Mandagni): Ayurvedic Treatment, Causes & Natural Remedies
Mandagni
Indigestion is Mandagni, digestive fire dimmed by heavy meals and cold drinks. Ayurveda rekindles Agni with Trikatu before food, ginger-lemon water, and Hingvashtaka on rice.
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Recommended Herbs for Mandagni)
Fenugreek Trigonella foenum-graecum Fenugreek is a very warming seed
that benefits kapha and va-ta. It is
used to treat constipation, high
cholesterol, diabetes and obesity.
Its smell is very pungent, and it is a
nourishing seed. Garlic Allium sativum Linn Garlic is Rasonam, the hot pungent Rasayana that breaks Kapha and steadies Vata. Two cloves in warm milk soften arteries, open lungs, and clear cholesterol. Long Pepper Piper longum Linn Pippali has a special property — Katu taste but Madhura Vipaka. Though pungent, it does not aggravate Pitta due to sweet post-digestive effect. One of the best Rasayana drugs when used via Vardhamana Pippali method (gradually increasing then decreasing doses). Ingredient of Trikatu. Pushkaramoola Inula racemosa This hardy perennial is in the same
family as Europe’s elecampane
(Inula helenium). Pushkaramoola
literally means ‘lotus root’ and is a
big-rooted, aromatic tonic with a
specific affinity for the heart, lungs
and digestive tract.
▶ Classical Text References (1 sources)
Ayurvedic Perspective on Dyspepsia
Dosha Involvement: Vata, Pitta, Kapha
Source: The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, Chapter 14: Circulatory System
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