Body · Ayurveda
Ayurveda, Herbs & Ingredients
5 herbs and kitchen ingredients with their classical ayurvedic energetics, taste, heating or cooling nature, dosha effects, traditional uses and honest cautions; each cited to classical texts or respected modern references.
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- Herb
Ashwagandha
Aśvagandhā
The renowned "strength of a stallion" root, ayurveda's classic warming rasāyana for tired nerves, scattered vāta and sleepless nights.
- vāta , Balances vāta
- pitta , Can aggravate pitta
- kapha , Balances kapha
Root (and the whole plant in some preparations)
- Herb
Brahmi
Brāhmī
The "herb of Brahmā", a cooling, satvik brain tonic of the classical rasāyana list, loved for steady memory and a quiet mind.
- vāta , Balances vāta
- pitta , Balances pitta
- kapha , Neutral for kapha
Whole plant (leaf and stem)
- Herb
Licorice
Yaṣṭimadhu
Sweet root, sweet voice: the singer's and speaker's herb, cooling, coating and famously kind to a raw throat.
- vāta , Balances vāta
- pitta , Balances pitta
- kapha , Can aggravate kapha
Root
- Herb
Shatavari
Śatāvarī
She of a hundred roots, the great cooling, nourishing tonic of the female tradition, and ashwagandha's gentler sister.
- vāta , Balances vāta
- pitta , Balances pitta
- kapha , Can aggravate kapha
Root tuber
- Herb
Triphala
Triphalā
The three-fruit blend, āmalakī, bibhītakī and harītakī; ayurveda's most trusted daily rasāyana and gentle regulator of the bowels.
- vāta , Balances vāta
- pitta , Balances pitta
- kapha , Balances kapha
Dried fruit pulp of three trees, in equal parts