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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
- Shilajit
Shilajit
Latin
-- Asphaltum puniabiunum
Sanskrit -- Shilajit
Hindi -- Shilajita
English -- Mineral Pitch
Parts Used:
The exudation
of certain rocks in the Himalayas and other places of India.
Traditional
Ayurvedic Uses:
Shilajit is a
powerful source of all the minerals and trace minerals needed by the human
body. It is more expensive than herbs, and takes over a month to process correctly
for maximum health benefits. The white variety is considered most beneficial,
but it is more rare and costly. It is purified by the sun and arid climate
until it contains no living organisms. Its source is still a mystery, although
it has been used for thousands of years. The mud is collected and further
purified, then used as a mineral supplement.
Shilajit supports
all 13 metabolic processes (Agnis) which create all 7 categories of bodily
tissues (Dhatus).
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.
