The Way of

Ayurvedic Herbs

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Daily Essentials

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3 primal forces regulating all body functions

Vata

Tridosha Pitta

Kapha
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Balance

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Triple support 6  
 Vata Pitta Kapha
Movement Heat & Solidity
Metabolism Structure
Lubrication
 Doshas

Kapha
Lungs and Stomach

Pitta
Small Intestine

Vata
Large Intestine

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Energetics
 Weight

Gunas
Temper-
Moisture
ature
Weight

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 Weight (Tissue Density)

1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Heavy
Light

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Temperature

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 Temperature (Metabolic Rate)

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Cold
Hot
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Moisture

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 Moisture (Tissue Sliminess)

1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 1 0

Wet Dry

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 Three Doshas
Vata Pitta Kapha

Movement,
Digestion,
nerve Solidity,
metabolism,
regulation, stability,
Function assimilation,
respiration, lubrication,
body heat,
circulation, tissue building
secretions
excretion

Moisture Dry Wet Wet

Temperature Cold Hot Cold
Density Light Light Heavy
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 Kapha
builds the Pitta fuels
body to live the body
in

Vata moves the

body

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Balance of 3 Doshas

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 Health

3 Doshas
in balance
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 Health
Balance in doshas
Balance in metabolism
Balance in the tissues
Proper elimination
Blissful senses
Mind and bliss at deepest level of Soul
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Preserving the health of healthy and
eliminating the suffering of the sick
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Doshas integrate the whole person

Vata Pitta Kapha

Movement Heat & Solidity
Metabolism Structure
Lubrication
Causes of disease

Too little
Too much
or
Wrong type

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Causes of disease

Sense organs
Environment
Actions

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For example…

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 Too much or
too little talking

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Too much heat

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Too much cold

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Daily Herbs

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 Triphala

“Three fruits”
Amla, bibitaki, haritaki
Every tissue
Liver, skin, eyes
Glandular balance
Building and detoxifying

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 Triphala

Haritaki

Amla
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 Triphala
Main medicine for each dosha
Amla Pitta
Bibitaki Kapha
Haritaki Vata

Most widely used medicine in Ayurveda

All organs
Detox and tonic
Maintenance dose 1 g per day
Mild laxative 5 g per day

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 Amla fruit

Long-term cooling
antioxidant

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 Bibitaki
BibitakiFruit

Long-term drying
astringent
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 Haritaki Fruit

Long-term nervine
Short-term laxative

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1-2 grams daily
Lifetime

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 Triphala tea

Decoct ½ tsp. in 1 cup water

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 Triphala vehicles

Vata Stir in warm milk

Pitta Stir in ghee
Kapha Stir in honey

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Ashwaganda
 Ashwaganda Root
Withania somnifera

Winter cherry, Indian ginseng

“Ashwaganda” combination of the word ashva, meaning “horse”

and gandha, meaning “smell”

Root has strong aroma described as “horse-like”

Main tonic for men

 Ashwaganda root

Stamina and sex

 Calming

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Warm and dry

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 In warm milk
Or almond milk
With ghee and/or
honey
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 Tonic milk
1 cup warm milk (or almond milk)
1 tsp Ghee
1 Tbs Coconut
1 tsp Chopped dates
2 tsp Chopped almonds
½ tsp Saffron
1/8 tsp Cardamom seed or fennel seed
1 tsp raw honey
Shatavari root as desired
Ashwaganda root as desired
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Ashwaganda milk
India

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 Dry Root
3 to 6 g per day
(capsules, powder)
Shatavari

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 Shatavari

Asparagus racemosus
Root
“Hundred husbands”
Lactation, semen
Demulcent (GI, urinary)

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Closely related to…

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Major female tonic

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 Shatavari

Pelvic & Urinary

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Cool and moist

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 Shatavari

Daily 2 grams

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 In milk for
tonic action
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 Slow action

Ashwaganda
Shatavari
50/50 mixture
Balanced energetics
Shatavari and Ashwaganda

Capsules, soup, gruel, smoothie

Daily 1-2 grams lifelong

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 Herbal jelly
Amla fruit
35 ingredients
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 Stamina
Sex
Immune
2 Tbs daily
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 Rolls-Royce
Of
Chyawanprash

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Daily Digestion

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 Warming carminatives

Reduce vata
Reduce gas
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 Dipana remedies

Enkindle agni
(digestive fire)
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Cardamom seed

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 Cardamom

Native India and Sri Lanka; widely cultivated

Hot, bitter, spicy, warming, drying
Carminative
Flatulence, colic, dyspepsia, bronchitis
High ether element

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Cardamom India

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Black Cardamom

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 Combine cardamom with banana

Add nutmeg
for vata
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Tulsi herb

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 Tulsi
Ocimum sanctum
Holy basil
Pungent, hot
Warming diaphoretic
Cold and flu
Energizing
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 Tulsi

Nervine
Memory
Nerve tissue builder
Detox nerve and brain
Devotion

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Tulsi harvest

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Tulsi
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Neem

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 Neem leaf

Azadirachta indica
Bitter, cold
“Village pharmacy”
Digestive
Antipyretic
Parasites
Antimicrobial
Detox

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 Guduchi stem

Tinospora cordifolia
Tropical India

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 “Gilo”

Cold and flu

Stamina
Aphrodisiac
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Bitter digestive

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 Guduchi

Best for clearing the srotamsi (channels)

Cleans srotamsi of brain (mental activity)
Powder
Daily 2 grams

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Yogi Tea, a building tonic

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Yogi Tea

Warming
Circulation
Digestion

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 Yogi Tea

Cinnamon
Black pepper
Cardamom
Clove
Ginger
Black tea (small amount)

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 Ghee

Clarified butter
Main treatment for pitta
Immune
Brain and intelligence
Sex

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Ghee

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Rolls-Royce of Ghee

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Making Ghee

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Medicated ghee

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Dosha Balancer Healing tonic
(Triphala) (Ashwaganda)

Digestive aids Immune tonic

(Cardamom) (Chyawanprash)
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Daily Food

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Trinity roots

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 Circulation and heart
Digestion
Joints
Powerful blood purifiers

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 Trinity Roots

Daily
2 capsules

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 Universal Medicine

Digestion
Circulation

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Fresh or powder

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Food
 Ginger

Tea
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Conscious, purposeful eating

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Herbal medicine in every meal
 Food for Vata

Warm
Moist
Easy to digest
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Sweet rice

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 Food for Pitta

Cooling

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Cucumber

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 Food for Kapha

Drying
Diuretic
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Low calorie

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Astringent

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Small beans

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Kitcharee

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 Small bean

Mung bean
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Basmati rice

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Building and detoxifying
Include healing
herbs
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 For Vata, add
Cumin seed
Asafoetida

For Pitta, add

Ghee
Coconut

For Kapha, add

Mustard seed
Garlic 126  
Daily Lifestyle

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 Every day

Morning bowel movement

Self massage
Brush teeth

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 Evening dose
Adjust time and dose to
morning bowel movement

If stool is dry, add licorice

to triphala

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 Daily Self-massage

Abhyanga

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Abhyanga Oils

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Daily Abhyanga
Castor oil for vata

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Pitta abhyanga

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 Best for kapha

Best for Kapha

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Brush teeth 138  
 Brush teeth

Salt
Black pepper
Turmeric

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 Neti
Adjust

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 Neti
Triphala decoction
Ghee
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