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Bhumyamalaki Herbal Powder (Phyllanthus fraternus / niruri)A bitter cholagogue that strengthens and cleanses the liver. Supports healthy skin. Anti-inflammatory & diuretic. Calms the immune system. |
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
STRONG ALTERATIVE Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.
STRONG CHOLAGOGUE Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.
STRONG ANTIANDROGEN Reduces androgen (testosterone), which can reduce excess growth, drive, and libido. Reduces skin oiliness. Helpful for prostate enlargement.
The reports shared below are part of an educational assignment completed by students at the Joyful Belly College of Natural Health Sciences. These represent subjective experiences intended to help students explore principles of Ayurveda through personal observation. In each report below, students ate the selected food for 3 days and self-reported these effects. See other food & herb reports at Joyful Belly.
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your temperature?
| 1 |
16 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
| Much colder | Slightly colder | Same | Slightly warmer | Much warmer |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your ear temperature?
| 3 |
29 |
5 |
| Hotter | No Change | Cooler |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your sweat quantity?
| 0 |
2 |
32 |
3 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of your skin?
| 3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
28 |
| Yellower/Greener | Paler | Redder | Grayer | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of your tongue body?
| 3 |
9 |
0 |
25 |
| Paler | Redder | Bluer | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the swelling of your tongue body?
| 3 |
10 |
24 |
| More Swelling | Less Swelling | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your appetite/hunger?
| 0 |
6 |
23 |
7 |
1 |
| Much less hungry | Slightly less hungry | Same | Slightly hungrier | Much hungrier |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your digestion speed?
| 0 |
8 |
24 |
5 |
0 |
| Much faster | Slightly faster | Same | Slightly slower | Much slower |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the amount of gas & bloating?
| 2 |
7 |
23 |
3 |
2 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your stool smell?
| 0 |
1 |
26 |
9 |
1 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
| 1 |
13 |
19 |
4 |
0 |
| Much smaller | Slightly less | Same | Slightly larger coating | Much larger |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of your tongue coating?
| 4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
25 |
| Yellower | Browner | Grayer | Whiter | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your throat soreness?
| 4 |
27 |
6 |
| More sore | No Change | Less sore |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your urine smell?
| 0 |
5 |
26 |
6 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
| 0 |
2 |
31 |
4 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Many more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your sweat smell?
| 0 |
2 |
32 |
3 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your acne?
| 1 |
27 |
9 |
| More acne | No Change | Less acne |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your freckles/moles?
| 1 |
33 |
3 |
| Darker | No Change | Lighter |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
| 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
| Redder/Bloodshot | Yellower | Grayer | Browner | Whiter |
| 27 | ||||
| No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of the lower eye lid?
| 2 |
1 |
31 |
3 |
| More green/dark green | More purple | No Change | Less green/purple |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your urine frequency/quantity?
| 1 |
0 |
22 |
13 |
1 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the dryness of your skin?
| 9 |
1 |
27 |
| Drier | Oilier | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
| 1 |
30 |
6 |
| Puffier | No Change | Less Puffy |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the cracks on your tongue?
| 1 |
9 |
22 |
4 |
1 |
| Larger/longer/more cracks | Slightly more | Same | Slightly less/smaller/shorter | Much less |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your ear pressure?
| 2 |
31 |
4 |
| More pressure | No Change | Less pressure |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your congestion?
| 0 |
30 |
7 |
| More congestion | No Change | Less congestion |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
| 2 |
27 |
8 |
| More thick | No Change | Less thick |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your energy levels?
| 0 |
3 |
25 |
9 |
0 |
| Much less energy | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more energy | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your muscle tension?
| 1 |
6 |
25 |
5 |
0 |
| Much less tension | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more tension | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your anxiety?
| 1 |
7 |
25 |
4 |
0 |
| Much less anxiety | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more anxiety | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the stillness of your tongue?
| 4 |
30 |
3 |
| More still | No Change | More Trembling / Jittery |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your appetite/hunger?
| 0 |
6 |
23 |
7 |
1 |
| Much less hungry | Slightly less hungry | Same | Slightly hungrier | Much hungrier |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect burning sensations in digestive tract (do not include acid reflux)?
| 2 |
8 |
24 |
2 |
1 |
| Much relief | Slight relief | Same | Slightly more burning | Much more burning |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your digestion speed?
| 0 |
8 |
24 |
5 |
0 |
| Much faster | Slightly faster | Same | Slightly slower | Much slower |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the amount of gas & bloating?
