5-Using
Copper Cookware: Drinking water from a copper cup is
said to purify the blood and remove toxins from the body and also has numerous
health benefits but only if you know how to use a Copper cup otherwise please
do not use it. The copper cup should be
washed regularly otherwise it can prove to be harmful. Before using a copper cup or glass one must
ensure that it is properly cleaned as per direction below. The water or food from unwashed copper
vessels causes stomach ailments, hence if you are using copper vessel for
preparing food and storing water for drinking proper care should be taken
without fail otherwise please do not use copper vessels or cookware. In India, according to Ayurveda, water stored
in a copper vessel has the ability to balance all the three doshas in the body
(vata, kapha and pitta) and it does so by positively charging the water. When all these 3 doshas are in sync, you do
not have any disease whatsoever. The
water should be stored in a copper vessel for at least 8 hours. Here are tips to store drinking water the
right way. When water is stored in a
copper vessel, the copper gently leaches into the water and lends it all its
positive properties which is beneficial to health. Drinking water stored in copper vessel should
be limited to 1 cup once or twice a day not more than this, since 2 cups of
water will provide the benefits required by the body and only those who do not
have any health issues should drink it. Also,
do not drink water stored in copper vessel continuously, you need to give a
break of a week before you continue drinking again from copper vessel after 1
week. The best part about this water is
it never becomes stale and can be stored this way for long periods of time.
How
to wash Copper Cookware: With copper cookware, care should be
take how you wash the cookware so that you reap the benefits of using copper
cookware and not cause harmful side effects to you. Do not use a hard scrub to wash the inside of
the vessel as it will tend to scrape away copper from the Vessel? Use one half of a lemon and rub it on the
inside of the vessel. Allow it to stand
for a few minutes and then wash off with plain water. Alternative to this is using baking soda with
water. Use this mixture to coat the
inside of the vessel and allow it to stand for a few minutes and rinse away the
excess baking soda. One another
alternative is to wash regularly with a paste made out of salt and tamarind. Never use the normal washing power available
in the market.
Never, never refrigerate the water
stored in Copper Vessel
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