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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
- 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
- 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
- Makoi / Kakamachi – Solanum nigrum
- Mamejawa – Enicostemma axillare (littorale)
- Medicinal Plant list
- Murabba
- Paan / Beeda / Gillauri
- Prakruti and Vikruti
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postpartum care – Herbal medicines
- Safed musli – Asparagus adscendens, Chlorophytum borivilianum
- Sattva
- Sexual activity: aphrodisiac plants in Ayurveda
- Shankhpushpi – Convolvulus pluricaulis, Evolvulus alsinoides, Canscora decussata, Clitorea ternatea
- Swarasa
Please select from the menu above
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Makoi / Kakamachi – Solanum nigrum
- Mamejawa – Enicostemma axillare (littorale)
- Medicinal Plant list
- Murabba
- Paan / Beeda / Gillauri
- Prakruti and Vikruti
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postpartum care – Herbal medicines
- Safed musli – Asparagus adscendens, Chlorophytum borivilianum
- Sattva
- Sexual activity: aphrodisiac plants in Ayurveda
- Shankhpushpi – Convolvulus pluricaulis, Evolvulus alsinoides, Canscora decussata, Clitorea ternatea
- Swarasa