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"Yavakshaar (Javaasheer of Unani medicine) is used in ayurvedic, Unani and folk medicine in urinary diseases, uric acid diathesis, uterine irritability, colic, acid eructation, dyspepsia, piles; also in diseases of liver and spleen. It enters into the composition of a number of saline medicines. Locally, Yavakshaar solution is used in chronic skin diseases. Active principles and pharmacology Hordeum vulgare and other species of Indian barley on an average contain: moisture 12.5, protein 11.5, ether extr. 1.3, fibre 3.9, and carbohydrates 69.3, mineral matter 1.5, calcium 0." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.) "Classical use Aloe barbadensis entered into ayurvedic medicine after the 12th century. Bhavaaprakaasha attributed cooling and cathartic properties to its dry concentrate. It was prescribed in the diseases of liver, spleen, internal tumours, chronic cough and fever, as well as in vitiated blood, skin diseases and toxic conditions. Raaja Nighntu and texts of the 17th century included the herb's dry concentrate in abortifacient and emmenagogue compound formulations. It also entered into anthelmintic prescriptions." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.) "During the 16th century it was used in ayurvedic as well as in Unani medicine as an aphrodisiac. Boiled in milk, it was given in debility and consumption. It was considered more nutritious than meat and was used like any other vegetable. (If taken in excessive quantity, it is irritating to the digestive system.) Non-edible variety of the fungi was known as Sarpkshatri. Active principles and pharmacology Agaricus compestris contains 95.2 % moisture, 2.74 % protein, 1.6 % carbohydrates, 0.37 % fat, and 0.15 % ash. The mineral composition is as follows: calcium 0.002 %, phosphorus 0." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.)

"Emblica officinalis (amla/amlaki) is a botanical used thousands of years ago by ayurvedic elders to blacken gray hair. This dye is an intensely colored multi-herb mixture which contains a group of anthocyanin antioxidants. The ingredients, when isolated, are notoriously unstable, but together are safe and effective. Another effective multi-herb mixture, Eclipta alba, is based on a host of sulfur-containing ingredients. Other ayurvedic dyes include sterculia platanfolia, zizyphus spina-christi, mooncake, and lotus tree leaves." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Baalvach, also called Paarseek vachaa, Khuraasaani vach, Dudh vach—Shweta vachaa; Shukla, Haimvati of ayurvedic texts. This has been equated with Acorus gramineus. Also with Iris germanica Linn. 2. Malaya vachaa or Mahaabhari vachaa has been equated with Alpinia galanga Willd. and Aplinia officinarum Hance. 3. Dweepaantar vachaa has been identified as Smilax china Linn." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.)

"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." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Important ayurvedic herbs that correct Kapha imbalances include guggul gum (Commiphora mukul I Balsamodendron mukul), turmeric root (haridra / Curcuma longa), black pepper (maricham /Piper nigrum), long pepper (pipali / Piper longum), and vidanga seeds (Embelia ribes). Understanding Herbs by Their Tastes Both TAM and TCM doctors describe herbs from the point of view of their tastes, believing that the flavor of the herb provides information about how it will act in the body." - Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and ayurvedic Herbal Treatments (Get the book.)

"It enhances endocrine function, especially the thyroid and adrenals. ayurvedic healers have long prescribed the herb to treat exhaustion caused by both physical and mental strain. Most of my patients who are Spent and who take ashwagandha respond after a week or two by feeling warmer and having more energy. After a few weeks they often come back feeling stronger—and with an enhanced libido as a bonus. Dose: 3? grams per day of the dried root. Caution: Avoid during pregnancy and don't take if you are taking sedatives or if you have severe gastric irritation or ulcers." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"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." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"At our clinic, following the ayurvedic tradition, I add triphala to many, many combinations for this balanced tonic action. The wide variety of liver-protective, antioxidant, nutritive, and antimicrobial virtues found in these three fruits lends much credence to this traditional practice. TCM doctors use dried or cooked haritaki fruit to tighten up the stool for chronic diarrhea and dysentery and to "tighten" the lungs in chronic cough. By stating that it can be used for both hot and cold patterns of disease, they are acknowledging the balanced action of this herb." - Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and ayurvedic Herbal Treatments (Get the book.)

