Bacopa monnieri is sometimes called brahmi by the Ayurvedic texts, or more specifically, jal brahmi (water brahmi), because it grows by the sides of creeks. The main Sanskrit name for this divine herb is aindri, one of Indra's favorite plants. You...

Why Vitamin D Supplements Don't Always Help You may be taking loads of Vitamin D through supplements, Vitamin D milk, and fortified cereals. But if your liver is full of toxins, you may never see the fruit of all the Vitamin D you take in. The...

Mace (jatipatri in Sanskrit) is described by Bhava Prakash as laghu (light), swadhu (sweet), katu (pungent), ushna (heating), ruchi (enhancing taste), vishapaha (removing toxins), kaphapaha (reducing kapha). Ingredients Grade A pulverized mace...

If your Shaka Vansya Ayurveda practitioner determines that your liver is clean enough, your digestion is strong enough, and your body is balanced enough to handle bhumi amla in crude, powder form, then you will enjoy the full benefit of this...

Coriander (dhanyakam in Sanskrit) is described by Bhava Prakash as pittanashanam (removing pitta), tuvaram (penetrating deeply in the body), snigdam (lubricating the channels & binding amavisha toxins), mutralam (diuretic). Ingredients Organic...

Treat your scalp and hair to a new level of herbal care with Vaidya's special hair-care line. Filled with rare and exquisite ayurvedic herbs and a tri-doshic all balanced formula, avoid all the toxins and chemical residues that take a toll on your...

Sunthi is not just dry ginger, it has been processed multiple times in lime (stone) water to remove some of the agni (heat).  Bhava Prakash describes it as amavataghni (helping arthritis) and vibandhanut (helping constipation). Ingredients...

Jatamansi is described by Bhava Prakash as tikta (bitter), kashaya (astringent), medhya (good for the brain), hima (cold), tridoshanut (balancing all three doshas), asradahanut (removing excess heat in the body and the blood). Ingredients Grade A...