Sentences with phrase «as guggul»

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Guggul Extract - Guggul is the Ayurvedic herbal medicine that scientists often describe as a «promiscuous» natural steroid.

Another booming area of the guggul gum industry is as an incense; local Indians believe that burning the raw gum over coal to create a thick dense smoke can drive evil spirits away from the household and remove the «evil eye» from nearby humans.

As for side effects, many studies have examined guggul over many months and not observed any dangerous effects, including the studies on acne, but digestive discomfort and nausea have sometimes been reported.

The herb boswellia, known in Indian Ayurvedic medicine as Salai guggul, has been found in preliminary studies to inhibit the formation of compounds called leukotrienes.