Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  Calorie for calorie, okra is high in calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin K, and folic acid, which helps prevent neural tube defects in developing fetuses. In ayurvedic medicine, okra is considered "tridoshic," meaning it is good for balancing all metabolic types. It can be steamed, pickled, broiled, baked, or even fried and goes well with tomatoes and highly seasoned vegetable dishes. When you boil it, it gives off a kind of viscous substance that adds a lot of smooth thickness to soups and stews, making okra a favorite for gumbo.
NOTE: The larger pods are tough and fibrous. |
J. Douglas Bremner
See book keywords and concepts |  GINGER
Ginger {Zingiber officinale), which is obtained from the root of the ginger flower, is believed to have anti-inflammatory properties, and is used in ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of inflammation and rheumatism. A recent treatment study of patients with osteoarthritis showed better efficacy for ibuprofen than ginger and no difference between ginger and placebo. There are no risks or major side effects from taking ginger.
GINKGO
People have long believed that ginkgo biloba, a supplement derived from the ancient ginkgo tree of China, increases memory, energy, and concentration. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  This book deals with the most down-to-earth issues of health, such as lifestyle, diet, nutrition, exercise, daily routine, exposure to sunlight, and the like, some of which are derived from ayurvedic medicine. Ayurveda, which literally means Science of Life, is the most ancient and complete system of natural health care. | | Ginger has been used in ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of inflammation and rheumatism. Indian research showed that a highly purified and standardized ginger extract had a statistically significant effect on reducing symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee.
Research confirms that ginger acts as an anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory agent in humans. It has shown to have antibiotic properties in test tubes (kills salmonella and staph bacteria), and acts as an anti-ulcer agent in animals. Also, it has anti-depressant, anti-diarrheal and strong antioxidant activity. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Another herb-red velvet bean plant-is used widely in Indian ayurvedic medicine and contains L-dopa, which is converted to dopamine once it crosses the blood-brain barrier and might be used to treat Parkinson's disease in higher doses. However, it's also reported to stimulate the pituitary gland to release growth hormone and testosterone, and has been historically used as an aphrodisiac. Patients need to be cautious taking dopamine and should discuss a 400-milligram dose of this herb with their doctors. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | WORTH KNOWING
Sesame oil is called "the most esteemed seed oil in Ayurvedic medicine" and is one of the most popular oils for massage. According to Ann Mclntyre, a fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and the author of six books, its chemical structure gives it a unique ability to penetrate the skin easily, nourishing and detoxifying even the deepest tissue layers. o-in Thp 1 cn Hpalthipct FohHq nn Farth
What about Canola Oil?
No, it's not a mistake, nor an omission. Canola oil is not on the list of the world's healthiest foods. It's not even close. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | Practitioners of ayurvedic medicine have used turmeric for millennia. The active principles, known as "Curcuminoids" possess anti-inflammatory properties comparable in strength to steroidal and nonsteroidal drugs. Curcuminoids are distinguished further for their antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, antimutagen, anticancer and detoxifying properties. Curcuminoids prevent the formation of free radicals while scavenging and neutralizing those already formed. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | Dharma Singh Khalsa, author of Food as Medicine, ghee is highly regarded in yoga nutritional therapy, where it is valued as both a nutrient and a preservative for food and medicine. In ayurvedic medicine, ghee is believed to strengthen the ojas, our vital energy cushion at the root of our well-being and immunity.