"In 1981, he began studying ayurvedic medicine in India and finished his training as a qualified practitioner of Ayurveda in New Zealand in 1991. Rather than being satisfied with merely treating the symptoms of illness, Moritz has dedicated his life's work to understanding and treating the root causes of illness. Because of this holistic approach, he has had great success with cases of terminal disease where conventional methods of healing proved futile. Since 1988, he has practiced the Japanese healing art of Shiatsu, which has given him insights into the energy system of the body." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"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." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Through the ayurvedic Pulse Reading method and Eye Interpretation (Iridology)31, I was able to determine that from a very early age, Jeromy's digestive functions and lymph drainage had begun to decline rapidly. His liver showed the presence of a large number of intrahepatic stones. As it turned out, Jeromy had gone through a very traumatic experience when he was four years old, although at first he had difficulty remembering it. According to Jeromy, the most emotionally stressful event for him occurred at age 21, when his long-term girlfriend suddenly left him for another man." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Readers who are motivated to review this long history can start with traditional Chinese medicine and the Indian ayurvedic system. There are scores of individual pioneers and visionaries, both ancient and modern, who have devoted themselves to furthering our understanding of the underlying energies of the body. The modern physicians, scientists, and researchers include Edwin Babbitt, Harold Saxon Burr, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Royal Rife, Samuel Hahnemann, Reinholdt Voll, Helmut Schimmel, Wilhelm Reich, Ida Rolf, Robert O." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"Ayurvedic doctors are given the title Vaidya, which is derived from the Sanskrit word for "wisdom." Properly trained TAM doctors go through extensive training that can last as long as 12 years. What is Eclectic medicine? Few are aware that America had an extensive herbal tradition, known as Eclectic medicine. This was an extension of early American herbal medicine traditions, such as Thompsonian medicine in the early 1800s, and Native American medicine. In 1827, a doctor named Wooster Beach founded an alternative medical society and later opened the first Eclectic school." - Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and ayurvedic Herbal Treatments (Get the book.)

