Before starting this blog, let me stress on the point, I am not forcing anybody to wear Sindoor or bindis. I would say to stay away from them because they are not authentic sindoors. The Sindoors now available in market are red lead (lead tetroxide, also known asminium) is added to sindoor. Red lead is toxic and a known carcinogen for laboratory animals, though its carcinogenicity to humans. So be aware of the composition of the sindoor that is used.
Refer U.S. Government food and Drug website : http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2007/ucm109040.htm
Composition of Traditional sindoor
Traditionally Sindoor ( aka Vermilion) is a purified and powdered form of cinnabar, which is the chief form in which mercury sulfide naturally occurs. As with other compounds of mercury, sindoor is toxic.
Sindoor were made at Hindu homes from
a) Turmeric and alum. The turmeric powder becomes red when mixed with lime juice or lime powder, moistened in water, or with alum. Or
b) From a mixture of saffron ground with kusumbha flower.
And they are mixed with sandalwood and musk
Refer National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow research paper : http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/5640/1/NPR%207(1)%2022-29.pdf
Science of Sindoor
The area where sindoor is applied is between the eyebrows, called the Ajna Chakra. This is the point that is believed to be the entry and exit point of our jivaatma (soul) as per Sanatan Hindu Dharma.
This area if called the third eye of Shiva. It’s very sensitive; I can tell you as a child I used to point my finger at my forehead while i kept my eyes closed. I could feel a force on that area.
The ajna chakra is more active in women. The pineal gland is the physical concomitant of ajna chakra. From the point of view of medical science, the pineal gland represents a kind of atrophied photoreceptor. It is linked to a vestigial organ, known as the parietal eye which is also called the third eye. If ajna is awakened and functioning properly, the pineal gland secretes various hormones which instigates our sexual consciousness, our sensuality and state of mind.
The pineal gland produces Melatonin. Melatonin is a Serotonin derived hormone by also resonating Serotonin with the very pulse of life 7.83 Hertz to become Melatonin (OM king mantra is 7.843 hertz, the same frequency of planet earth and is called Schumann resonance, the pulse the DNA uses to replicate, and which has been measured to be emitted from the brains and hands of all successful healers, regardless of belief or faith.)
Mercury in sindoor is sent into a resonant state by absorbing its band gap energy of 2.1eV from the visible spectrum. Red is the colour with the longest wavelength, being the nearest visible light to infrared in the electromagnetic spectrum with its photon energy of 2.1eV. The harmless and de-toxified mercury in the sindoor draws energy vibrations from the universe and activates the pituitary and pineal gland, so that the body and mind of our married women function better. Resonance created helps the pineal gland, to release Neurotransmitter, melatonin, DMT, etc. Melatonin influences sexual development and sleep-wake cycles.
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_sulfide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_spectrum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656447/ (US government National Library of Medicicne)
http://sedonanomalies.weebly.com/schumann-resonance.html
Reasoning:
Aesthetically: They look beautiful.
Sindoor also has Musk and Sandalwood. The scent of the musk and sandal channelizes the passion of married life. Try making love to your partner after she applies sindoor on the hair parting after a bath. It excites joy, passion , dynamism and enthusiasm
Socially: They look married and hence they are not watched with a bad eye
Biologically:
Melatonin boosts the sex drive. This must be the reason why widows and virgin girls are not allowed to wear sindoor
Melatonin also controls the state of mind, sleep patterns.
