The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs (PDFDrive)

The Way of
Ayurvedic
Herbs
Thursday, August 8, 13
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Cleanup Time
With Ayurveda
Ayurvedic Dietary Healing
Generate (Eat and Build)

Organize (Metabolize and Repair)

Organize (Metabolize and Repair)
Detoxify (Clean out to start again)
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3 Types of Toxins
3 different types of toxins that impact

health
Ama
Amavisha
Garvisha
Ama
Most common type of toxin
Waste product of incomplete digestion
Sticky, white and foul-smelling
Forms in digestive tract when food not digested
properly
Develops when agni weak or irregular
Caused by eating foods unsuitable for body type/
season
Eating too much or too little
Eating before previous meal is digested
Going to sleep on a full stomach
Eating leftover, processed, old or fermented foods
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Amavisha
More reactive form of ama
Forms when ama settles in body part for
long time, mixes with subdoshas,
dhatus, malas
More toxic, reactive type of ama more

dangerous than simple ama, must be
treated more thoroughly during
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Garvisha
Comes from outside the body

Environmental toxins
(chemicals, preservatives, poisons, air/water
pollution, chemicals in clothing, synthetic
drugs, chemicals in household cleansers,
heavy metals)
Toxins from spoiled foods
If toxins continue to be produced over a
long time, can leave digestive tract,
travel to a weak area in body and settle
there
Blocks the srotamsi
(microcirculatory channels)
Disrupts flow of nutrients to the area
Disrupts natural waste removal systems
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Cycle of the Seasons
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Summer
Hot, Wet
Pitta
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Autumn/Winter
Cold, Dry
Vata
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Spring
Cold, Wet
Kapha
(Accumulated all winter)
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Tastes
Sweet Sour Salty Pungent Bitter Astringent
Earth + Earth + Water + Air +

Elements Fire + Air Air + Earth
Water Fire Fire Ether
Carbo-
Alkaloid Poly-
Compositio hydrate Organic Capsaicin
Minerals & phenols
n Protein acids & similar
Other (tannins)
Fat
Temp Cold 3 Hot 2 Hot 3 Hot 1 Cold 1 Cold 2
Moisture Wet 1 Wet 3 Wet 2 Dry 1 Dry 2 Dry 3
Weight Heavy 1 Light 3 Heavy 2 Light 2 Light 1 Heavy 3
Dosha
↓V, ↓P, ↑K ↓V, ↑P, ↑K ↓V, ↑P, ↑K ↓K, ↑V, ↑P ↓P, ↓K, ↑V ↓P, ↓K, ↑V
Effects
Tissue
Anabolic Anabolic Anabolic Catabolic Catabolic Catabolic
Effect
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Tastes
Sweet Sour Salty Pungent Bitter Astringent
Earth + Earth + Water + Air +

Elements Fire + Air Air + Earth
Water Fire Fire Ether
Carbo-
Alkaloid Poly-
Compositio hydrate Organic Capsaicin
Minerals & phenols
n Protein acids & similar
Other (tannins)
Fat
Temp Cold 3 Hot 2 Hot 3 Hot 1 Cold 1 Cold 2
Moisture Wet 1 Wet 3 Wet 2 Dry 1 Dry 2 Dry 3
Weight Heavy 1 Light 3 Heavy 2 Light 2 Light 1 Heavy 3
Dosha
↓V, ↓P, ↑K ↓V, ↑P, ↑K ↓V, ↑P, ↑K ↓K, ↑V, ↑P ↓P, ↓K, ↑V ↓P, ↓K, ↑V
Effects
Tissue
Anabolic Anabolic Anabolic Catabolic Catabolic Catabolic
Effect
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Herbal Medicines
Specially selected gourmet foods

