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#Thread on medicinal usage of Pineapple 
& fruit (nut) & oil from Palm tree 
in medieval India, as recorded by Venetian mercenary, Niccolao Manucci.He arrived in India in 1656 and stayed in Madras till his death in 1717. #history #India #medicine #medieval #ayurveda
& fruit (nut) & oil from Palm tree in medieval India, as recorded by Venetian mercenary, Niccolao Manucci.He arrived in India in 1656 and stayed in Madras till his death in 1717. #history #India #medicine #medieval #ayurveda
According to Manucci’s research in India w.r.t. the medicinal usage of Pineapple prevalent in Medieval India:-
“...The distilled juice of Pineapple is useful for dissolving stones in the kidneys and bladder, as I have found by experiment...”
is useful for dissolving stones in the kidneys and bladder, as I have found by experiment...”
As far as nuts and oil of Palm tree are concerned, Manucci in Medieval India writes :-
...On each branch of the flower (in Palm tree) you see its fruit stuck on like buttons, and these, swelling until they are like nuts, are then called coquinhos [little coconuts]; they are used for many infantile complaints, such as diarrhoea and mouth-sores.
![...On each branch of the flower (in Palm tree) you see its fruit stuck on like buttons, and these, swelling until they are like nuts, are then called coquinhos [little coconuts]; they are used for many infantile complaints, such as diarrhoea and mouth-sores.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErcglvxVoAEPIqP.jpg "...On each branch of the flower (in Palm tree) you see its fruit stuck on like buttons, and these, swelling until they are like nuts, are then called coquinhos [little coconuts]; they are used for many infantile complaints, such as diarrhoea and mouth-sores.")
![...On each branch of the flower (in Palm tree) you see its fruit stuck on like buttons, and these, swelling until they are like nuts, are then called coquinhos [little coconuts]; they are used for many infantile complaints, such as diarrhoea and mouth-sores.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErcglvyUYAEY-84.jpg "...On each branch of the flower (in Palm tree) you see its fruit stuck on like buttons, and these, swelling until they are like nuts, are then called coquinhos [little coconuts]; they are used for many infantile complaints, such as diarrhoea and mouth-sores.")
When grown to the size of twenty-eight up to thirty inches round, and as much in length, they are called lanha. The nut is then full of a sweet water, a drink of which is very refreshing...
.. It is used in inflammation of the liver, the kidneys, and the bladder, and increases urination. It is also good for excessive heat of the liver, pains in the bowels, or discharges of mucus or of blood; it also refreshes in the season of great heat.”
..An oil is also made (from nuts of palm tree) and usually applied by the women to their hair, which is their greatest delight. This oil is also employed for many medicinal purposes,..
.. such as in burns and ulcers, and an ointment is made with it. It serves for a purge to the lean and irascible, expels bile, and reduces adipose tissue.”
This and countless such observations were recorded by foreign travelers, merchants, pilgrims and mercenaries etc who came, travelled widely, and resided in Medieval Indian for substantial period .
It is high time now for our historians and medicinal experts to research honestly and unearth the jewels of Indian knowledge system which mostly are either lost or neglected over past centuries.
As a result of lack of such information, most of us have unfortunately been transformed into a self loathing race who look upon the West for every single ratification of our indigenous knowledge system.
Source and Credit:-
1)THE INDIA THEY SAW (VOL-3) by MEENAKSHI JAIN, pp.35-37
2)Niccolao Manucci’ s Mogul India or Storia Do Mogor, translated by William Irvine, Low Price Publications, 1990, vol. III, pp., 170-177
1)THE INDIA THEY SAW (VOL-3) by MEENAKSHI JAIN, pp.35-37
2)Niccolao Manucci’ s Mogul India or Storia Do Mogor, translated by William Irvine, Low Price Publications, 1990, vol. III, pp., 170-177
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