Guggul, "An Endangered Medicine"
Sanskrit Name: Guggul • English Name: Indian Bedellium • Latin Name: Cammiphora mukul
| The Kailas Perspective: | Guggul is a resin, similar to Myrrh. It's sticky, and has a sharp scent and quality. When you touch something really sticky, like the extra spilled honey on the side of a honey bottle - you know how it sticks and almost feels prickly? That is the quality of the Guggul resin, and the reason it is said to "scrape the channels". Honey itself is also known in Ayurveda as having the Prabhava of being "heating and scrapiing." The reason it clears Vata Dosha is because it literally "sticks" things together and coheses the Elements of Earth, Water, and Fire. |
| Ayurvedic Perspective: | Rasayana (Rejuvenates), Scrapes the Channels | |
| Nourishes: | Ojas (Life Force Essence) and therefore Stamina, White Bloods Cell Count, Appetite, Tissue | |
| Tonifies: | Heart, Mucous Membranes, Joints | |
| Cleanses: | Lungs, Lymph, Bladder, Sweat Glands | |
| Reduces: | Joint Pain, Nerve Pain, Cholesterol, Body Fat | |
| Dosha Effects: | Decreases Vata and Kapha |
| Observations: | “Guggul has been a key component in ancient Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine. But has become so scarce because of its overuse in its two habitats in India where it is found — Gujarat and Rajasthan that the World Conservation Union (IUCN) has enlisted it in its Red Data List of endangered species.” Source: wikipedia.com Scientists have been studying Guggul for over 50 years. It began with animal trials in the late 1960s, and because of its success, quickly progressed to human clinical studies. Guggul proved extremely effective in regulating cholesterol” " Source: amritayu.com |
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| Straight from the tree, the guggul resin is full of bark chips, rocks, grasses and dried leaves before being boiled, filtered, and prepared with other herbs to create small pills. |