Happy Cows, Healthy Ghee
Remember that in India, the cow is revered as a sacred being. There are no "factory farms" for cattle in India—all cows are "grass fed. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts |  Ukrainian: hunba sinna Vietnamese: h'6 lo ba Yiddish: fenigrekum, khilbe
Parts Used
Seed (but in ayurvedic medicine, the entire plant) Physiological Effects
Alterative, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, aromatic, carminative, demulcent, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, emollient, expectorant, febrifuge, galactagogue, hypoglycemic, mucolytic, nutritive, phytoestrogenic, restorative, stimulant, vulnerary, yang tonic
Excess use of fennel seed can overstimulate the nervous system. Avoid therapeutic dosages during pregnancy. |
Roberta Bivins
See book keywords and concepts |  Gopalacharlu, ayurvedic medicine prepared. . . at the Madras Ayurvedic Laboratory, 1909. Here, by contrast, a man in western clothing with light hair is presenting medicine to another man in Indian attire. The text of the advertisement is strikingly similar to that of western patent medicines intended to cure that Jin de siecle ailment 'neurasthenia', and to address the strains of 'modernity'. But it also used the traditional Ayurvedic language of purification. | | Even the body in ayurvedic medicine is represented by two somewhat different models. One looks quite familiar to western eyes: it envisions the body as a system composed of ducts and tubes, valves and burners (see Figure 6). It is very similar to the hydraulic model that became popular in late seventeenth-century Europe as the workings of the circulatory system came to be known. | | Like their analogues in ayurvedic medicine and Galenic humouralism, these follow a hierarchy from more to less crudely material. Many—including blood, sweat, saliva, and the gastric fluids—are extracted at greater or lesser degrees of refinement direcdy from food. Others, particularly jing, qi, and shen (collectively known as the San Bao or 'three gems' for their importance to health and well-being) are far more complex substances. Jing is the natural energy or strength that the body derives from food. | | Gopalacharlu, ayurvedic medicine prepared . . . at the Madras Ayurvedic Laboratory, 1909. While the image in this catalogue entry shows two traditionally dressed Indians using the advertised salve, they are seated in a room with typically western medicine cabinets and what appear to be western-style diplomas on its walls: a stereotypical western doctor's office. The text uses traditional humoural explanations, but also dwells on scientific preparation of the drug. | | Thus in 1917, for example, the US medical periodical Medical Times carried a lengthy transcript of a paper on ayurvedic medicine presented by Dr Sarat Chandra Ghose to the 1916 Eight Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Research. The paper lauded Ayurveda's glorious past?Hindu medicine attained a very high level of perfection when the rest of the world was almost in its infancy... long before western medical science came into existence'. | | These models explain the physical phenomena of health and illness in ayurvedic medicine. In both, the physical body is constituted by seven tissues—dhatu in Sanskrit. These tissues bind mind and spirit to the physical body, while strengthening and supporting them. Ayurveda's parallel to the western humours (dosa in Sanskrit) circulate around the dhatus. These vital fluids are vata, pitta, and kapha—wind or breath, bile, and phlegm—and as in western humouralism, they are considered to be physical substances. But the dosas differ from the humours in that they are not just physical fluids. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | TO 03 in in tj r> m in
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Sage is a great little herb, which has been valued for more than 2,000 years, both for its medicinal properties and for its ability to spice up foods. In ayurvedic medicine, sage is considered a purifying herb. Deepak Chopra recommends it for "excessive accumulation of toxic, morbid emotions." On top of that, it also smells great!
Sage probably got its reputation as a purifying herb because, along with its sisters in the mint family, it has antimicrobial and antiviral activities. Why? Because of its volatile oil. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
See book keywords and concepts |  Turmeric, a key ingredient in curry, has been used for centuries by practitioners of ayurvedic medicine to treat inflammatory disorders, and turmeric extract containing curcumin (not to be confused with cumin, a spice commonly associated with Moroccan cooking) is available in most health-food stores as a dietary supplement for the treatment and prevention of rheumatoid arthritis. NIH researchers found that curcumin completely inhibited the onset of rheumatoid arthritis in animals by working to keep inflammatory proteins from being released and preventing destruction in the joints. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  In Indian ayurvedic medicine, Soap Nuts are used traditionally to treat skin disorders like eczema and psoriasis. With Maggie's Soap Nuts, there's nothing between you and your clothes but Mother Nature!
Do I need to clean the chemical detergent residue out of my washing machine before I wash my clothes with Soap Nuts?
You can use Maggie's Soap Nuts to purify your washing machine. To remove chemical residues from your machine, run a full load of rags through a warm or hot wash cycle with 4-5 soap nuts in the sack.
I'm allergic to nuts. Can I use Soap Nuts?
Yes! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Cinnamon stabilizes blood sugar, and gymnema sylvestre helps block dietary sugars while supporting the regeneration of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. ayurvedic medicine has known all this -- and much more -- for centuries. Western doctors, of course, completely dismiss the entire system of ayurvedic medicine as quackery, ignoring its many thousands of years of safe, effective use on literally billions of people, and overlooking its enormous knowledge base of wisdom and experience in supporting balanced, holistic health. | | There is also a prominent recognition of the mind/body link in ayurvedic medicine.
Recent scientific studies have shown popular Ayurvedic herbs to exhibit powerful medicinal effects, even from a Western point of view. Turmeric, for example, halts the growth of cancer tumors. Cinnamon stabilizes blood sugar, and gymnema sylvestre helps block dietary sugars while supporting the regeneration of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. ayurvedic medicine has known all this -- and much more -- for centuries. | | Based on thousands of years of development and use, ayurvedic medicine is organized around the energy patterns of individuals (the way they use their bodies, what they eat, how they digest, levels of body heat, etc.) and treatment using a wide array of medicinal herbs and substances (like essential oils, coconut oil, and so on). There is also a prominent recognition of the mind/body link in ayurvedic medicine.
