Garbharaksha kashayam- Benefits, ingredients, indications, dosage, usage, diet, exercises, side effects, research papers

Garbharaksha kashayam is an Ayurvedic medicine for controlling and regulating vaata, especially in pregnancy. As the name suggests, it is used as a protective measure during pregnancy.

This yogam is specially made by traditional Kerala vaidyas.

Benefits of Garbharaksha kashayam

It is very effective in nausea, vomiting, hiccups, cough, cold and respiratory tract diseases in pregnancy, especially when the patient is physically weak. It is also used as a supplement during the pregnancy period.

It regulates Vaata kopa in the body. Helps in curing indigestion, anaemia, urinary tract infection, and abdominal pain.

Being helpful in the proper movement of Vaata, who is the controller and all movements in the body, this kashaya helps the person to gain strength and ojas.

Vaatanulomyam (regulating the movements of Vaata) makes the cough and breathing difficulties get relieved without being much soshana/apatarpana(causing weakness/emaciation).

Indicazioni di Garbharaksha kashayam

 Garbharakshaka              – Protects the foetus

Sarvavatanulomanam    -Regulates and normalises all Vaata

Gulma                               – Indigestion with pain and distension of abdomen

Hridroga                           – Pain, and discomfort in the chest, cardiac problems.

Pandu                                – Anaemia

Mootrakricchra               – Urinary tract infection

Antrasoola                       -Spasmodic pain in the abdomen.

Ingredients of Garbharaksha kashayam 

Mountain knot grass Bhadra Aerva lanata (L.)

It is used popularly as a diuretic, with anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, anti-bacterial, and mild analgesic effects. It is used in the treatment of cough & cold, asthma, headache, urinary tract infection and skin diseases. 

Spreading hogweed Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa

 It is an important anti-inflammatory medicinal herb well known for its diuretic and antioedematous properties. Here it works as a diuretic, by balancing the water retention at the same time helping to reduce oedema in the visceral organs being beneficial in ascites, splenomegaly, etc. It can eliminate the unwanted fluid collected in tissues and reduce swelling and thereby reverse inflammation. Punarnava means it has the capability to repair and regenerate. 

Country mallow Balaa Sida cordifolia

It is anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory, contraceptive and anti-fungal activity. It is a tonic for strengthening nerves and muscles in various neuro motor diseases.

Uva nera Draksha Vitis vinifera L.

L'uva è un frutto nutriente e leggermente lassativo che può aiutare l'organismo a superare le malattie, soprattutto quelle del tratto gastrointestinale e del fegato. Poiché il contenuto di nutrienti dell'uva si avvicina a quello del plasma sanguigno, il digiuno da uva è consigliato per la disintossicazione. Il frutto fresco è antilitico, costruttivo, rinfrescante, diuretico e rinforzante. Il frutto è utile anche nel trattamento delle vene varicose, delle emorroidi e della fragilità capillare. Il frutto essiccato è demulcente, rinfrescante, leggermente espettorante, lassativo e stomachico. Ha un leggero effetto per alleviare la tosse. È usato come rimedio per le malattie della pelle e per le malattie degli occhi. 

Vite perforante   Gokshura Tribulus terrestris

 È utile in patologie quali squilibri ormonali, problemi sessuali, problemi cardiaci, problemi renali e varie malattie della pelle. Aiuta a ridurre i livelli di zucchero e colesterolo nel sangue. 

Cumin Jeeraka Cuminum cyminum

               It is very good in improving digestive fire and immunity. It helps in curing various kinds of ulcers, IBS, diarrhoea and other disorders of the gut. It is used in the treatment of mild digestive disorders as carminative. It is useful as an astringent in Broncho pulmonary diseases.

Dettagli sulla produzione

 

As already discussed, Garbharaksha kashayam has 6 ingredients in equal quantity.

Tutti questi ingredienti devono essere lavati bene e asciugati all'ombra.

