GENERAL BT INFORMATION

• Menstruating women do the Banana Purification for the duration of their menstrual cycle.

• Those not on their cycle can do 3 – 5 consecutive days.

• 1-3 days is also beneficial.

• It is not required to do MBT before taking BT.

• If you can’t make the morning, please get in touch with Jes to see what can be arranged

Essential Things to Know

DONATION

Your donation for receiving BT is considered as Dakshina. The donations from BT are required to cover expenses only whenever a Raju travels to give the Banana Purification.

Suggested donation: minimum of $70/day for women and $90/day for men

(example: 3 days BT = minimum of $210 for women). CASH ONLY

You are encouraged to drop your envelope off to the BT location days in advance to your scheduled BT, since your donation envelope is part of the preparation ceremony, and having it in advance is beneficial.

Please write your name & number of days you’re doing BT on the envelope.

DIET

• If you are menstruating during BT, following a milk-rice diet is best.*

• The first food 1 hour after taking BT is milk rice or plain rice (no salt).

• If you are menstruating, Water or liquids should not be the first thing you ingest after BT.

• Overall, take a light diet of fresh-cooked, easily digestible food during the BT days. Milk-rice is the best diet for all meals during BT.

• If you are menstruating, do not take any of your herbal supplements during the BT days with the exception of shodhana vati if needed to prevent constipation. Medications prescribed by a medical doctor should be continued.

• *MILK RICE RECIPE: Add two parts whole milk (unpasteurized, non-homogenized, organic is best), two parts water, one part rice. Bring to a boil and let simmer until rice is soft and well cooked (nice & soupy). You can substitute goat’s milk if cow’s milk does not sit well with you. For taste, you can add cardamom, jaggery, unrefined sugar, or stevia (be sure your jaggery does not contain salt). Better to not add ghee during BT. Milk rice should be made fresh daily. You can keep it warm in a thermos but do not reheat.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO KNOW

• BT should be taken on a completely empty stomach ~ minimum 2 hours fasting after a meal. You may have water the first hour. Then no water and continue no food for the 2nd hour before receiving BT AND the first hour after receiving it.

• It is important to swallow the banana piece whole—do not chew it. Use your right hand to “feed” the banana piece into your mouth.

• Do not talk for 30 minutes before you receive the banana herbs and 30 minutes afterwards.

• Nasika (nasal oil) and Gandusha (for oral oil-pulling) should also be stopped if you are menstruating during BT (they draw energy & toxins up and out whereas menstruation and BT are drawing down & out).

• Be sure to sip hot water frequently during BT to help clear toxins thoroughly. And take extra rest during BT, especially if you are menstruating.

• If taking Banana Purification at night, you don’t have to eat after, you can go straight to bed.

• Do not use tampons during Banana Purification as this prevents the free flow of toxins out of the body and could cause toxins to build up.

• A time to go inward and rest – It is encouraged you keep socialising to a minimum. You will probably be quite tired during the Banana Purification, so it is best you avoid strenuous activity, work, studying, going out etc. Sleeping during the day is permitted. Think of this as a stretch of “time for yourself” where you can profoundly rest and purify.

• If you need to work or attend to family duties, that is fine, but try have at least one hour to yourself in silence and inward attention after taking the BT.

"BT regulates and balances the hormones and improves OJAS (strength) for both women and men"  Vaidya Padma Nayani Raju

“Why is Banana Treatment so powerful? 

The main thing is the vibration [from the vedic sounds]. Just like the planet is considered as the human (small point), Brahmananda is the universe (vast). Like that the herb is always minute, and it will work in all directions [huge expansion]. Similarly, the vibration enters into the body and goes into the whole endocrine system, not only the reproductive system, and creates the balance. 

The treatment is given at the best time of the month because of the power of the underlying cycle. If you remember when you had a period once, then it is easy to find the cycle through the pulse. The menstruation and all these things are due to the influence of the nakshatras, the stars, so the correct cycle is 28 days. We have 27 nakshatras and on the 28th day it starts over. When the nakshatras are influencing the females they will also influence the males. Banana Treatment is a good rejuvenation. It is like half or even one full PK in value even when you are in menopause. Even if you don’t have those organs due to hysterectomy, whatever the balance is needed will come from the treatments. The whole hormone system is endocrine, so no need to worry about the organ itself. For men we can do Banana Treatment and it works on the Endocrine system. For male and female it is different with the bodies, so it will make the system to work properly. 

Vaidya Krishna Raju