. Sesame
is known by various names few of them are as follows:
| Latin
Name - |
Sesamum
Indicum Linn |
| English
Name - |
Gingelly,
Sesame |
| Sanskrit
Name - |
Til |
| Arabic
Name - |
Shiraj,
Sim sim, Samsen Hal |
| Farsi
Name- |
Kunjnal,
Rogan Kunjod |
There are
still Chinese, Japanese & other East Asian countries where
Til/Sesame is known by different names & dialects.
This
abundant use & knowledge of this particular oil worldwide
in various forms has not resulted in a single day but a few thousand
years. Sesame has various uses for Human & few of them are
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1)
Body Massage
Athletes
in the Ancient time and even today globally use Sesame Oil for
body massage to enhance their power and
physical fitness. Modern Massage parlors applies Sesame
Oil for Therapeutic Massage. Its
external application helps the Oil to penetrate the epidermal
layer & enter the tissue fast & easily. The action is
also fast & continuous usage makes the skin softer, healthier
& younger. Sesame has a property to protect the skin from
harmful external radiation viz. UV rays
if used for a prolonged basis. Sesame is antifungal,
antibacterial in nature & hence is a great agent of
prevention from infectious diseases.
Sesame Oil massage is a unique cure for
stress, tension & nervous disorders by nourishing the
neuron system & promotes strength activity.
2)
Meal Cooking
Sesame Oil is used for Frying, Cooking &
Salad Dressing. Asia consumes Sesame Oil with Natural Flavour
in form of Roasted Sesame Oil, which is made by pressing the Roasted
Sesame Seeds. In the Western Countries mostly Natural or
Refined Oil is used which is produced using Multi Stage Machine
Processing. Sesame oil has natural long self life and ensures
that food prepared with it has longer self life too.
3) Hair Oil
Sesame Oil is used for Hair Nourishment
and it also acts as an excellent
remedy against dandruff, untimely fall of hair & graying of
hair by providing nourishment to the scalp when massage
is carried out on the head.
4) Medicinal use
Sesame oil has also been proved as a medicinal
oil. It has found its use in a lot of medicine and acts
as a life saving drug. Regular use
of Sesame oil reduces lecithin deficiency
which leads to mental and physical disorders.
It has high phosphorous content and increases intelligence in
youth and adults by prompt growth and replacement of worn cells.
It helps to reduce the bad cholesterol LDL
and increases good cholesterol HDL which minimizes the
chances of cardiac related disorders.
Sesame lignans helps to improve self resistance in the body which
keeps away numerous diseases like diabetes,
hepatitis,diarrhoea , migraines and arthritis away from
the body.
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