Quotes

I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration
of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate.
-Kathleen Turner

We drink one another's health and spoil our own.
-Jerome K. Jerome

"Health is not valued till sickness comes."
- Dr. Thomas Fuller .

Muscles come and go; flab lasts.
- Bill Vaughan

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to
spend their wealth to regain their health.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink
what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
-Mark Twain

The first wealth is health.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
-Albert Schweitzer

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental
health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and
errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need
to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.
-Michelle Obama

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and
appreciate until they have been depleted.
-Denis Waitley

Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently
heralded as if it were a discovery.
-Ivan Illich

Kokum

Kokum

I first tried kokum sherbet when I visited Goa. They sell kokum cordial (kokum syrups) in bottles. All you need to do is take some syrup, add water and enjoy the red sherbet. It indeed was such a tasty drink that I wanted to know more about it. Found ou the following:

Kokum is a fruit of the Mangosteen family which has culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses. It is widely available in the kokan regions. Its fresh fruit is eaten as it is during the season and the dried fruit is used for cooking. It is used in place of tamarind to give a sour tang to curries. Kokum cordial/syrup/juice/sherbet is available all year around.
Kokum is a refreshing and cooling drink for summers. Its medicinal value includes-

-has rich amounts of anti-oxidants
-has a cooling effect on the body and shields the body against dehydration and sunstroke.
-used to relieve acidity and indigestion.
-Ayurvedic medicine also uses Kokum infusions to treat piles, dysentery and infections.
-strengthen the cardio-vascular system
-stabilize liver function
-appetite stimulant
-helps in suppressing the skin related ailments
-brings down the fever
-reduces burning sensation

If you want to know more about kokum and see the pictures have a look at:
http://www.aayisrecipes.com/2008/04/27/kokum/

Here Shilpa has explained about the kokum fruit very nicely with many beautiful pictures. Really lovely...