Gentle and cleansing bowel tonic that is stimulating, sour, and astringent. It rejuvenates and refreshes your body as it gently detoxes.
Immune and respiratory tonic for cold, weak, underweight Vata. Sweet, sour, & spicy. Prevents seasonal colds and flus, improves circulation, metabolism, digestion. Nerve tonic and whole body rejuvenative especially during periods of stress.
Sour rejuvenative and anti-inflammatory. Cooling alterative and detoxicant. Astringent yet dilates capillary beds.
This famous, gentle laxative cleanse and tones the colon. Used for millenia in India for all Vata disorders.
This ideal Vata reducing formula is warming, relaxing, opening, and cleansing. Dashamoola calms your mind, clears the lungs, clears and tones your colon, and supports your bones.
Ghee is one of the most important medicines in Ayurveda because it is easy to digest and builds excellent tissue. Ghee is lighter, improves fat metabolism and has much less cholesterol than butter.
Shelled mung bean is used for cleansing in Ayurveda. It is easy to digest.
A shiny oil found in most cosmetics that acts as a barrier agent and protective medium against harsh conditions and extremes. Very soothing to the skin when included into cosmetic applications. In this sense it is Vata grounding. Internally,...
A bitter cholagogue that strengthens and cleanses the liver. Supports healthy skin. Anti-inflammatory & diuretic. Calms the immune system.
Skin tonic. Cools and soothes irritated tissues. For dietary, cosmetic and household use.
A hot digestive that clears ama from the GI as well as deep tissues. Kapha reducing irritant that softens stool and resolves skin eruptions. Penetrating, blood thinning, and anti-inflammatory
Famous Ayurvedic formula for weight loss & cholesterol reduction. Triphala, the classic detoxification and laxative combined with resinous guggulu scrapes excess fat from the system.
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