Cutting Edge Ayurvedic Herbalism

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Cutting Edge
Ayurvedic Herbalism
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American Herbalists Guild 2013 Symposium
American Herbalists Guild
Annual Symposium
November 7-10, 2013
Bend, Oregon
45 presentations
Plant walks
Clinical pearls
Case round tables
http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/ann
ual-symposium-2013
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Uncommon Herbs
Uncommon Uses
for Common Herbs
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Herbs work better
than you ever knew
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Dynamic
Dramatic
Effective
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Key Issues:
Right herb
Right quality
Right dose
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Doses
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Pharmacological
Ayurvedic medicine
Often for long periods
Modifications to reduce side effects
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Preparations
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Tea dose
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Pharmacological
Dr. Suresh Kumar:
Standard daily dose of typical Ayurvedic
decoction is 60 g crude herb, decocted,
administered twice or thrice per day
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Pharmacological
However, experience shows Indian dose is
too high for good compliance by
Westerners, so amount can be reduced to
15 or 30 g
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Tinctures for Ayurvedic doses?
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Never tinctured before in history
How to know?
Alcohol %
Extraction ratio
Is dose equivalent?
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Name Brand Ashwaganda
tincture
1:4
62-72% alcohol
BID-TID 30 to 40 drops in a little water
(~2 ml)
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Tincture dose
(Assuming 100% extraction)
30 g raw dry herb (1 oz.)/4 btls (1 oz. ea)
7.5 grams/btl. (~30 ml)
30 ml per btl/2 ml per dose = 15 doses
7.5 g raw per btl/15 doses = 0.5 g/dose
Each dose ~1/60 ounce (~500 mg)
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Ashwaganda
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Ashwaganda
Anxiety
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Ashwaganda root
15 g qd for acute anxiety
(2 weeks for effect)
1-2 grams lifelong
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Ashwaganda churna?
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Ashwaganda churna dose?
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Shatavari
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Shatavari
Asparagus racemosus
Root
“Hundred husbands”
Lactation, semen
Demulcent (GI, urinary)
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Cool and moist
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Photo Prashanti deJager
Shatavari
Fertility
Anti-aging
Daily 2 grams
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In milk for
tonic action
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Hot flash
10 grams
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Slow action
Ashwaganda
Shatavari
50/50 mixture
Balanced energetics
Shatavari and Ashwaganda
Capsules, soup, gruel, smoothie
Daily 1-2 grams lifelong
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Gokshura
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Kidney, stamina, sex tonic
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Gokshura seed (fruit)
Mood (Depression/SAD)
Sex/Stamina
5-15 g qd
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Calamus
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Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa Autism One
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Calamus Fresh Roots
Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa Autism One
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Calamus
Acorus calamus
Root
“Vacha” (speech)
Major mind and brain herb
Promotes awareness
Communication, self-expression
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Powder 1-4 grams
Nauseating
Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa Autism One
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Nutmeg
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Insomnia
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Anxiety
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Premature ejaculation
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Nutmeg
Nutmeg
Carminative
Diarrhea
Sedative
Powder
Anxiety 1-4 g
Hypertension 1-4 g
Premature ejaculation 1-2 g
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Arjuna bark
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Arjuna Bark
Arrhythmia
Ayurveda Herbs- Khalsa
Photo Prashanti 46
deJager
Hypertension
Cardiac Tonic
Arjuna, Grape, Raw sugar
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Avipattikar Churna
↓Pitta
Gastritis by pushing pitta
downward
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Avipattikar Churna
Ginger
Pipali
Triphala
Musta
Vid namak (black salt)
Vidanga
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Trivitt root bark (Nishotra root)
(Operculina turpethum) (purgative)
(regulate P & V, laxative, light, dry,
bitter, pungent, hot) (treats
constipation, edema, obesity, fever)
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Nishotra
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Nishotra
Operculina turpethum
“Trivrit”
Root bark
Purgative resin
↓P↓V
Light, dry
Pungent, bitter, hot
Pain
Purgative ingredient in Avipattikar churna
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Avipattikar Churna
3-5 g twice daily
with milk or lukewarm water
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Mild pitta detox
Day 1 ½ tsp in ghee
Increase by ½ tsp per day for 1 week
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Hingwastak
Equal parts:
Pippali (Piper longum)
Ginger (Zingiber offinale)
Kali Mirch (Piper nigrum),
Ajwain (Carum copticum)
Saindhava (Rock salt)
Sveta jeeraka (Cuminum cyminum)
Krsna jeeraka (Carum carvi)
One-eighth part:
Hing (Ferula foetida)
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Asafoetida gum
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Asafoetida
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Asafoetida
“Hing”
Strong smell
Digestion, circulation
Strong downward moving energy
Constipation, indigestion
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Ayurveda Herbs- Khalsa
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Guduchi stem
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Guduchi
Tinospora cordifolia
Root, stem, leaves
Tropical India
Alkaloid (berberine), bitter principles
Cooling
Immunostimulant, antibacterial, antiviral
Guduchi
Aphrodisiac
Deeply detoxifying
Powder 15 grams
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Clinical Pearls
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International Integrative Educational
Institute
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Depression
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Pain
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Capsaicin blocks substance P
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Cayenne
Cayenne fruit (Capsicum spp.)
