In India,
Ayurvedic texts consider ginger to be one of the most important herbs available, to the extent of describing it as an entire medicine chest in itself.
You see, roughly translated from Indian
Ayurvedic texts, ashwagandha actually means «smell of the horse».
Classical
ayurvedic texts don't mention any precautions; they do say that excess sour is harmful but amalaki is an exception.
It's believed to have many benefits according to ancient
Ayurvedic texts, such as:
The Ayurvedic texts also describe the maladies that can result from improper sleep including, but not limited to, misery, emaciation, weakness, stupor, fatigue, body aches and fever.
Ayurvedic texts, however, refer to turmeric with over 100 different terms.
Our digestive ability is called agni in Ayurveda, and it's considered the number one indicator of overall health, according to the ancient
Ayurvedic texts.
The ancient
Ayurvedic text, Charaka Samhita, describes this trinity of mind, body and spirit and the importance of Ayurveda as such:
It is also known as «Shula» (pain) in Madhava Nidanam (ancient
Ayurvedic text) and treated as a separate condition.
We have to take everything written in the Charaka Samhita (most ancient
Ayurvedic text) with a grain of (pink Himalayan) sea salt because it was made for that place at that time.
Used by all ancients, several traditional peoples, generally preferred over the other grains (rice was a later historical development of which I'm investigating the reasons), was a staple before it was replaced by potato, said to promote general equilibrium in the foundational
ayurvedic text, the Caraka Samhita, and of the five cereals of Chinese medicine, named the best by the Yinshan Zhengyao.
It is mentioned in
the Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita where it... [Read More...]
Not exact matches
There are many other medicinal benefits of eating sour foods which you can read about in various
Ayurvedic and Chinese medical
texts.
The
texts reckon that the ashwagandha herb is a «Medhya Rasayana», meaning that it can rejuvenate all three
Ayurvedic aspects of the mind — comprehension, recollection, and memory.
In addition, early Greek medicine embraced many concepts originally described in the classical
Ayurvedic medical
texts dating back thousands of years.