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STRONG
BITTERS
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Chiretta
Very cold, bitter

detoxifier
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Chiretta
Very drying
Take with ghee or
almond oil in milk
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Chiretta
Very bitter
Highly purifying to the blood
Indian folk medicine:
A handful is soaked in water at night.
In the morning the water is poured off
and one cup is drunk.
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The next day another handful
is made into a tea.
People use chiretta to prevent skin
problems
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Chiretta
Trikatu (warming herbs)
Triphala (balancing herbs)
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Mahasudarshan
Chiretta (or other bitters)

Trikatu
Triphala
Cannabis (optional)
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Manjishta root
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Manjishta root
Bitter
Astringent
Sweet
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Manjishta
Hot, heavy, dry

Anti-inflammatory,
Hemostatic
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Manjishta
Rubia cordifolia, R. tinctoria

Family Rubiaceae (coffee family)
Kushtas (skin diseases)
herpes, acne, psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis
1-3 grams
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Yellow Gentian
Common
Major digestive bitter
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Neem
Bitter culinary herb

Folk remedy
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PUNGENT
DETOXIFICATION
HERBS
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Digestive Channel
Annavahasrotas
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Black pepper
Best blood purifier
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Black pepper
Warming
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Peppercorns
Drying
Black pepper Mysore
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Pipali
Warming
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Moistening
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Detoxifying
and
Tonic
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Vardhama Pipali Rasayana
Vardhama = increase little by little
Start 1 pipali day 1

Sauté in ghee or boil in milk/water
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Increase each day, then decrease, equal
time
1 pipali per day for 10 days (50 pipalis)

1 pipali per day for 100 days (5,000
piplais)
10 pipalis per day for 10 days
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Trikatu
Dry ginger
Black pepper
Long pepper
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Chitrak mul
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Chitrak root
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Chitrak root (mul)
Plumbago zeylanica
Pungent, bitter
Heating (powerful)
K↓ V↓ P↑
Dipana
Detox
Liver & fat digestion
Weight loss
↓Blood sugar
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Chitrak
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Chitrak root (mul)
Potent, mildly toxic in higher doses

Acrid crystalline principle
Plumbagin (0.91%)
1-2 grams with caution
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Chitrak
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LARGE
INTESTINE
DETOXIFICATION
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Eliminative Channel
Purishavahasrotas
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Laxatives
Castor Oil
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Castor oil
1-2 Tbs produces bowel movement

Usually works within 2 to 6 hours
Ricinoleic acid (not anthraquinone)
Mask castor oil flavor
chill 1 hour + prior to ingesting
Mix 8 oz orange juice before ingesting
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Lower vata
Dry type atherosclerosis
Vata Hypertension
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Haritaki fruit
Peristalsis
enhancer
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Haritaki
Reduce vata
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Flax seed
Bulk fiber
Soluble fiber
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Licorice root
Moisturizing
Demulcent
Slippery
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Rose
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Laxative, antibacterial,
antidepressant, anti-inflammatory,
carminative, expectorant
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Gulkand
Rose petals marinated in honey for one

year
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Gulkand Almond Milk
1 liter Milk
15 Almonds
15 Cashews
2 Tbs Melon Seeds
2 Tbs Khus Khus Seeds
Few strands Saffron
4 Tbs Powdered Dry Rose Petal or Rose Syrup
½ tsp Cardamom Powder
4 Tbs Gulkand
½ tsp Cinnamon Powder
6 Black Peppercorns, powdered
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Gulkand drink
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BLOOD
DETOXIFICATION
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Blood Channel
Raktavahasrotas
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Sulfur
Powerful, rapid, low dose (bad smelling gas)

