Spikenard, popularly known as jatamansi in India, has been used extensively in Ayurveda for ages. The herb has multiple benefits ranging from skin care, treating bacterial infection, odour removing to anti-inflammatory, laxative, sleep inducing, being good for the uterus among others. Jatamansi is considered to be memory enhancing. It also has relaxing and calming attributes which makes it an important ingredient for various ayurvedic and herbal medicinal products.
Amazing benefits of Jatamansi
1. Hair growth: The extract of jatamansi oil is helpful in the growth of hair. It is beneficial for smooth, silky and healthy hair too. It is used to improve complexion and ensures glowing and shining looks to the body. The root of the powder in water when applied promotes skin texture.
2. It is used as anti-epileptic.
3. Cardiac health: It ensures good cardiac condition as observed in mice.
4. Memory and learning: The medicinal plant is helpful in enhancing the faculties of the brain and combats the mental problems thus impart calm and peace to mind. It is one of the effective medicinal roots to subsidies the three humors-Vatta, Pitta and Kapha and provides delightful state to the doshas of the body.
5. Strengthens the nervous system: It helps to provide vitality, vigor and strength to the body thus good for the nervous system.
6. Stress buster: The plant has the power to reduce stress, anxiety and tension by balancing biochemical reactions in the body. It is good to have the mind cool and healthy and acts as one of the finest mind rejuvenator tonic. It facilitates sound sleeping thus good for those who have stressful life.
7. Skin infection: The burning sensation of skin and inflammation get subsidized when the decoction of Jatamansi powder prepared in cold water is applied.
8. Liver problems: it shows hepatoprotective effects along with momordica charantia and ferula asafetida.
9. Antidepressant: The extract of N. jatamansi show anti-depressant features
10. Antifungual: The essential oil of it acts against fungus like Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger
GURMAR is a woody climbing shrub native to India and Africa. The leaves are used to make medicine. Gymnema has a long history of use in India’s Ayurvedic medicine. The Hindi name, gurmar, means “destroyer of sugar.”
Today, gurmar is used for diabetes, metabolic syndrome, weight loss, and cough. It is also used for malaria and as a snake bite antidote, digestive stimulant, laxative, appetite suppressant, and diuretic.
· Diabetes. Early research suggests that taking a specific Gurmar extract (GS4) by mouth, in combination with insulin or diabetes medications, can enhance blood sugar reduction in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
· Weight loss. Early research suggests that taking a specific combination of gymnema extract, hydroxycitric acid, and niacin-bound chromium by mouth for 8 weeks might reduce body weight in people who are overweight or obese.
The Sanskrit meaning of vacha is to make speech clear. It needs moist soil and grow by water margins. Vacha (Acorus Calamus) has been recognized in the Pharmacopoeia of Austria, Germany, Holland, Hungry, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. The medical recognition of this plant in these developed countries itself shows the medicinal significance of vacha.
Skin care: Take the equal amount of powder of acorus calamus, symplocos racemosa and rice powder. Now pounded it with cow’s milk and apply on the pimples and acne. The regular application helps disappear in three days, if applied properly and religiously.
Gudbach has been used by sages and rishis since the ancient times due to its ayurvedic medicinal benefits. As a medicine, it has been used since the time of Hippocrates. There are many advantages of gudbach such as clearing nasal congestion, improving memory, asthma, voice clarity, sedative, skin and hair care, etc.
Benifites of Gudbach
1. Sinus congestion: To overcome sinus congestion, common cold and sinus headache, it is suggested to use its powder into the nose, which causes sneezing thus cleanses the respiratory tract.2. Best antidote: Its root is a best antidote for the ill-effects of marijuana.The side effect of all psychedelics can be neutralized by using calamus root.
3. Cough & Fever: Along with decoction of liquorice root, it has positive impacts upon cough, fever and colic in children. For dry cough, one should chew its root. When a small piece of vacha is chewed for few minutes, it gives relief to sore-throat. In nut shell, vacha clears the respiratory channels and removes the obstructions whenever comes in the normal functioning of the respiratory process.
4. Improve memory: It is used to enhance memory. The mix of a pinch of vacha powder, honey (1/2 tablespoon), and milk (1 cup), when taken both in the morning and evening for one month, helps to improve memory, intelligence and wisdom.
5. Asthma: It is effective against asthma and chronic bronchitis. It is suggested to take two glasses of calamus tea, which leads to vomiting. The herb is a broncho-dilator and acts as a chest decongestant. This formulation clears the passage by expelling out impurities from the stomach and lungs and with the result, the patients feel comfortable and easy.
6. Voice clarity: When the churna of vacha is used with water or honey, helps to remove sluggishness in the tongue during speech. Since, it enhances speech, it is of great use for salesman, executives, teachers, researchers and intellectuals and other professionals. It is also good for those who appear for interviews, examination and lectures.7. Sedative: Neuropharmacological actions of asarone oil revealed its sedativeand tranquilizing action. Asarone also reduced spontaneous action and caused reduction in anxiety and causes prolonged calming effect.
8. Dilates blood vessels: It dilates the blood vessels in the brain, increases the blood circulation and thus used in coma, crebro-vasuclar diseases, cerebro-vascular accidents, transient ischaemic attack, etc.
9. Skin care: For skin care, the extract of vacha, lactose is used in making bath preparation. This preparation gives moisturizing effect on the skin.
10. Hare care: The extract of a calamus root is one of the major constituents in the formulation of general tonic in respect of hair care. To prevent loss of hair, mix one teaspoon powered root in 2 teaspoon cold coconut milk and make a paste. Then apply on the affected area and allow it to remain for half an hour before rinsing it off.
Benefits of Gokhru Treat asthma, cough, edema and kidney problems. It is a powerful herb to use in anit-obesity treatment. Increase libido in both men and women. Useful in stones in Kidney and urinary bladder.
Giloy is an Ayurvedic herb that has been used and advocated in Indian medicine for ages”, says Delhi-based Nutritionist Anshul Jaibharat. In Sanskrit, Giloy is known as ‘Amrita’, which literally translates to ‘the root of immortality’, because of its abundant medicinal properties. “The stem of Giloy is of maximum utility, but the root can also be used. Its benefits and uses have even been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)”, adds Nutritionist Anshul Jaibharat. Dr. Ashutosh Gautam, Baidyanath adds, “Giloy can be consumed in the form of juice, powder or capsules”. Know the benefits of giloy.
Health Benefits –
Boosts Immunity
Treats Chronic Fever
Improves Digestion
Treats Diabetes
Reduces Stress and Anxiety
Fights Respiratory Problems
Treats Arthritis
Reduces Asthmatic Symptoms.
Other Names: Gilo, Gulanch, Gilo, Gadanch, Ningilo, Kuan chu hsing, Xin ye qing niu dan, Moon Creeper, Heart-Leaved Moonseed, Indian Quinine, Plante grimpante de lune, Mond-Kriechpflanze, Gado, Galo, Gulo, Gulwel, Giloe, Gulancha, Giloy , Amrutaballi, Uganiballi, Amrita, Gilo, Tinospora cordifolia Miers, Gulvel, Giroli, Gulbel, Gilo, Guduchi, Madhparni, Amrita, Soma-valli