Herbs, Herbal, Ayurved, Nature and Healthcare

Hingwastak churna is made-up of common herbs to treat indigestion and stomach problems.  Saindhava Namak ( Rock Salt ) is used in the formulation of Hingwastak churna which is known for its good digestion effect. Hingwastak Churna mainly contains very safe and easily available herbal spices.  Ingredients: Ginger churna Long pepper churna Black pepper churna Ajwain churna (Ajamoda) Saindhava Namak (Rock Salt or edible Salt ) Jeera Churna (Black and White Cumin seeds) Hing Churna (Asafoetida) Taken with Ghee: Purified Butter Cautions: It is not advised to take the Hingwastak churna without medical advice. Persons with hemorrhoids, peptic ulcer should avoid or use Hingwastak churna under supervision of medical practitioner. Pregnant women should also consume Hingwastak churna under medical supervision. Hingwastak Benefits: In Gastritis In Indigestion and Anorexia Abdominal Pain Diet supplement in Arthritis Dose:  1-3 gram with

Maharasnadi Kwath is a very famous Ayurvedic preparation in liquid form. Maharasnadi is also used in tablet form and in churna form. It is also known as  Rasnadi Kwath, kwatha etc.  It has potent anti inflammatory, anti rheumatic property and controls degeneration. Ingredients:   Mainly following herbs is used in preparation of Maharasanadi kwath : Ø Rasna (Pluchea lanceolata) Ø Damasa  (Fagonia arabica) Ø Errand  (Ricinus communis) Root Ø Devdaru  (Deodar) Ø Kachura  (Curcuma zeodoaria) Ø Mainphal  (Randia dumetorum) Ø Vansa  (Adhatoda vasika) Ø Ginger (Zingiber officinalis) Ø Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) Ø Chavya  (Piper chaba) Ø Nagar mothan (Cyperus rotundus) Ø Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa) Ø Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) Ø Vidari  (Ipomoea digitata) Ø Saunf  (Fennel) Ø Gokshuradi (Tribulus terrestris) Ø Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) Ø Apamarga  (Achyranthes aspera) Ø Amaltas  (Cassia fistula) Ø Shatava

Shankhpushpi syrup is ancient tonic for mental health. It is an Ayurvedic preparation used from centuries to boost memory and increase learning power. Shankhpushpi consists mainly two herbs Brahmi and Shankha Pushpi and both of herbs is well known for their memory boosting and stress relieving effect. Shankhpusphi syrup is mainly sold as an OTC product in India and available throughout India at Chemist or Pharmacy Stores. Ingredients : Shankhpushpi (Convolvalus Pluricauli) and Brahmi ( Centella Asiatica) Uses: Ø   Memory Booster for School going children. Ø   Used as Brain Tonic and for good mental health. Ø   Improve mental functions, concentration and learning ability. Ø   In mental retardation. Ø   A valuable adjuvant to anticonvulsive therapy. Ø   In stress management and depression. Ø   Controls the hyper excitability of the nerves. Dosage: For children, one to two tea spoonful twice daily with water or milk and for adults, two to thr

Ashwagandharishta is a good nervion tonic mainly used for mental fatique. It is effective in metal disorders, stomach disorders and sexual disorders. Ashwagandharishta Ingredients Ø   Ashwagandha (Withania Somnifra) Ø   shatavar i (Asparagus ascendens) Ø   kudzu (Pueraria tuberose) Ø   Arjuna (Teminalia arjuna) Ø   Kshirini (Hemidesmu indicus) Ø   Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) etc. Ashwagandharishta Indications: Ø   Weakness Ø   Mental disorders like stress and strains Ø   Fatigue Ø   Sexual disorders like erectile dysfunction and oligospermia Ø   Arthritis Ø   Stomach Disorders like poor digestion etc. Ashwagandharishta Doses: 12 – 24 ml. one or two times a day usually advised after food. If needed, equal quantity of water can be added before consumption. Traditional dose is – 24 ml. Ashwagandharishta  Side Effects:  In higher doses, it causes digestive upset. Ashwagandharishta  Contraindications: In pregnanc

To prevent spurious drugs flow in market, and make ayurvedic and herbal medicines – more acceptable and safe, Government of Kerla will launch clinical trial and safety study of proprietary and patented Ayurvedic Medicine. The government received five applications for the study, which has been made mandatory for granting the license to manufacture and sell patented and proprietary medicines.  The first clinical trial and safety study of Ayurvedic medicines will kick off in two weeks and will start the process with one product at Vaisyaratnam P S Varier Ayurvedic College, Kottakkal, to be followed by three in Government Ayurvedic College. Trial will follow the WHO guidelines for research in traditional medicines and test shall be conducted for only those formulations which use ingredients mentioned in the approved list of 56 classical tests. Licenses will be provided for those preparations, which clear the test. Three colleges will supervise the trials as they have