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Salts
Kala Namak
Dissolve
Arterial plaque
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Kala Namak
Soften masses
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Seaweeds
Bladderwrack
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LIVER
DETOXIFICATION
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Dandelion root
Cold, bitter
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Dandelion root
Liver detox
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Biter digestive
Bile flow
Dandelion root
1-10 grams
Churna or
decoction
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Bhumy amalaki
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Bhumy amalaki
Phyllanthus niruri, Phyllanthus amarus
Ayurvedic name = “earth amla”
Low growing amla bush
(Very closely related to amla, Emblica
officinalis)
Whole plant
Hepatoprotective, Liver detox
Carminative
Major liver remedy
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KIDNEY
DETOXIFICATION
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Urinary Channel
Mutravahasrtoas
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Diuretics
Punarnava
Punarnava
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Punarnava
“Becomes new every year”
Tridoshic
Dipana
Leaf
diuretic/edema, congestive heart failure
Root
broad rejuvenative
All heart diseases
Anemia
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Punarnava
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Punarnava
Rasa
Madhura (Sweet)
Tikta (Bitter)
Kashaya (Astringent)
Guna
Laghu (Light)
Ruksha (Rough)
Veerya
Ushna (Warm)
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Punarnava
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Punarnava root
Rasayana tonic
Sapta dhatu (All dhatus)
↓K ↓V
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Punarnava root
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Punarvana
Trikatu
Triphala
Kutki
Etc.
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Dandelion leaf
Cold
Bitter
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Dandelion leaf
One-half ounce
Dry herb weight,
per day
Infusion
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Juniper berry
Warming
Fast, aggressive
diuretic
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Juniper berry
1-5 grams
Churna
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Juniper berry
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Ajwain seed
Culinary
Warming
Diuretic
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Garlic
Culinary
Warming
Diuretic
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Parsley, cucumber juice
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Channel Clearing
(Lekhana)
Guggul gum
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Guggul
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Guggul
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Long term formula
Guggul
Tridoshic
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Yograj Guggul
26 parts:
Commiphora mukul, Purified (Guggul)
Equal parts each:
Emblica officinalis (Amla)
Terminalia chebula (Haritaki)
Terminalia belerica (Bibitaki)
Piper longum Fruit (Pipali)
Zingiber officinale (Sonth)
Piper nigrum (Kali Mirch)
Plumbago zeylanica (Chitrak)
Piper longum Root (Piplamool)
Nigella sativa (Kalonji)
Cedrus deodara (Devdaru)
Trachyspermum ammi (Ajwain)
Embelia ribes (Vidanga)
Piper chaba (Chavya)
Apium graveolens (Ajmod)
Cuminum cyminum (Jira)
Elettaria cardamomum (Choti Elaichi)
Rock Salt (Sendha Namak)
Vanda roxburghii (Rasna)
Tribulus terrestris (Gokshura)
Coriandrum sativum (Dhania)
Saussurea lappa (Kut)
Cyperus rotundus (Musta)
Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Dalchini)
Vetiveria zizanoides (Khus)
Hordeum vulgare (Yavakshar)
Ables webbiana (Talispatra)
Cinnamomum tamala (Tejpat) 112
Guggul gum
Neem
Guduchi
Etc.
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Lekhanas
Scraping
Dissolving
Weigh loss
Guggul gum
Gentian root
Kutki
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Gurmar leaf
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Low Ama Eating
Do not fast or skip meals
Eat at same time every day (agni can "fire up" for
meal)
Eat your main meal at noon
Eat seated in a serene atmosphere, concentrating
only on your food
Engage in pleasant conversation with friends or
family
Eat only after the previous meal has been digested
Sit quietly for a minute at the beginning of the
meal
Eat to only 3/4 of your capacity
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Detox Diet
Foundation of Ayurvedic detox is simple diet
When digestive system rests, body can focus on processing &
releasing accumulated toxins
Simultaneously, new impurities don’t build
Increase & enjoy

warm, cooked, vegetarian, easy to digest foods
steamed vegetables, rice, vegetable soup, oatmeal
healthy amount of olive oil, ghee, sunflower oil to balance vata
Reduce or remove
frozen foods, cold foods, dairy products, animal products (meat,
eggs),
stimulants (alcohol, tobacco, chocolate, coffee)
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Detox Diet
Cook with fresh ginger root & top your

