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Cutting Edge Ayurvedic Herbalism

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American Herbalists Guild 2013 Symposium

American Herbalists GuildAnnual Symposium

November 7-10, 2013Bend, Oregon

45 presentationsPlant walksClinical pearlsCase round tables

http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/annual-symposium-2013

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Uncommon HerbsUncommon Uses

for Common Herbs

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Herbs work better than you ever knew

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DynamicDramaticEffective

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Key Issues:Right herb

Right qualityRight 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 Ashwagandatincture

1:462-72% 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 doses7.5 g raw per btl/15 doses = 0.5 g/doseEach 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

Shatavari

Asparagus racemosusRoot

“Hundred husbands”

Lactation, semen

Demulcent (GI, urinary)

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Cool and moist

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Shatavari

Fertility

Anti-aging

Daily 2 grams

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In milk for

tonic action

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Hot flash

10 grams

AshwagandaShatavari

50/50 mixtureBalanced energetics

Slow action

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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

Gokshura seed (fruit)

Mood (Depression/SAD)Sex/Stamina5-15 g qd

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Calamus

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Calamus Fresh Roots

Calamus

Acorus calamusRoot“Vacha” (speech)Major mind and brain herbPromotes awareness Communication, self-expression

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Powder 1-4 gramsNauseating

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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

Carminative

Diarrhea

Sedative

Nutmeg

PowderAnxiety 1-4 g

Hypertension 1-4 gPremature ejaculation 1-2 g

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Arjuna bark

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Arjuna Bark

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Arrhythmia

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

GingerPipaliTriphalaMustaVid namak (black salt)VidangaCardamomCinnamonTrivitt 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

Nishotra

Operculina turpethum“Trivrit”Root barkPurgative resin↓P↓VLight, dryPungent, bitter, hotPainPurgative 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 gheeIncrease 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

Asafoetida

“Hing”Strong smellDigestion, circulationStrong downward moving energyConstipation, indigestion

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Guduchi stem

Guduchi

Tinospora cordifoliaRoot, 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 actingStrongly consider for cluster headacheGradually adjust dose

to digestive tolerance

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Gotu kola

Brahmi

“God-like”Superior nerve tonic

Cognitive Nerve tissue support

Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa Epilepsy & Migraine

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Connective tissue healing

Gotu kola

Cold, bitter(Contradictory energetics for tonic herb)Sweet "vipak" (tissue action)

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Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa Epilepsy & Migraine

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Saag

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30-60 g qdas infusion

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Aloe

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Aloe in India

Female tonic “Kumari”

Prof Herb Cert Course 79

SkinGel

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Gel

Kumari Asava

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Valerians

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Valerian root

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Valeriana officinalis

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Tagara root

Tagara

Valeriana wallichii(Indian valerian)RootWith vacha for mental clarity

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Jatamansi root

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Jatamansi root

Jatamansi

Nardostachys grandiflora(Nardostachys jatamansi)(Syn. Valeriana jatamansi)RootHeals brain tissueCombine with Gotu kola, shankapushpi, ashwaganda(nerves)Guggul, ginger (muscle pain)Itching, burning skin

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Parkinsonism (kampavata), combine withKapi 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 altitudeHigh altitude(Himalaya meadows)

Grounding (high earth tattva)Tamasic (dulls mind)

EpilepsyVata in headWarm carminative Tamasic (dulls mind)

Brain tonicMental rejuvenativeMental clarityTridoshic, not tamasic

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Rauwolfia root

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Rauwolfia rootHypertensionVery sedating

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1-2 grams powder (bedtime dose or day dose)

PainWillow and cinchona

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International Integrative Educational Institute

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Willow bark (Salix alba, Salix spp.)

Cold, biter

Source of salicylates

Pain, fever, inflammation

1 oz. as tea

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Cinchona bark

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Chitrak mul

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Chitrak

Chitrak root (mul)

Plumbago zeylanica

Dipana (promotes digestive fire)Weight lossLiver & fat digestionDetox↓Blood sugar

Pungent, bitter Heating (powerful)K↓ V↓ P↑

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Chitrak root (mul)

Potent, poisonousAcrid crystalline principle

Plumbagin (0.91%)

1-2 grams with caution

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Chitrak

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