According to Charak Samitha, we are mentioning few foods that should be avoided while having other. Ø Don’t drink milk with Fish because of great obstruction of channels, contradictory Virya causes vitiation of blood. Ø Milk with Cilacima fish cause disorders of blood or constipation or may lead to dead. Ø Meat with honey, sesamum, jaggery, milk, black gram, radish, lotus stalk, germinated grains. This combination may cause deafness, blindness, tremors, coldness, indistinct voice, nasal voice or death. Ø After eating radish, garlic, sigru, arjaka, tulsi, one should avoid drinking milk because it may lead toward risk of laprosy or any other skin disease. Ø Potherb of puskara or rohini or meat of pigeon fried in mustard oil should avoid with honey or milk, can cause obstruction of blood circulation, epilepsy, sankhaka, goiter, rohini or death. Ø Potherb of jatuka or ripe fruits of nikuca with honey or milk should also be avoided. Ø Ripe fruits of n

  Ayurveda is eternal in nature because its beginning-less-ness and endless-ness, because the characters of entities are determined by universal nature and the characters of all substances are eternal. Like flow of life that was never non-existence, Ayurveda was never non-existence. Pleasure (state of health) and Pain (state of disease) along with other material factors are also eternal. Causes and symptoms, because of their inter-relationship, are also eternal. The law of Similar and the law of Opposites are also eternal. Five elements i.e. Air, Water, Soil, Fire and sky are eternal, and their properties are also eternal. Ayurveda term is totally eternal. It can’t be limited or explained by words or sentences. Ayurveda is based upon three dosha i.e. Kapha, Pitta and Usna. These dosha’s are also eternal in nature. Their properties are also eternal in nature. If anyone wants to know about Ayurveda, he must have to learn about eternity of Ayurveda and its components

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday in 6th World Ayurveda said that Ayurveda too can acquire global recognition and acceptance if it is presented in the right spirit and as a way of life. PM also said the one of biggest challenge to Ayurveda comes from people who have dedicated their life to it but they too don't trust it fully. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's concern about Ayurveda is true. I know a large group of Ayurvedic Vadyas and B.A.M.S. doctors that are dedicated toward their work and professions. But when comes to treatment, they also add allopathic medicines in their prescription. Even for mineral and vitamin's need, they prefer allopathic or food products instead of tradition Ayurvedic medicines or foods. In reality, that is a biggest challenge. Until Ayurvedic Professionals will not believe in Ayurvedic treatment, patients will not believe in Ayurveda.  On net or social media, everywhere herbal and Ayurvedic system is getting recognition but if we can

On Tuesday, Health Minister said, “Govt. is planning to introduce a new quality control regulator department for ayurvedic and tradition medicines.”  New department will look after the development and research for traditional medicines, monitor the quality of medicine and standardized the manufacturing of ayurvedic and traditional medicine to the international level. Ayurvedic Medicines Govt. has allocated Rs. 5000 crore to the new ayush mission in 12 th five year plan. As alternative medicine sector is reaching at level of estimated USD100 billion at global market, the country will get a new set up for quality control and regulation in Ayurvedic and traditional medicines. If we believe at sources, Govt. is also aiming to offer 30 traditional medicines to all its citizens. India is home for ayurvedic and traditional system of medicine but worldwide presence of India in this section is negligible. Health minister also said that under AYUSH mission, the government w

One thing for sure, we have a long way to go. Indian alternative medicine systems are richest in regard of healthcare knowledge. At ground level these systems were in practice before 20 years. In last 20 years our country only went through western and chemical system of treatment. We have forgotten very important thing and it is that our body has one of strongest army in the Universe. It has its own way to treat body. If a person will go to doctor for treatment what he will prescribe? He will give antibiotics along with multi minerals, multivitamins and antioxidants. In addition NSAID’s and antipyretic drug may include. That’s not wrong. But if we will think deeply, we will find we didn’t consider our immune system for treating disease. If we have such a strong immune system then how can we neglect it while treating a disease or condition?  Our immune system can act as antibiotics and minerals & vitamins our body can get from diet. Both things can be produced within body.

Nature and our body have everything in common, we only need to understand one from both and picture will be clear for other. Here we are trying to find few similarities between them: 1.   First thing that is common between human body and nature is their way of working. Both things work perfectly. 2.    Both have complexity in structure, simplicity in work. 3.   Diseases are indication for something is wrong with body system. Likewise natural disasters are indications for problem with nature. 4.   Body and Nature both have perfect healing process. 5.   Body and Nature both have tendency to reject external objects. 6.   Our body internal system works 24*7 as same in case of nature. 7.   Excessive exploitation leads to disaster. 8.   Chemicals and unnatural products cause danger in both cases. 9.   Firstly body tries to remove virus or infection, then to treat, if fails, then you see the outcome. The same in case of nature. We can correlate number of simil

What do you think about antibacterial shop and Body washes?  We have read much about cosmetics and perfumery products side effects. But one should research complications and effects of antibacterial shops and hand washes. We don’t know whether study or researches are done about this or not. But it is necessity of time to study these effects. In our Article Shouldn’t it time to find substitute of antibiotics , we discussed about complications of antibiotics in daily life. Now we are trying to get attention at daily use of shops and body washes. Daily we encounter with hundred of thousand of bacteria. These bacteria are of two types: 1.   Beneficial Bacteria 2.   Harmful Bacteria When use of these chemicals in excess, it may also harm beneficial bacteria. These beneficial bacteria prevent our body from number of diseases. Increases our immune power and perform number of activities in body.  Increase in allergy cases in recent years, may also be due to excessive u