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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
- Punarnava
Latin
-- Boerhavia diffusa
Sanskrit -- Punarnava
Hindi -- Lal Punarnava, Beshakapore
English -- Spreading Hogweed
Parts Used:
Whole herb, root.
Each part has a different therapeutic value and must be prepared in its own
way for maximum benefits. Found throughout India, especially during the rainy
season.
Traditional
Ayurvedic Uses:
The root of this
plant is a powerful Rasayana (longevity enhancer). It is good for the kidneys,
especially the nephron cells which are damaged by long-term hyperglycemia
(diabetes). And it pacifies two of the main laws of physiology (Vata and Kapha).
Punarnava enhances
the quality of 6 of the 7 categories of bodily tissues, including nutrient
plasma (Rasa Dhatu), blood (Rakta Dhatu), muscle (Mamsa Dhatu), fat (Meda
Dhatu), bone marrow and nerves (Majja Dhatu), and reproductive fluids (Shukra
Dhatu).
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.