"Ginger {Zingiber officinale), a natural remedy obtained from the root of the ginger flower that is used in ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of inflammation and rheumatism, is thought to have anti-inflammatory properties. There is no evidence that the ginger contained in supplements is superior to fresh ginger from the grocery store or ginger tea. Ginger has no side effects, so if you want to use it there are no reasons not to." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Cliandrika ayurvedic Soap (produced in India) Ingredients: coconut oil, wild ginger, lime, soda, soap stone powder, chandrika thilam, chandrika kashayam www.chandrikasoaps.com Erbaviva Awaken Body Wash Ingredients: de-ionized water, olivoil glutinate, decyl glucoside, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, soyamide DEA, quilaja saponaria extract, sodium hydroxymethylglycinate (preservative at 0.3 percent), essential oils of melissa, organic lemongrass, rose, organic ginger, organic roman chamomile, and organic lavender www.erbaviva." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "Amsar Private Limited, founded in 1963, was India's first manufacturer of standardized natural botanical colors and vegetable dyes, based in part on ayurvedic medicinal traditions, which are used in a variety of shampoos, skin creams, lotions, and hair oils. Amsar also provides evidence of the safety and purity of their ingredients by the use of highly sophisticated scientific testing techniques. Unfortunately, AmsarVeda, Amsar's U.S." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "Other ayurvedic dyes include sterculia platanfolia, zizyphus spina-christi, mooncake, and lotus tree leaves. Unfortunately, there is little published information on the practical potential of these plant-based dyes and their ingredients. In addition to substituting organic substances for their active ingredients, many products also begun to use organic preservatives. A range of essential oils, notably chitosan-Inula helenium ()(13), eucalyptus, salvia, and laura combinations ()(14), lemongrass, and lemon tree complexes can be used as natural preservatives." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Indians have always valued massage and ayurvedic treatments—a system of medicine dating back to 1800 BC—use massage to rub remedial herbs, spices and aromatic oils into the skin. Massage grew in popularity in the Western world from the nineteenth century, influenced by Per Henrik Ling (1776-1839), a Swedish gymnast. His treatments are what is known today as Swedish massage. Apart from traditional Swedish massage there is a variety of massage practices, which focus on healing as well as creating and maintaining good health." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Long pepper, ginger, cayenne, and the ayurvedic herbs tri-katu and neem are taken 30 minutes before meals to increase immune and digestive functions. Dr. Sodhi further recommends that patients cleanse toxins from their systems using the panchakarma program, which involves herbs and dietary modification (see "Ayurvedic Detoxification," opposite page). With Dr. Sodhi's approach, candidiasis can usually be eliminated in four to six months. Eradicating Parasites Like other toxins, parasites can make it harder for the liver, kidneys, and intestines to detoxify and eliminate wastes from the body." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Moreover, the Committee pursued a broad remit, having been commissioned to 'afford the exponents of the ayurvedic and Unani systems the opportunity to state their case fully in writing for scientific criticism and to justify State encouragement of these systems'.34 In other words, this committee was to address questions both of the systems' medical worth and efficacy, and of whether they were worthy of state support, recognition, and encouragement. And it was to be composed of 'non-official gendemen' representing all of the systems under scrutiny, as well as western medicine." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"Ayurvedic Detoxification Practiced in India for the past 5,000 years, ayurvedic medicine is a comprehensive system of medicine that combines natural therapies with a highly personalized approach to maintaining health. Ayurveda describes three metabolic, constitutional, and body types (doshas) based on combinations of the five basic elements of nature in combination. These are vata (air and ether, rooted in intestines), pitta (fire and water, rooted in the stomach), and kapha (water and earth, rooted in the lungs)." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Consciousness in classical Chinese medical theory (as in the most materialistic models of western medicine today, though for rather different reasons) was an organ of the body rather than a separate entity residing within it. The ayurvedic canon likewise argued that while the mind creates the body, it is also dependent upon it. As one western commentator observed, in Indian medical thought, 'the soul can (with great difficulty) be extracted from the body, but then so (with much greater ease) may a heart or a tongue'." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.) "The parallels between the Chinese system and its analogues in classical and medieval European medicine, and in India's ayurvedic texts, are remarkable. European doctors likewise associated body parts and organs to particular seasons, star signs, and elements, and the five great Hindu elements are indivisible from aspects of the body and objects of the senses. These intimate links between the body and the external world profoundly affected the ways in which healers and philosophers in each of these medical cultures understood sickness and health." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"Traditional Chinese medicine and Indian ayurvedic medicine have long explored the energies of the body. Acupuncture and homeopathy are practiced widely in Asia and Europe (Britain, for example, has at least four exclusively homeopathic hospitals) and are slowly gaining acceptance in the United States and elsewhere." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"Galen, another highly influential Greek physician, born 129 ce, believed cleansing was crucial to keeping the body in balance and good health. ayurvedic medicine, a traditional healing system that has developed over thousands of years, utilizes detoxification methods to treat many chronic conditions and to prevent illness. It's very empowering to know we can reduce our risk for disease and lessen our exposure to these ubiquitous toxins that are a product of our modern culture and, inevitably, our attempts to advance the science of food, agriculture, medicine, and engineering in general." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"So after leaving medical school, I deferred my internship for a year and traveled to India and Sri Lanka, where I worked alongside ayurvedic doctors, herbalists, and homeopaths. In the East, it is not uncommon for such alternative doctors to work alongside physicians. I watched as pulses and tongues were examined and dreams and fears were carefully discussed. I came to appreciate a larger picture of health and disease. Sure, medications are important, but in the East attention to symptoms is most important." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "I never heard a homeopath or ayurvedic doctor say, "You're fine, there is nothing wrong with you, these symptoms are just in your mind," or "You are simply depressed or overworked." Each symptom, no matter how minute, was noted and considered as a powerful clue to the patient's problem. I returned to the United States in 1983 to begin an exciting internship in family medicine. I delivered more than a hundred babies and performed dozens of C-sections and thoroughly loved my work, but I was still restless." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"In addition to kava, these include passionflower, ashwaganda (an ayurvedic herb), fish oils, St. John's wort, valerian, hops, and scullcap. Certain homeopathic remedies are successful in treating anxiety. There's been a lot of work on homeopathy in children reported in the French scientific literature. One study involved "high anxiety" children needing instant gratification, who were easy to overreact, with stomachaches from the anxiety and the fears. They were given nux vomica and it worked." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

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