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,…
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,…
Sarsaparilla — Smilax ornata (and related Smilax species) — is a climbing vine native to Central and South America, whose root has been used…
Safed Musli — Chlorophytum borivilianum — is known as “White Gold” in India, a testament to its extraordinary value and reputation as one of…
Punarnava — Boerhavia diffusa — carries a name that translates beautifully from Sanskrit as “she who renews” or “the one that brings back to…
Gurmar, Gymnema sylvestre, has one of the most evocative and clinically revealing names in the herbal materia medica. Gurmar means “sugar destroyer”…
Gokshura — the fruit of Tribulus terrestris — is one of the most important herbs in Ayurvedic medicine for male reproductive health, urinary tract…
Bamboo — Bambusa arundinacea — is one of the world’s most recognisable plants, yet its medicinal applications remain little known in the West. In…