food with black pepper
A slice of fresh ginger with squeeze of
lime & pinch of salt before meals helps
ignite agni
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DETOXIFICATION
FORMULAS
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Avipattikar Churna
↓Pitta
Gentle cleanse with ghee
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Avipattikar Churna
Ginger
Pipali
Triphala
Musta
Vid namak (black salt)
Vidanga
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Trivitt root bark (Nishotra root)
(Operculina turpethum)
(purgative) (regulate P & V,
laxative, light, dry, bitter,
pungent, hot) (treats constipation,
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Nishotra
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Nishotra
Operculina turpethum
“Trivrit”
Root bark
Purgative resin
↓P↓V
Light, dry
Pungent, bitter, hot
Pain
Purgative ingredient in Avipattikar churna
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Avipattikar Churna
3-5 g twice daily

with milk or lukewarm water
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Day 1 ½ tsp in ghee
Increase by ½ tsp per day for 1 week
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Mild carminatives gently increase
agni to decrease vata in OA
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Chandraprabha
Vati
“Moon glow” pill
Water diseases
(kapha)
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Chandraprabha Vati
(Formulas vary by mfr.) Chitrak mul
Vacha (Calamus) Amla
Nagar Motha Vidanga
Chiretta Chawaya
Guduchi Pipali
Indian barberry Fennel
Turmeric Black pepper
Atis Sajjikhar
Pipramul Yawkhsar
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Chandraprabha Vati
Dysuria
Suppression of urination
Prostate enlargement
Joint pains
Stone in urinary tract
Prameha (urinary diseases including diabetes)
Testicle enlargement
Hemmorhoids
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“Five Bitters”
Neem
Guduchi
Triphala
Etc.
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“Great Bitter Ghee”
Kutki
Vacha
Triphala
Neem
Sandalwood
Licorice
Guduchi
Etc.
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Kapha disorder (fat)
Vata (hard plaque)
High total cholesterol
High LDL, Low HDL
Diabetes, obesity
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Detox lassi
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Lassi for Detox
Vata ¾ yogurt, ¼ water

Pitta ½ yogurt, ½ water
Kapha ¼ goat yogurt, ¾ water
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Detox/Diuretic Lassi
4 Tbs yogurt
12 oz water
Sea salt to taste
“If you, in your life, take this lassi, a glass of

this lassi every early morning, first drink, you
will never have a blood trouble, liver trouble,
adrenal trouble—if you are a male, prostate
trouble.”
—Yogi Bhajan
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Detox Lassi
Black pepper
Black salt
Pomegranate juice
Mix with yogurt
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Robust and Ready: Strength
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Join us for your next step in health
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3 different types of toxins that impact

More toxic, reactive type of ama more

Comes from outside the body

Earth + Earth + Water + Air +

Temp Cold 3 Hot 2 Hot 3 Hot 1 Cold 1 Cold 2

Moisture Wet 1 Wet 3 Wet 2 Dry 1 Dry 2 Dry 3

Weight Heavy 1 Light 3 Heavy 2 Light 2 Light 1 Heavy 3

Earth + Earth + Water + Air +

Temp Cold 3 Hot 2 Hot 3 Hot 1 Cold 1 Cold 2

Moisture Wet 1 Wet 3 Wet 2 Dry 1 Dry 2 Dry 3

Weight Heavy 1 Light 3 Heavy 2 Light 2 Light 1 Heavy 3

Specially selected gourmet foods

Very cold, bitter

Chiretta (or other bitters)

Hot, heavy, dry

Rubia cordifolia, R. tinctoria

Bitter culinary herb

Vardhama = increase little by little

Start 1 pipali day 1

1 pipali per day for 10 days (50 pipalis)

Potent, mildly toxic in higher doses

1-2 Tbs produces bowel movement

Rose petals marinated in honey for one

Powerful, rapid, low dose (bad smelling gas)

Increase & enjoy

Cook with fresh ginger root & top your

3-5 g twice daily

Stone in urinary tract

Prameha (urinary diseases including diabetes)

Vata ¾ yogurt, ¼ water

“If you, in your life, take this lassi, a glass of

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