Ayurvedic Glossary & Useful Information

Basic concepts and terminology of Ayurveda. Plants and healing mixtures of Ayurvedic recipes.

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• Adusa – Adhatoda vasica
• Agarbatti – Incense stick / Joss stick
• Amla – Emblica officinalis
• Anantamool – Hemidesmus Indicus
• Arishta and Asava – ‘Ayurvedic wines’
• Arka
• Ashok – Saraca Asoca
• Ashoka false – Polyalthia longifolia
• Aswagandha – Withania Somnifera
• Avaleha / Lehyam
• Ayurveda

• Bach / Vacha – Acorus Calamus
• Bael – Aegle marmelos
• Benachar – Vetiveria Zizanoides
• Bhasma / Pishti / Rasa
• Bhringraj – Eclipta alba
• Bhumi amla – Phylanthus niruri
• Bibhitaki – Terminalia Bellerica
• BPH – Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
• Brahmi – Bacopa Monnieri
• Brahmi (Bacopa Monnieri) vs Brahmi*(Centella Asiatica)

• Calihari / Flame lily – Gloriosa Superba
• Cantharis – Lytta vesicatoria (insect)
• Catechu / Kattha / Kachu
• Chiraita – Swertia Chirata
• Chitrak – Plumbago Zeylanica
• Churna / Choorna

• Dalchini – Cinnamomum Zeylanicum
• Dosha

• Endocrine system

• Flame lily / Glory lily – Gloriosa Superba
• Forms of preparation of Ayurvedic Medicines

• Ghan / Ghan vati / Kwath (in liquid concentrated form)
• Ghrita / Ghritam
• Ghritkumari – Aloe Vera
• Gokshur – Tribulus Terrestris
• Gotu kola / Brahmi* – Centella Asiatica
• Gudmar – Gymnema Sylvestre
• Guduchi / Giloy – Tinospora Cordifolia
• Guggul – Commiphora Mukul

• Haldi / Haridra – Curcuma Longa
• Haritaki – Terminalia Chebula
• Henna – Lawsonia Inermis
• Hing – Ferula Asafoetida

• Immune system
• Immunity
• Indrajav – Wrightia tinctoria

• Jamun – Syzygium cumini

• Kalmegh / King of Bitters – Andrographis Paniculata
• Kantakari – Solanum Xanthocarpum (Solanum indicum)
• Kapikachhu / Velvet bean – Mucuna Pruriens
• Karela – Momordica Kharantia
• Kashayam / Kashay
• Kuchla – Strychinos Nux vomica
• Kutaj – Holarrhena Antidysenterica
• Kwath / Kadha

• Lavang / Clove – Syzygium Aromaticum
• Lepam / Lepana
• Limphatic system

• Makoi / Kakamachi – Solanum nigrum
• Mamejawa – Enicostemma axillare (littorale)
• Medicinal Plant list
• Murabba

• Nagkesar – Mesua Ferrea
• Neem – Azadirachta Indica

• Orchis mascula – Salab misri

• Paan / Beeda / Gillauri
• Prakruti and Vikruti
• Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postpartum care – Herbal medicines

• Reetha / Aritha – Sapindus Mukorossi

• Safed musli – Asparagus adscendens, Chlorophytum borivilianum
• Sattva
• Sexual activity: aphrodisiac plants in Ayurveda
• Shankhpushpi – Convolvulus pluricaulis, Evolvulus alsinoides, Canscora decussata, Clitorea ternatea
• Swarasa

• Tagar – Valeriana Wallichii
• Tailam / Thailam / Taila

• Vacha / Bach – Acorus Calamus
• Varti / Netrabindu / Anjana
• Vati / Gutika – Tablets
• Velvet bean / Cowhage – Mucuna Pruriens

• Yashtimadhu / Licorice / Mulethi – Glycyrrhiza glabra