Ayurvedic Elements

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Uses of Asafoetida
Botanical Name: Ferula fetid, Ferula northex Indian Name: Hing Origin, Distribution and Composition, Asafoetida is a resinous gum of a tall perennial herb, with robust carrot-shaped roots. It is dirty yellow in colour with a pungent smell. It is used as a flavouring agent and forms a constituent of many spice mixtures.

Trachyspermum ammi (Ajwain)
English: Ajowan, omum, bishop's weed, Hindi: Ajwain, Sanskrit: Yavanika, agnivardhana, The name agnivardhana implies stimulation of the digestive fire or agni. It has been employed

EMBLIC MYROBALAN (AMLA)
Botanically it is known as Emblica officinalis. It contains vitamins C, amino acid, tannin, polyphenolic compounds, fixed oil, lipids and essential oils. It may be compared to 'Amrita' of heaven because of its magical healing powers. It is also known as 'Long-life Elixir'

LIQUORICE or Jastimadhu
Botanically it is called Glycyrrhiza glabra. It is a tall erect herb that may rise up to 1.5 m high. Leaves are compound containing leaflets in 4 to 7 pairs. The flowers are like lilac, small the fruits are 1.3 cm long, flat, densely covered allover with small spinous outgrowths. The rootstock gives numerous additional roots

Arjuna
Botanical Name: Terminalia arjuna. .. Indian Name: Kahu, Arjuna is a dense tree attaining a height of 20 to 27 metres. It has long, cone-shaped round leaves and white bark which gives out a milky juice when cut. Mainly, the bark of the tree is used in medicines.

JACK FRUIT (Kanthal, Inchar)
Botanically, it is called Artocarpus heterophylla. It is an attractive tropical tree valued for its immense fruits and its timber. It grows to 60 ft high and bears variable shaped evergreen leaves. The Jack-fruit, a member of the mulberry family (Moraceae), is native to eastern India and is extensively grown in tropical Asia.

Arnica Flowers
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Arnica Montana, COMMON NAME : Leopard's bane, mountain tobacco, mountain snuff, wolf's bane BOTANY. Arnica is a perennial that grows from 1 to 2 feet.

Turmeric - HALDI
A knife cut. Blood. Dripping incessantly. Unflustered, the Indian housewife reaches for the closest and safest remedy at hand–Haldi. Bodies responding to seasonal changes with the flu, coughs, and running noses, are immediately administered with honey mixed with turmeric, or turmeric mixed in milk by the homemaker, to soothe and to cure.