why they gave குங்குமப்பூ?
An expensive flower but still was given to all pregnant women. But they were told that the baby will be fair if they consumed it with milk everyday. There are numerous babies which were born darker even though the mother consumed this.
Those days everything was told in a way that people believed. People liked fair skin and so they told them that.
One of the ladies that I met told that குங்குமப்பூ is heat and regular consumption of it prepared the body for any chills after delivery.Enough Heat was generated by saffron so that the lady who delivered did not suffer from chills too. I had chills after my delivery but I refused to take saffron. I brushed iT off as old school methods.
பெரியவர்கள் சொல் பேச்சு கேக்கணும்.