Giloy Ka Kadha or Giloy Tea is a natural Immunity Booster drink. It is a healthy concoction or Kadha recipe made with the simmering of Giloy stem, tulsi, ginger, cinnamon and fennel seeds in water. Let’s check step by step instructions with picture-how to make giloy tea at home.
About the Recipe Giloy ka Kadha
Giloy tea is a ayurvedic immunity booster drink that helps you in fighting cold, cough and fever symptoms during weather change. Giloy is a natural herb that helps in increasing immunity and protects us from infections.
Herbal giloy kadha is the best immunity booster tea with lots of health benefits. We can consume giloy kadha or tea once or twice a day with healthy oats cookies or ragi cookies according to our health conditions. Ministry of AYUSH also recommends drinking naturally made herbal drinks like giloy tea, turmeric milk, tulsi tea, hibiscus tea, ginger tea, cinnamon tea, kesar milk to boost our immune system.
Now a days(COVID-19), this herbal giloy tea recipe is widely used as an immunity booster drink. It is considered to be very effective in fighting diseases such as dengue, malaria and also corona. Experts are recommending the use of giloy against the COVID virus attack till a vaccine is approved and readily available to the people.
What is Ayurveda
Food is the major source of maintaining adequate nutrition but our modern food habits and lifestyle widely affected our balanced diet pattern. Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. It is called the “science of longevity” because it stresses rejuvenating the body through diet and nutrition and lives a healthy long life.
From the COVID-19 pandemic, we learnt why it is important to maintain a strong immune system. It takes us to the roots of our ancient medical system that was based on the adding of natural ingredients to our diet.
About Giloy
Giloy is an ancient herb that comes with many medicinal properties slightly bitter and astringent in taste. It helps in boosting your immunity and improving the digestive system. Giloy’s stem, leaves and root all are beneficial in making traditional medicines.
Tinospora cordifolia is the scientific name of giloy. It is also called heart-leaved moonseed, Guduchi or Amrita.
In Sanskrit Amrita Means “the root of immortality” and considered one of the best medicine to treat fever, seasonal allergies and infections.
Giloy Tea Benefits
- It helps in removing toxins from the body and acts as a hypoglycemic agent for diabetics.
- Giloy helps in reducing stress and improving your vision as well.
- It contains anti-ageing and anti-oxidants properties that fight an early ageing sign, wrinkles or acne problems.
- Although it is hot in nature but helps in balancing the 3 doshas Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
- Giloy is very effective in treating Dengue and Corona as it increases the platelet count and boosts the immunity to fight infection.
FAQs
Can We Drink Giloy Tea Daily?
You can take this giloy tea or kadha once or twice in a day but always consult an Ayurvedic or traditional medicine practitioner who can better help you in determining when and how much giloy tea is required for you according to your health conditions.
From Where We Can Get Giloy?
You can easily grow up giloy in your kitchen garden or buy its stems from the market. Freshly prepared tea is more beneficial but if it is not possible then you can buy a readymade giloy tea pack, giloy powder or giloy juice.
How to Prepare Herbal Giloy Tea or Kadha at Home
It is a traditional, homemade, aromatic drink and very easy to prepare at home in no time. We need to boil all the ingredients in water for some time so that their juices infused well with water. Strain the concoction, pour in serving glasses, add honey and drink.
Giloy ka Kadha Recipe Ingredients
Giloy – it is the star ingredient. Giloy is used in Ayurvedic medicines in India since ancient times but currently, it comes into the limelight due to the corona pandemic and used widely to treat fever and infections.
Tulsi -have anti-microbial properties and help you combat harmful bacteria and germs in the mouth. It is recommended that you should start your day by having two to three fresh Tulsi leaves on an empty stomach. Tulsi acts as a great blood purifier and flush out toxins and clean your internal systems. It is advised not to chew tulsi leaves but instead swallow them.
Cinnamon (Dalchini)– it is antiviral, anti-bacterial and contains antioxidants with anti-inflammatory effects gives a nice aroma and relieves digestive discomfort.
Ginger (Adrak)– Gives a nice flavour to this tea. Also helps in reducing nausea, gastrointestinal irritation, muscle pain and inflammation. good in eases Arthritis Symptoms.
Fennel seeds(saunf) – According to Ayurveda fennel (saunf) seeds have a cooling effect on the body and ideally used in the making of herbal drinks in the summer months to calm the body from heat. It is also helpful in weight loss.
Honey – To provides sweetness and helps in reducing the bitter taste of giloy. has antioxidant properties reduces the risk of heart disease also a good alternative to white sugar.
How to Make Giloy Tea-Step by Step Preparation
1. First, wash the giloy stick and make pieces of it. Now, slightly crush them with the help of a mortar pestle and put them aside.
2. Boil water in a saucepan, add crushed giloy pieces, tulsi leaves, grated ginger, cinnamon stick and fennels seeds.
3. Let it boil on a low flame for 4-5 minutes till it reduces to 2/3 of its original amount.
4. Switch off the flame, cover it and leave for 2-3 minutes.
5. strain and pour in the serving glasses, add honey and mix.
6. serve warm.
Serving SuggestionS
Drink one small teacup of giloy tea with healthy oat cookies or Ragi cookies in the morning or evening. For sweetness you can add either honey or maple syrup according to your taste.
Tips and Tricks
- After adding ingredients in the water and put it on simmer till done. Do not boil it on high flame. Low flame helps in a proper infusion of the herbs with water.
- You can use fresh or dried giloy stem. They work equally well.
- Do not add honey while boiling all the ingredients in the water. It should be added at the time of serving only.
- Drink one small cup of giloy tea in the morning or evening or as prescribed by a health practitioner.
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Giloy Ka Kadha | How To Make Giloy Tea(Natural Immunity Booster)
Ingredients
- 10 inch long giloy stem ( Fresh or dried )
- 1 tsp fennel seeds ( saunf )
- ½ tsp grated ginger
- 10-15 leaves tulsi
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 3 tsp honey
Instructions
- First, wash the giloy stick and make pieces of it. Now, slightly crush them with the help of a mortar pestle and put them aside.
- Boil water in a saucepan, add crushed giloy pieces, tulsi leaves, grated ginger, cinnamon stick and fennels seeds.
- Let it boil on a low flame for 4-5 minutes till it reduces to 2/3 of its original amount.
- Switch off the flame, cover it and leave for 2-3 minutes.
- strain and pour in the serving glasses, add honey and mix.
- serve warm.
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