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Ayurvedic HerbsMedicinal Herbs For Lymphatic System & Respiratory SystemAyurvedic Herbs are beneficial for various disorders related to Lymphatic channels and Lymph glands in our body. They can affect edema and enlargement of lymph glands. Medicinal herbs can stimulate or depress the respiration. They are beneficial for nose, throat, airways and lungs in many ways as in cough, sorethroat, asthma and other lung diseases.
These plants affect the lymph glands and lymphatic channels. They have three chief actions.
Ayurvedic Herbs For Reducing Edema:According to Ayurveda, edema is caused by Vata predominantly. The Anti-edema herbs possess hot active principle. E.g. Dasamula or Ten roots group. Herbs Promoting Edema:Salts are mainly responsible for promoting edema. That is why patients of edema are kept on salt restricted diet. These plants possess four taste – sour, salt, bitter and pungent. Salt taste is chiefly responsible for edema.Herbs For Lymphadenopathy:Some herbs are useful in Lymph node enlargement like Kanchanar, Mundi.
Respiratory system is responsible for oxygen uptake and carbon di oxide expulsion from the body. Plus oxygen is required in every cell for converting the nutrients to energy and for various other metabolic activities. There are many ways the medicinal herbs can benefit in various conditions of Respiratory system - from nostrils to alveoli in the lungs. Herbs Depressing The Respiratory Center:Some medicinal plants depress the respiratory center in brain and thereby reduce the rate of respiration. These plants suppress the cough reflex by depressing the cough center as well. e.g. Ahiphen, Vatsanabha. Ayurvedic Herbs Stimulating The Respiratory Center:These can increase the rate of respiration that might result from stimulation of Respiratory center in brain. e.g. Nux vomica, Karpura. Expectorants:Mucus is secreted normally from the epithelial lining of our airways - both upper and lower respiratory tract and then it is moved upward with the help of cilia on the epithelial cells. This is protective and physiological phenomenon. Herbs that are expectorant work in two ways - first by increasing the secretion of mucus so that the viscid secretion that is very hard to cough up won't be able to disturb. These help to reduce the viscosity of the sputum. These are also called Mucolytic agents. The second group consists of those herbs that help in expulsion of mucus or sputum. These are the proper expectorants. These herbs are with sour, salt, bitter and pungent properties. The Air and Fire elements help in expectoration while the Water element helps in Mucolytic action. The herbs with sour and salty taste possess both of these actions. Both the mucolytic and expectorant functions are regulated by Vagus and Sympathetic nervous system. According to Modern medicine these actions are mediated by -
Bronchial Sedatives Or Ayurvedic Herbs For Cough:Cough is a normal protective physiological nervous reflex. It is due to the irritation of the nerve endings in the respiratory mucosa by irritants. These herbs possess the sweet taste and unctuous and hot properties. e.g. Draksha, Haritaki, Vibhitaki. Bronchial Anti-spasmodics Or Ayurvedic Herbs For Asthma:Dyspnea or difficulty in breathing is the characteristic symptom of Bronchial Asthma. It is due to swelling of bronchial mucosa as a result of excessive secretion of mucus as a result of allergic reaction along with spasm of bronchial lumen. Anti-asthmatic herbs are Anti-Kapha and Anti-Vata and with hot active principle. e.g. Shathi, Pushkarmula. Anti-Hiccup Ayurvedic Herbs:These herbs stop the hiccough. These possess the same properties as the Anti-asthmatic herbs. e.g. Shathi, Pushkarmula. 'Kanthya' Or Ayurvedic Herbs Beneficial For Throat:The herbs that help in sorethroat or in the disorders of throat are placed in this group. These are also Anti-Vata-Kapha and expectorants usually. e.g. Mulethi, Sariva. Pulmonary Antiseptics:The medicinal plants that help in lung or respiratory infections are Pulmonary antiseptics. These possess sharp odor and are commonly excreted via lungs. e.g. Hingu, Rasona.
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