Herbs
- Dashmula
Latin
-- none
Sanskrit -- Dashmula
Hindi -- Dashmul
English -- Ten Roots formula
NOTE:
Dashmula is actually a mixture of ten herbs in equal proportion: Aegle
marmelos, Premna mucronata, Ailanthus excelsa, Stereospermum suaveolens, Phaseolus
trilobus, Teramnus labialis, Tick Trefoil, Uraria picta, Solanum indicum,
Solanum xanthocarpum.
Parts Used:
These are all
roots. Each plant has a different therapeutic value and must be prepared in
its own way for maximum benefits.
Traditional
Ayurvedic Uses:
Dashmula is the
most highly prized Ayurvedic formula for fatigue. Extracts of these herbs
are the most effective, but powders are used in tablets in larger quantities.
We use both at MAPI, depending on the formula and its purpose.
This formula
is used as an ingredient in many of our herbal combinations. It aids cellular
regeneration to hasten removal of dead or weak cells and replace them with
fresh, vital ones.
The ayurvedic
physicians of Maharishi Ayur-Ved do not recommend the use of single herbs
for self-care due to several important reasons.
One of the specialties
of ayurveda is the science of herb combining that has been perfected over
thousands of years of clinical practice. From this ayurvedic perspective,
the study of herbs from scientific research which is based on single ingredient
formulas is not very practical. This is because an herb can give a number
of different effects depending on the other herbs it is combined with as well
as a number of other factors such as dosage, how the herb was processed, etc.
If one focuses just on the results of a study based on one ingredient, while
it may be interesting, it does not give the full insight into the complete
range of effects available from that particular herb.