| 2 |
7 |
23 |
3 |
2 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the cracks on your tongue?
| 1 |
9 |
22 |
4 |
1 |
| Larger/longer/more cracks | Slightly more | Same | Slightly less/smaller/shorter | Much less |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of your tongue body?
| 3 |
9 |
0 |
25 |
| Paler | Redder | Bluer | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of your tongue coating?
| 4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
25 |
| Yellower | Browner | Grayer | Whiter | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the swelling of your tongue body?
| 3 |
10 |
24 |
| More Swelling | Less Swelling | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the stillness of your tongue?
| 4 |
30 |
3 |
| More still | No Change | More Trembling / Jittery |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
| 1 |
13 |
19 |
4 |
0 |
| Much smaller | Slightly less | Same | Slightly larger coating | Much larger |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your stool frequency/quantity?
| 1 |
6 |
20 |
10 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your stool color?
| 2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
30 |
| More yellow | More gray | More green | More orange | Same |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your stool lightness?
| 0 |
7 |
22 |
7 |
1 |
| Much lighter | Slightly lighter | Same | Slightly darker | Much darker |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your stool smell?
| 0 |
1 |
26 |
9 |
1 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your stool consistency?
| 3 |
9 |
16 |
7 |
2 |
| Much softer | Slightly softer | Same | Slightly harder | Much harder |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your urine frequency/quantity?
| 1 |
0 |
22 |
13 |
1 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
| 0 |
2 |
31 |
4 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Many more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your urine clarity?
| 3 |
24 |
10 |
| More cloudy | Same | More clear |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your urine smell?
| 0 |
5 |
26 |
6 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your urine lightness?
| 1 |
6 |
22 |
7 |
1 |
| Much lighter | Slightly lighter | Same | Slightly Darker | Much Darker |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your sweat quantity?
| 0 |
2 |
32 |
3 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your sweat smell?
| 0 |
2 |
32 |
3 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of your skin?
| 3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
28 |
| Yellower/Greener | Paler | Redder | Grayer | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your freckles/moles?
| 1 |
33 |
3 |
| Darker | No Change | Lighter |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your acne?
| 1 |
27 |
9 |
| More acne | No Change | Less acne |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the dryness of your skin?
| 9 |
1 |
27 |
| Drier | Oilier | No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
| 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
| Redder/Bloodshot | Yellower | Grayer | Browner | Whiter |
| 27 | ||||
| No Change |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the color of the lower eye lid?
| 2 |
1 |
31 |
3 |
| More green/dark green | More purple | No Change | Less green/purple |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
| 1 |
30 |
6 |
| Puffier | No Change | Less Puffy |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your throat soreness?
| 4 |
27 |
6 |
| More sore | No Change | Less sore |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
| 2 |
27 |
8 |
| More thick | No Change | Less thick |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your ear temperature?
| 3 |
29 |
5 |
| Hotter | No Change | Cooler |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your congestion?
| 0 |
30 |
7 |
| More congestion | No Change | Less congestion |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your ear pressure?
| 2 |
31 |
4 |
| More pressure | No Change | Less pressure |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your energy levels?
| 0 |
3 |
25 |
9 |
0 |
| Much less energy | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more energy | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your muscle tension?
| 1 |
6 |
25 |
5 |
0 |
| Much less tension | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more tension | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your anxiety?
| 1 |
7 |
25 |
4 |
0 |
| Much less anxiety | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more anxiety | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your temperature?
| 1 |
16 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
| Much colder | Slightly colder | Same | Slightly warmer | Much warmer |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your heart rhythm?
| 0 |
34 |
3 |
| More palpitations | Same | Less palpitations |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your heart pain/pressure/cramping?
| 2 |
3 |
31 |
1 |
0 |
| Much less | Slightly less | Same | Slightly more | Much more |
How did Bhumyamalaki affect your heart rate?
| 0 |
6 |
29 |
2 |
0 |
| Much slower | Slightly slower | Same | Slightly faster | Much faster |
Note: These exercises are not part of an FDA-regulated study, and were not designed or conducted under a clinical research protocol. They are neither investigational in nature nor scientific findings. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. They are experiential assignments rooted in traditional Ayurvedic education, intended solely for instructional use. No conclusions should be drawn regarding the therapeutic effects of any food, herb, or dietary substance based on these student reflections.
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Bhumyamalaki may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any herb supplement for a condition is highly dependent on the individual. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.
Bhumyamalaki may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.
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