelligence and strengthens the memory. It improves vision and makes the voice more pleasant. Ghee helps make the body soft and supple, combats weight loss resulting from lung injuries and supports the treatment of herpes and injuries caused by weapons or fire. Ghee is recommended for people suffering from disorders caused by vata and pitta and for toxic reactions, mental illness and fever. It also has a very pleasant taste. It is used in cooking or added to prepared dishes. At least six teaspoons of ghee should be consumed every day to preserve youth and elasticity.

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Clean, vital water is the most important elixir of life. Jala Santulan contains five different herbs (sandalwood, vetiver, ginger, Rubia tinctorum and Embelia ribes), which enhance the quality of water. Ayurvedic theory praises ginger, for example, for its warming properties and its stimulating effect on the agni (digestive fire). It makes Jala Santulan water more readily digestive and naturally good tasting. Manjishta (Rubia tinctorum) is the most important blood-purifying agent known to Ayurvedic tradition. Sandalwood helps cool elevated pitta in the body. Depending on taste preferences, simmer one or more teaspoons of water for at least five minutes at low temperature. It may be consumed warm or cold throughout the day. (According to Ayurvedic theory, warm water is more easily digestible than chilled water, which the body needs more than eight hours to digest. This is believed to be one of the main causes of elevated cholesterol values.)

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Virtually no other foodstuff is as controversial as sugar. In Ayurveda, purified cane sugar is regarded as very important for good health. Cane sugar contains numerous herbs and healing substances. It is also an indispensable building block for brain and nerve cells. Sharkara, produced by Amla Natur GmbH, is one such Ayurvedic cane sugar which looks very much like powdered sugar after it has gone through a series of purifying processes. Sharkara is the Old Indian name for sugar and is described in Ayurvedic scriptures as alkaline. The difference and its ready digestibility are already evident in the flavor.