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Organic Kokum Butter – 250g

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Organic Kokum Butter — 250g

Pressed from the seed of Garcinia indica, the kokum tree that grows wild across the Western Ghats of western India. The fruit gave Maharashtra and Goa their kokum sharbat and sol kadhi. The butter is from the seed.

The composition is up to 80% stearic-oleic-stearic triglycerides. The melting point is high. The butter is solid at room temperature and softens at body temperature.

Used in classical practice for padabhyanga — the evening oiling of the feet prescribed by Charaka — and across the Konkan kitchen tradition for dry skin, cracked heels, and lip care. P.V. Sharma entered it formally into the materia medica in Dravyaguna Vijnana, under rochana varga, in the nineteenth century.

For face, body, lips, and feet.
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  • BENEFITS
  • INGREDIENTS
  • HOW TO USE
BENEFITS

Deeply nourishing — rich in stearic and oleic fatty acids that soften and condition dry skin.
Non-greasy — absorbs without leaving a heavy residue, unlike heavier butters.
Stable on warm skin — a high melting point means it holds and works in, rather than sliding off.
For cracked heels and rough patches — the classical choice for padabhyanga, the evening oiling of the feet.
Lips, elbows, knees — concentrated care for the driest areas.
Single ingredient — organic, unrefined, nothing added.

INGREDIENTS

garcinia indica seed butter

HOW TO USE

Padabhyanga — oil to the feet, before sleep. Warm a teaspoon of kokum butter between the palms until it melts. Work it into the heels, the arches, the tops of the feet, and the ankles. The centre of the sole last. Ten minutes. Cotton socks. Sleep.

Body. Warm a small amount between the palms and press into dry areas — elbows, knees, shins — after bathing, while the skin is still warm.

Lips and dry patches. A little, warmed on the fingertip, worked into cracked lips, cuticles, or rough skin.

Kokum butter is firm at room temperature. It softens with the warmth of the hands. A small amount is enough.