Ayurvedic Herbs

 Herbs For Digestive System (3)

Ayurvedic Herbs benefit the small and large intestinal disorders. Medicinal plants of Ayurveda are good as Stool Binders, Anti-diarrhea, Anti-dysentery, Anti-colic or anti-spasmodic, Anti-helminthic, Insecticide and Vermifuge.

These offer great relief in Liver, Gall bladder and Spleen disorders. Some of them are frequently used in Ayurveda Panchakarma procedures like Aasthapan and Anuvasana Basti.

Stool Binding Agents Or Anti-Diarrheal Ayurvedic Herbs:

The medicinal plants that help to bind the loose stool as in diarrhea and dysentery. They are chiefly of two types in Ayurveda.

1. 'Grahi' Or Digestive-cum-Binders: These are generally hot in active principle and with bitter taste and bitter vipaka. These first stimulate the digestive fire and help in digestion of excess of mucus. Afterwards due to their hot property and Anti-Vata action they bind the stool. These are dominant in Fire and Air element. They are also called 'Hot Binders' or 'Mucus Binders'. e.g. Jaiphala.

2. Astringents: These herbs are with dry quality, astringent taste and cold active principle. These don't aid in digestion but they are useful only because of stopping the diarrhea or frequency of motions. They are given in diarrhea when there are no signs and symptoms of excessive mucus. These are also called 'Cold Binders'. e.g. Dhataki, Kutaja.

Ayurvedic Herbs Restoring Normal Coloration Of Stool:

These medicinal plants restore the normal color of the stool. The color of stool is affected by the vitiation of all the three doshas particularly Pitta. e.g. Jambu, Mulethi.

Anti-Colic Or Anti-Spasmodic Ayurvedic Herbs:

These medicinal plants help in the abdominal colicky pain. This pain is usually due to the flatulence. One should consider the other causes of pain in abdomen like pain due to hyperacidity, pain in gall bladder infection or pain of appendicitis. e.g. Hingu, Ajawon, Panchakola.

Ayurvedic Herbs For Aasthapana Process Of Panchakarma:

In this process of Ayurvedic Panchakarma, the decoction of herbs with some other substances are administered into the body via anal route. These purify the Vata humor and establishes the body in good health. The metabolism of humors and tissues is maintained to the normal. According to the taste of herbs these plants are described into six groups.

Ayurvedic Herbs Assisting The Asthapana Process Of Ayurvedic Panchakarma:

These herbs help the above plants by helping to expel the doshas out of the body and channels.

Ayurvedic Herbs For The Anuvasana Process Of Panchakarma:

These herbs maintain the tone of body muscles and make the body supple and unctuous. Oil based herbs are the best for Vata disorders and Clarified butter based herbs are the best for Pitta disorders. These are used in the Anuvasana Basti process of Ayurvedic Panchakarma.

Medicinal Plants Assisting The Anuvasana Process Of Panchakarma:

These anti-vata herbs assist in the Anuvasana Basti process of Ayurveda Panchakarma. e.g. Rasna, Devadaru.

Herbs Useful For Upper & Lower Panchakarma Purification:

These medicinal plants are useful for therapeutic induced vomiting, induced purgation and enema of Ayurveda Panchakarma therapy.

Anti-Helminthic Ayurvedic Herbs:

These medicinal plants damage the worms in the intestine. They either cause the death of worms or make them unconscious. So some purgatives are used along with these herbs. These are of two types.

1. Specific Antihelminthic Herbs: Some herbs act specifically on particular type of worm. e.g. Chauhar, Palashbeeja, Vidanga for pin worm; Pomegranate bark, Puga for thread worm.

2. General Antihelminthic Herbs: These herbs affect all the worms. These usually possess bitter, pungent and astringent taste and are with hot active principle.

Insecticide Herbs:

These herbs kill the external parasites like lice on the body surface. e.g. Dhattura.

Vermifuge Herbs:

These herbs help in expulsion of the worms out of the body. e.g. Indrayava, Chirayata.

Choleretics:

These herbs stimulate the Liver to secrete more bile. These are bitter in taste and hot in active principle. e.g. Bile salts.

Ayurvedic Herbs As Cholagogues:

These medicinal plants cause the gallbladder to expel the stored bile. This effect is mediated in two ways.

1. Direct Cholagogues: Stored bile is secreted by the contraction of Gall bladder. e.g. Castor oil.

2. Indirect Cholagogues: Some herbs increase the intestinal motility and increase the metabolic pathway of bile and this in turn cause the secretion of more bile. e.g. Kutaki.

Anti-Cholagogues:

These medicinal plants reduce the secretion of bile. e.g. Ahiphena.

Ayurvedic Herbs As Biliary Lithontriptics:

These medicinal plants are with sharp and hot property. These help to dissolve the gall stone. e.g. Ikshuraka root.

Hypoglycemic Or Anti-Diabetic Ayurvedic Herbs:

This action is due to the intrinsic effect of the herbs. These are Anti-Kapha and dry. e.g. Bijaka, Karavellaka.

Ayurvedic Herbs As Anti-Hemorrhoids:

These medicinal plants reduce the hemorrhoids by two ways. Firstly they help the proper evacuation of the bowel. Secondly they prevent the stasis of blood in Hepatic Portal vein and it reduces the stasis of blood in intestinal blood vessels and the hemorrhoids.

Some of these herbs are astringent and cold in active principle and these are useful in bleeding piles. e.g. Daruharidra, Nagakeshar. The other herbs are hot in active principle and they are beneficial for non-bleeding piles. e.g. Chitraka, Abhaya.

Ayurvedic Herbs For Spleenomegaly:

These medicinal plants help in Spleenomegaly i.e. enlargement of spleen. e.g. Rohitaka, Kumari, Indrayana, Sharpunkha.

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