Benefits of eating on the plantain leaf
Posted on: 26/Jan/2017 6:03:49 PM
With the ever-changing lifestyle, we have skipped very many of the traditional things which had good significance and benefits. One of the traditions is the habit of taking food on a plantain leaf.
Eating on a plantain leafs prevents the hair from greying and people tend to have black hair over the age. Plantain leaf is also a germicide. It has the property to remove the toxic elements in the food.
Many of us would have seen that patients with fire burns are made to lie over the plantain leaf. The plantain leaf bed and the plantain root juice have the anti-toxic properties. Even today, in villages, whenever somebody gets a snakebite, they are immediately given the juice of plantain root juice.It will help to kill the poison effect.
It is worth noting that plantain trees play an important role, especially in the lives of the Tamilians – note any important occasions – setting up of the marriage hall, or even setting up the dead body pyre, or any other public festive gathering – one can see plantain trees being set up in the locations. Now, we can realise that this was done mainly for the anti-toxic or poison countering property of the plantain.
People who regularly take food on plantain leaf keep healthy and they do not generally get affected by diseases. It is another important point worth noting. The regular habit of eating food on plantain leaf can help with a glowing skin. Body will become healthy. Dullness, weakness, and the habit of getting easily tired can all be prevented. Further, pitta (pitham in Tamil) is kept in check.
Also, it helps digest the food quickly and also cures the ulcer in the stomach. It also triggers a good appetite.
So, people who regularly eat on plantain leaves live longer and healthier.
