Ayurvedic articles on pharmacology
The Steroidal Saponins Behind Two Classical Ayurveda Herbs When an Ayurvedic practitioner prescribes shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) for nourishing, reproductive, lactation,...
Synergy vs Polypharmacy: Why Classical Multi-Herb Ayurvedic Formulas Are More Than Supplement Stacking In modern medicine, polypharmacy usually means a...
Rasa Tarangini, attributed to Sadananda Sharma, is one of the important later Rasa Shastra texts of Ayurveda. It gathers pharmaceutical...
When Moringa oleifera is sold with claims such as “ninety times more vitamin B12 than steak,” “forty-six times more protein...
When I first encountered the concept of xenobiotics in toxicology training, I had already spent six years studying Ayurvedic pharmacology....
When a supplement company markets ashwagandha as “standardized to 5% withanolides,” it is making a claim about phytochemical content. But...
Place a fresh Gymnema sylvestre leaf on the tongue, chew it briefly, then taste a spoonful of sugar: the sweetness...
A colleague who practices Western herbal medicine once asked a reasonable question: if one herb is regarded as the main...
Polyherbalism in Ayurveda: How Multi-Ingredient Formulas Are Designed Ayurveda uses both single medicinal substances and compound preparations. A single herb...
Zinc deficiency affects an estimated 17.3% of the global population, according to a 2012 analysis published in Nutrients , yet...
