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Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks this gland, reducing thyroid hormone production and symptoms that affect your whole body.
Camphor, an aromatic solid, is widely used in Hindu religious ceremonies, burned to make a holy flame. Charu is the name of a sweet porridge-like foodstuff used as an offering in Yajnas. Ghee, clarified butter made from cow's milk, is a sacred requirement in Vedic yajña and homa (fire sacrifices). Incense is also mentioned in the Vedas.
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is a T-lymphocyte mediated attack on the thyroid gland. [15] T helper 1 cells trigger macrophages and cytotoxic lymphocytes to destroy thyroid follicular cells , while T helper 2 cells stimulate the excessive production of B cells and plasma cells which generate antibodies against the thyroid antigens , leading to ...
Hindu people fast on certain days such as Ekadashi, in honour of Vishnu or his avatars: Chaturthi in honour of Ganesha, Pradosha in honour of Shiva and Parvati, Monday in honour of Shiva, Saturday in honour of Hanuman or Shani, Tuesday in honour of Hanuman, as well as Kali, Parvati, Kartikeya, and Ganesha, Sunday in honour of Surya, Thursday in ...
The oblations and offerings typically consist of clarified butter (ghee), milk, curd, sugar, saffron, grains, coconut, perfumed water, incense, seeds, petals, and herbs. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] The altar and the ritual is a symbolic representation of the Hindu cosmology, a link between reality and the worlds of gods and living beings. [ 10 ]
Mahaprasada (also called bhandarā), [1] is the consecrated food offered to the deity in a Hindu temple which is then distributed and partaken by all the devotees regardless of any orientation. [2] [3] [4] Prasada is closely linked to the term naivedya, also spelt naivedhya, naibedya or naived(h)yam.
As the name would suggest, seed oils are derived by extracting oil from the seed, rather than the fruit, of a plant. ... people have been encouraged to move away from butter or animal-based fats ...
It is most commonly used for theophany - "manifestation / visions of the divine" in Hindu worship, e.g. of a deity (especially in image form), or a very holy person or artifact. One could also "receive" darshana or a glimpse of the deity in the temple, or from a great saintly person, such as a great guru. [7]