Ayurveda offers a range of Kitchen Medicine; simple preparations and combinations of spices, herbs and plants that can be prepared in the kitchen as drinks, teas, preparations, and special cooked foods that can be used for all manner of ailments and preventative medicines.
The healing food Khichari can be prepared with spices according to dosha and specific ailments and used as a detox food.
The kitchen itself is a sacred place and cooking requires serenity, focus, knowledge and skill. Cooking and preparing food is a meditation and can impart healing qualities in the energy of the food.