Varanadi Kashayam – Benefits, Usage, Indications and Dosage
Reference – Ashtanga Hridaya sutrasthana – 15/21-22
Varanadi Kashayam is a liquid Ayurvedic medicine, useful in treatment of headache, obesity, abdominal lump, fatty liver disease, rheumatoid arthritis and loss of appetite.
Ingredients
- Varuna – Crataeva nurvala
- Sairyaka – Strobilanthes ciliatus
- Shatavari – Asparagus racemosus
- Chitrak – Plumbago zeylanica
- Moorva – Chenomorpha fragrans
- Bilva – Aegle marmelos
- Vishanka – Aristolochia bracteolata
- Brihati – Solanum melongena
- Bhadra – Aerua lanata
- Karanja – Pongamia glabra
- Putikaranja – Holoptelia integrifolia
- Jaya – Premna corymbosa
- Pathya – Terminalia chebula
- Bahala Pallava – Moringa oleifera
- Darbha – Desmostachya bipinnata
How to Make?
Take the above-mentioned all ingredients and immerse them in water overnight, next morning add water and heat it at mild to moderate heat till it reduces to ¼th and then filter and consume it.
Dosage
Take 40 ml after meals twice a day or as directed by a physician.
Indications
- Obesity
- Asthma
- Hepatitis
- High cholesterol levels
- Atherosclerosis
- Loss of appetite
- Indigestion
- Gastric problem
- Bloating
- Abscess
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Edema
- Prostatomegaly
- Eczema
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Wounds
- Itching
Contraindications
Take under medical supervision.
Note:- This is pure classical Ayurvedic medicine and should be strictly consumed only after prescription of an Ayurvedic doctor and to be taken under medical supervision only.
