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The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine QUOTES

The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine QUOTES

1 " When we are sick, we lose our sense of taste and our appetite. Taste, appetite, and power of digestion are related. Lack of taste indicates fever, disease, low agni, high ama. To improve agni and eliminate disease, it is necessary to improve our sense of taste. This is why spices are such important Ayurvedic herbs. Desire for tasty food indicates hungry agni or disease. The problem is that we have perverted our sense of taste with artificial substances. "

― David Frawley , The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine

2 " In Ayurveda, herbal medicines are prescribed to be taken with various mediums of intake, as hot water or milk. Such vehicles for taking herbs are called anupanas.

The same medicine taken with ghee may reduce Pitta, but with honey may target Kapha. Ghee is the strongest substance in helping herbs reduce Pitta and fever; sesame oil for the reduction of Vata; and honey for the reduction of Kapha.

Water conveys the effects of herbs to rasa, the plasma. Honey brings them to the blood and the muscles. Milk brings them to the plasma and blood. Alcohol brings them to the subtle tissue, to the nerves. "

― David Frawley , The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine

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― David Frawley , The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine