Shankha Pushpi - Benefits of Natural Healing Herb
Shankha Pushpi is a well known herb used especially for increasing energy. It is a boon to mental workers like professors, students, solicitors, lawyers and educationists. The plant and its fresh juice are used for medicinal purposes.
It is an appetizer, digestive, carminative and nerve tonic. It is astringent and bitter.
According to ayurvedic theory, It increases the power of mental faculties and it is called a "pittashama". It improves the voice and is useful in cases of fits and epilepsy.
Those who complain of poor memory can take it to advantage.
It has been used in medicine since Vedic times and its pre-Vedic use dates back to 1000 B.C. from pre-Vedic times it has been considered useful for the purpose of conception, and Dimak and Khorey have acknowledged it as a laxative, rejuvenator, vitaliser and nerve tonic.
Students nowadays are in search of a brain tonic. It can be said very safely that the parts of the tree, known as 'Panchanga' (root, stem, leaves, flower), powdered together and taken in a dose of 3 to 6 grams morning and evening with sugar and milk improves the memory.
It induces sound sleep and removes constipation, fatigue, weakness, gas in stomach, dyspepsia etc.
There are various remedies descried in ayurveda which contain shankha Pushpi Ghrita.
Given in doses of ¼ to ½ tola, morning and evening, it proves beneficial in the case of undernourished children who are not gaining weight and whose growth is retarded, be it physical or mental.
Extract of Gulancha, root of apamarga. Vayavidanga, Shankhapushpi, Kustha, Vacha, Shatavari and Chebulic Myrobalan – all these powdered together and taken in doses of 3 grams, morning and evening, proves efficacious in cases of loss of memory, even in advanced stages.
Today when there is such a lot of complaint about loss of memory, fatigue, mental exhaustion stress and strain, this innocent ayurvedic herbal remedy can be prescribed without any hesitation. Fresh juice of this plant, along with honey, is given in many types of insanity.
