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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
- Shankapushpi
Latin
-- Evolvolus alsinoides, Convolvolus pluricalis
Sanskrit -- Shankapushpi
Hindi -- Shankhini
English -- Aloeweed
Parts Used:
Entire plant,
juice. Each part has a different therapeutic value and must be prepared in
its own way for maximum benefits.
Traditional
Ayurvedic Uses:
Shankapushpi
is quoted in Charaka to be the single greatest herb for enhancing all three
aspects of mind power -- learning (Dhi), memory (Driti), and recall (Smriti).
Thus it is called the greatest Medhya Rasayana (that which enhances the mind).
It helps the quality of sleep by improving mind-body coordination.
It is also praised
as the best herb for beauty, stating that it achieves the goal of beauty,
which is auspiciousness in all parts of the body (Subhanga Karanam). It also
helps to nourish all layers of the skin (Twachya effect). It enhances all
three pillars of Ayurvedic beauty, known as outer beauty, inner beauty, and
lasting beauty.
Shankapushpi
is very beneficial for the nervous system, enhancing the quality of bone marrow
and nerve tissue (Majja 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.
