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AYURVEDIC
SPICES AND HERBS |
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Ayurveda uses the healing qualities of herbs and spices to balance our body and our mind.
The choice of the herbs and the spices is related to your constitution, the season, lifestyle and health condition.
THE AYURVEDIC KITCHEN SPICES
The Ayurvedic kitchen spices are not used just to give extra taste to food, but for their healing properties.
Curcuma, for instance, is used for skin problems and basil is used for respiratory problems.
Well-known Ayurvedic spices are:
basilicum, coriander, cumin, kardemon, cloves, curcuma, ginger, fennel, saffron and black pepper.
THE AYURVEDIC HEALING HERBS
The Ayurvedic herbs are used for their healing properties.
In Western countries they are transformed in to pills and in Asian countries people use the whole plant.
The most well-known Ayurvedic herbs are:
| NAME |
USE |
NAME |
USE |
| Amla |
Immunity system and rejuvenation |
Guggulu |
Anti-cholesterol |
| Arjuna |
Heart, circulation, blood pressure |
Neem |
It cleans the blood, for skin problems |
| Ashwaganda |
It gives strength, good for immunity |
Shatavari |
For women |
| Bhrami |
For concentration and relaxation |
Triphala |
For the digestion to clean the body |
For more information about this subject or to participate in a workshop please feel free to contact Blue Lotus.
It is not advisable to choose and use the Ayurvedic herbs yourself, but only under the instruction from an experienced Ayurvedic therapist. |
