Applying oil on the feet every day is also very beneficial. It reduces and prevents roughness, dryness, fatigue, numbness, laxity, ‘cracked heels,’ reduced blood flow, tense muscles, sciatica and other Vāta ailments.

It also improves the eyesight. In ancient times, its beneficial effects led the experts to make it a religious ritual to be performed daily after morning ablutions, every time after urination