Slow acting
Strongly consider for cluster headache
Gradually adjust dose
to digestive tolerance
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Gotu kola
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Brahmi
“God-like”
Superior nerve tonic
Cognitive
Nerve tissue support
Connective tissue healing
Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa Epilepsy &
Migraine
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Gotu kola
Cold, bitter
(Contradictory energetics for tonic herb)
Sweet "vipak" (tissue action)
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Saag
Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa Epilepsy &
Migraine
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30-60 g qd
as infusion
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Aloe
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Female tonic
“Kumari”
Aloe in India
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Skin
Gel
Prof Herb Cert Course
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Gel
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Kumari Asava
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Three
Valerians
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Valerian root
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Valeriana officinalis
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Tagara root
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Tagara
Valeriana wallichii
(Indian valerian)
Root
With vacha for mental clarity
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Jatamansi root
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Jatamansi root
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Jatamansi
Nardostachys grandiflora
(Nardostachys jatamansi)
(Syn. Valeriana jatamansi)
Root
Heals brain tissue
Combine with
Gotu kola, shankapushpi, ashwaganda
(nerves)
Guggul, ginger (muscle pain)
Itching, burning skin
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Parkinsonism (kampavata), combine with
Kapi kacchu, Ashwaganda, Bala
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Valerian
Tagara
Jatamansi
Bitter, pungent,
astringent, sweet
Bitter, pungent,
astringent, sweet
Bitter, astringent,
sweet
Hot
Hot
Cool
Heavy
Light
Light
VK-P+
VPK-
VPK=
Low to medium
altitude
Medium altitude
High altitude
(Himalaya meadows)
Grounding
(high earth tattva)
Tamasic (dulls mind)
Epilepsy
Vata in head
Warm carminative
Tamasic (dulls mind)
Brain tonic
Mental rejuvenative
Mental clarity
Tridoshic, not tamasic
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Rauwolfia root
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Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa Autism One
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Rauwolfia root
Hypertension
Very sedating
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1-2 grams powder
(bedtime dose
or day dose)
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Pain
Willow and cinchona
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Willow bark (Salix alba, Salix spp.)
Cold, biter
Source of salicylates
Pain, fever, inflammation
1 oz. as tea
International Integrative Educational
Institute
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Cinchona bark
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Chitrak mul
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Chitrak
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Chitrak root (mul)
Plumbago zeylanica
Dipana (promotes digestive fire)
Weight loss
Liver & fat digestion
Detox
↓Blood sugar
Pungent, bitter
Heating (powerful)
K↓ V↓ P↑
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Chitrak root (mul)
Potent, poisonous
Acrid crystalline principle
Plumbagin (0.91%)
1-2 grams with caution
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Chitrak
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Chitrak
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Join us at the AHG Symposium
November 7-10,
2013
Bend, Oregon
American Herbalists Guild
Annual Symposium
November 7-10, 2013
Bend, Oregon
45 presentations
Plant walks
Clinical pearls
Case round tables
http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/ann
ual-symposium-2013
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Join us at AHG Symposium 2013!
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