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Therapies
Ayurvedic Medicine
What Are The Actions Of
Ayurvedic Herbs?
According to Ayurveda, every plant has a unique
effect in controlling the three doshas.
Various herbs
possess this dosha influencing effect in varying degrees, therefore the
Ayurvedic physician can identify the most
suitable herbs for your constitution.
Ayurvedic Herbal Medications
All Ayurvedic preparations are made with herbs
and some special products which contain
natural minerals. According to Ayurveda all
herbs possess 5 qualities. They are:
Rasa (taste)
Guna (quality)
Veerya (effect)
Vipaka (post digestive effect)
Prabhava ( potency to perform
action).
They also contain
dosha increasing or decreasing effects together with specific
tastes and elements and heating and cooling effects.
Heating And Cooling
This is another group that all herbs are divided
into, according to their Individual effect e.g., Pitta dominant or excess
of pitta can be dealt with cooling food or medications. In the
same way a cold
person may benefit from heating food or herbs.
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