Take all ingredients in dried & crushed form in an earthern pot. For your special attention, Jeeraka should be crushed and tied up separately in a white clean cotton cloth as a Potali. This is to maintain the exact consistency of the kashayam. Now add 16 times clean water into it. Make it boil and then cook in the open vessel with low fire. Reduce the quantity into one by eighth of the initial quantity. Make sure to mix it in between with a ladle without breaking the potli. Also, the fire should be kept low to make sure that all the active ingredients in the herbs needed are absorbed well into the water. Once the quantity is reduced to one by eighth of the initial amount of water, remove the vessel from the fire. Squeeze and drain through a clean white cloth. Collect the decoction in a clean vessel and discard the solid waste. Drink the mild warm decoction.

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Dosha Dooshya Predominanza con i margini roga.

Garbharaksha kashayam is Vaatasaamaka, ojaskara and anulomana.

Agisce su aabhyantara rogamarga

 

Dosage and Usage of Garbharaksha kashayam

Dosaggio: due Pala.

Utilizzo:

Si consiglia di assumere il Kashayam a stomaco vuoto, una volta che il cibo ingerito è stato ben digerito e l'aahaararasa è ben formato.

L'uso del kashayam con i prakshepadravyas prescritti in base alle condizioni della malattia e del paziente dà per lo più i migliori risultati.

 

Esercizi e yoga.

As Garbharaksha kashayam is mostly prescribed for pregnant women, all exercises are advised only after personal consultation and examination by the doctor. In normal cases, regular stretching and mild cardio exercises may be advised. Also, specific yogacharya with relaxation including nadisuddhi pranayama is recommended.  But all the activities should be done only after consultation.

L'esercizio fisico regolare aiuta a migliorare la biodisponibilità dei farmaci e degli alimenti ingeriti e porta a una salute positiva.

Lo yoga può mantenere l'armonia all'interno del corpo e con il sistema circostante.

 

Nadisudhi pranayama

All the exercises and physical exertions by a pregnant woman must be decided and done under the supervision of a medical expert only.

 

Alimentazione e comportamento consigliati

Dieta:

  • Da evitare

I pasti pesanti e gli alimenti difficili da digerire causano indigestione.

cibi spazzatura - causano disturbi nella digestione e riducono la biodisponibilità del farmaco

bevande gassate - rendono lo stomaco più acido e disturbano la digestione

cibi refrigerati e congelati - causano una digestione debole e lenta indebolendo Agni (fuoco digestivo)

cagliata - causa vidaaha e quindi molte altre malattie

 

  • Da aggiungere

Pasti leggeri e alimenti facilmente digeribili

Green gram, soups.

cibi freschi e caldi lavorati con semi di cumino, zenzero, pepe nero, ajwain, ecc.

 

Comportamento:

Proteggersi dal clima freddo.

È meglio evitare l'esposizione a luce solare eccessiva, pioggia o polvere.

Evitare il sollevamento di pesi pesanti e altre attività fisiche vigorose.

Mantenere un programma alimentare e di sonno regolare.

Evitare di trattenere o forzare gli stimoli come urina, feci, tosse, starnuti ecc.

 

Effetti collaterali e controindicazioni

 

Non sono stati segnalati effetti collaterali noti.

 

Riferimento classico

Yogagrantham AVS Kottakkal

 

Farmaci equivalenti.

Nayopayam kashayam

 Marche disponibili

AVS Kottakal

Documenti di ricerca

Bala

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6153909/

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281611837_Sida_cordifolia_a_Traditional_Herb_in_Modern_Perspective_-_A_Review

 

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199902)13:1%3C75::AID-PTR387%3E3.0.CO;2-

 

Punarnava

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1775569/

Draksha

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0753332216305054

Gokshura

Female reproduction and survival of offspring at molecular level

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771171/

 

antibacterial, analgesic and anti-inflammatory

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716114/