Recent scientific studies have shown popular Ayurvedic herbs to exhibit powerful medicinal effects, even from a Western point of view. | | It is also gaining popularity and recognition in the United States, Europe, Australia and many other areas of the world as people come to recognize the inherent wisdom and innate safety of ayurvedic medicine. Based on thousands of years of development and use, ayurvedic medicine is organized around the energy patterns of individuals (the way they use their bodies, what they eat, how they digest, levels of body heat, etc.) and treatment using a wide array of medicinal herbs and substances (like essential oils, coconut oil, and so on). |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | To provide you with a clearer and more comprehensive picture of the disease process, I have included some of the basic insights of ayurvedic medicine, which is the most ancient and complete system of natural health care. Once you know how to "create" illness, you will also know how to reverse it. Such is the purpose of this chapter.
AGNI—The "General" Of Digestion
Whenever food enters your mouth and touches the taste buds located on the surface of your tongue, your salivary glands begin secreting saliva. Saliva is needed to lubricate the food and to predigest cooked starches. |
Gabriel Cousens
See book keywords and concepts |  The herb comes from the rocks in the lower Himalayas and is the most important natural remedy of ayurvedic medicine. Shilajit is an ancient herbomineral extract from the Himalayas; it improves glycogen stores in the liver, and has been shown to help reduce sugar in the urine, promote regeneration of the pancreatic beta cells, and reduce oxidative stress. It is not that well known, but we have used it for mineral replacement. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | In fact, they may help prevent ulcers by killing bacteria, and they also simulate the lining of the stomach to secrete powerful protective juices. In ayurvedic medicine, they are used for healing, but with care. They're definitely not recommended for anyone with an inflamed colon.
Red chiles have a nice amount of vitamin A, and both red and green chiles contain fiber, potassium, folic acid, and iron. Some people with sensitive skin are warned to wear rubber gloves when handling them. In general, the smaller and more pointed the pepper is, the hotter the taste. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  In addition, there is a belief in ayurvedic medicine (an ancient system of health care native to India) that a cup of hot water with lemon juice in it tones and purifies the liver. Water also impacts how your body metabolizes fat. One of the functions of the liver is to convert stored fat to energy; another is to support kidney function. According to Maia Appleby author of "Why Drinking Water Really Is the Key to Weight Loss":
If the kidneys are water-deprived, the liver has to do their work along with its own, lowering its total productivity. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts | | Saffron is also sometimes used in perfumery. In ayurvedic medicine, saffron is used to enhance love and spirituality.
Pure Saffron
Powdered saffron is frequently adulterated with the male stamens or with marigold, safflower, calendula, or turmeric. To make sure you are getting the real thing, buy the whole stigmas rather than the powder. | | Ayurvedic medicine and E. prostrata in Chinese treatments. Eclipta tonifies and nourishes liver and kidney yin, cools the blood, stops bleeding, and promotes beautiful skin. It is used to treat abscess, alopecia, anemia, balding, blurred vision, boils, cirrhosis, diphtheria, dizziness, dysentery, hepatitis, insomnia, jaundice, liver enlargement, loose teeth, nosebleed, premature gray hair, restlessness, spleen enlargement, stress, tinnitus, and tuberculosis.
Topically, eclipta can be prepared as an oil and applied to the scalp to curb hair loss, to reduce graying, and to promote luster. | | Small amounts of the root are given to children in ayurvedic medicine to enhance their intelligence and to adults in Oriental medicine to "calm the spirit."
Topically, powdered calamus can be used as a snuff to relieve nasal congestion (this may cause
In some cases cacao may cause heartburn or an allergic reaction. Since it contains caffeine, it should be used only rarely by pregnant women and can aggravate insomnia, anxiety, irritability, and breast cysts. Cacao also contains oxalic acid, which can inhibit calcium absorption and promote kidney stones. | | In ayurvedic medicine calamus root is prepared as a douche or enema to deter fungal overgrowth. The root also can be used in the bath or as a compress to relieve back pain and headache. It can be smoked to deter tobacco cravings and to mitigate the negative effects of smoking marijuana. It also can be chewed to relieve teething pain. A tincture of the root can be applied topically to eliminate skin parasites. Diluted calamus essential oil is used in massage oils to treat paralysis and rheumatism.
Edible Uses
The rhizome is edible; it and the leaf can be candied and used as breath fresheners. |
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