Tag: Ayurvedic herbs

Vasaka (Adhatoda vasaka): Ayurveda’s Premier Respiratory Herb

Vasaka — Adhatoda vasaka (also Justicia adhatoda) — is the most important respiratory herb in the Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia. Known in Sanskrit as Vasa and in Hindi as Adusa,…

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Sarsaparilla Root (Smilax ornata): The Depurative and Hormonal…

Sarsaparilla — Smilax ornata (and related Smilax species) — is a climbing vine native to Central and South America, whose root has been used…

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Safed Musli Complex (Chlorophytum borivilianum): Ayurveda’s White Gold

Safed Musli — Chlorophytum borivilianum — is known as “White Gold” in India, a testament to its extraordinary value and reputation as one of…

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Punarnava Root (Boerhavia diffusa): “The One That Renews”

Punarnava — Boerhavia diffusa — carries a name that translates beautifully from Sanskrit as “she who renews” or “the one that brings back to…

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Neem (Azadirachta indica): The Village Pharmacy Tree

Neem — Azadirachta indica — is known across India as the “village pharmacy” for the extraordinary breadth of its traditional medicinal applications. Virtually every…

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Gurmar (Gymnema sylvestre): The Sugar Destroyer

Gurmar — Gymnema sylvestre — has one of the most evocative and clinically revealing names in the herbal materia medica. Gurmar means “sugar destroyer” in Hindi…

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