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This site has information on Ayurveda which is very good for your health
and a leading alternative medicine. Ayurveda is very popular in India and
now is getting popular around the world. Herbs play a big part in Ayurveda
as does meditation. We have information on ayurveda in general, ayurveda
chakras, ayurveda medicine, maharishi ayurveda, ayurveda cooking and information
on your body type such as pita, vata and Kapha.
Herbs
- Pippali
Latin
-- Piper longum
Sanskrit -- Pippali
Hindi -- Pippali
English -- Long Pepper, Dried Catkins
Parts Used:
Fruit. Indigenous
to north-eastern and southern India and Sri Lanka. Cultivated throughout India,
especially in Bengal.
Traditional
Ayurvedic Uses:
Pippali is certainly
one of the most widely used of all Ayurvedic herbs. It is one of the best
herbs for enhancing digestion, assimilation and metabolism of the foods we
eat. It is also highly prized for its ability to enhance assimilation and
potency of herbs in a synergistic formula (this is called the Yogavahi effect).
You will find it in most of our formulas because of these and other benefits.
The Ayurvedic
texts list Pippali as one of the most powerful Rasayana herbs, meaning it
is a longevity enhancer. It also cleans the shrotas that transport nutrients
and remove wastes, so it is considered important for purification. It balances
two of the three laws of nature at work in the mind and body (Vata and Kapha).
It also soothes the nerves to improve the quality of sleep at night.
Pippali enhances
all 13 of the metabolic processes (Agnis) that create the 7 categories of
bodily tissues (Dhatus).
Along with Black
Pepper and Ginger, Pippali is part of the famous digestive formula known as
Trikatu (Three Spices).
The experts at
Maharishi Ayurveda do not recommend the use of single herbs for self-care
due to several important reasons:
- Single herbs
often have unwanted effects over time, which can be canceled by herbs in
proper combination.
- Herbs in combination
are much more powerful.
- Good formulas
address all co-factors to a health goal for much greater effectiveness.
- Expert combinations
include herbs that increase assimilation and effective potency of the other
ingredients.
- Herbs have
different effects according to dose, and when mixed with other herbs.
