Goiter: Ayurvedic Treatment, Causes & Natural Remedies

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This is a single swelling (cyst) in the throat. When a chain of swellings around the lower neck (i.e., neck- lace-shaped) develops it is called cervical adenitis or 534gandamala. Both diseases can be healed. However, if they are associated with chronic rhinitis (pinasa), chest pain (parsshva hula),

Last updated: March 31, 2026

Recommended Herbs for Goiter

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. Shilajit Asphaltum Shilajit literally means ‘rock overpowering’ and is a natural exudate from the rocks of the Himalayas and other mountainous regions of the world. Its high mineral content oozes out in the heat of the summer. It is a superb mineral supplement that benefits the kidneys and and urinary and reproductive systems. A natural mineral pitch from the Himalayas used for many conditions of weakness, debility, and urinary disorders. Vacha Acorus calamus Vacha literally means ‘speech’. Calamus thrives in wet, damp marshland and is a semi-aquatic perennial. Its qualities treat similar ‘terrain’ in the whole system; sluggish, congested, heavy and wet conditions, like those of a marshland, are opposed by the warm, drying, penetrating and stimulating qualities of vacha.

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Ayurvedic Perspective on Goiter

Dosha Involvement: Vata, Pitta, Kapha

Ayurvedic Therapies: Herbs include kanchanar , guggul, sitopaladi, t^ikatu, and vacha (calamus). Other therapies include emesis and purgation to eliminate the dosshas from the body; therapeutic smoke inhalation, and fasting. If the swelling is in the mouth, then the herbs are made into a paste and rubbed ontothe swelling from inside the mouth. Hyperthyroidism (Graves Disease falls under this category.) Symptoms of hyperthyroidism include enlarged thyroid, nervousness, hypersensitivity to heat, palpitations, fatigue, increased appetite, weightloss, tachycardia, insomnia, weakness, diarrhea or frequentstools; and di

Key Herbs: Triphala, Guggul, Ginger, Kanchanar, Pippali, Vacha, Shilajit, Sitopaladi, Musta, kanchanar, guggul, sitopaladi

Source: The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, Chapter 25: Metabolic System

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