Immunity Boosting Herbs in Ayurveda – Ancient Remedies for Modern Wellness

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In today’s era of pandemic it is very important for each and every individual to have a healthy and sound body to fight with harmful pathogens like various bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. As ailments induced by these organisms are quite prevalent nowadays. To achieve this goal it is very important for us to have a strong immunity power. Ayurveda focuses on going to the root level of pathology and by using tridosha theory (three main principle energies of our body- vata, pitta and kapha) and panchamahabhuta theory [five essential ailment for life- akash (sky), vayu (air), agni (fire), jal (water) and prithvi (earth)] and that will helps you to attain great immunity power. So let’s start discussing the major role ayurveda plays in this regard.

Introduction

Immunity and life runs parallel to each other. As strong as our immunity power is, the good is the lifespan of an individual. Decreased immunity is seen in various ailments such as- rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, pernicious anemia, multiple sclerosis etc. Prevalence rate of such disorders is seen very prominent nowadays so it becomes very necessary for us to attain good immunity power to combat such ailments. There are various ayurvedic herbs available in our surroundings that work really well in enhancing the immunity power. We need to just increase our knowledge about this in detail so that we can start adding them in our daily routine

Definition of immunity

Immunity means the self resistance power of our body to fight with the infection or any harmful pathogen that has been entered in our body to induce serious ailment. In Ayurveda we correlate the immunity with “VYADHI KSHMATAV” that means the disease fighting power of an individual. As per ayurveda this vyadhikhasmatav depends upon the “ojas” it is a natural essence of all the dhatu of our body. A proper level of ojas means a person has good tissue repairing property that will help you in enhancing the strength and stamina of your body.

So we can say that ojas and vyadhi kshamatav run parallel to each other, if the amount of ojas is good in our body that means we have a great vyadhi kshamatav property as well

As per Ayurveda ojas is defined as

The below mentioned verse explains the characteristics of ojas mentioned in our ancient classical text.

(Charaka. Sutra 17/74)

It states that ojas is a red or yellow color fluid in appearance present inside our heart, when there is loss of this substance in our body then the functioning of our body also gets disturbed & will ultimately lead to mere death of a person.Heart is considered as the main seat of the ojas in our body. The sign of life is observed from the senses of different types of bodily reflexes and they are also situated in the heart.

Role of ojas on our body

Certain classical references that proves the role of ojas are mentioned in below listed verses:

(Charaka. Sutra 17/73)

Above verse states that-When the ojas is diminished in our body, the affected individual becomes fearful, weak, worried about small things, have disorders related to the sense organs of our body, his/her body luster become deranged and mental ability or strength got reduced, his body appears as rough and emaciated.

(Charaka. Sutra 30/9-11)

This verse states that

The ojas, which maintains the life of an individual by its saturation, without which no life of living organisms exists, is the initial essence of developing embryos and of its nourishing material. When it gets destroyed it will lead to the destruction of life also.

Factors responsible for diminution of ojas

There are various nidan (causes) that leads to decrease in the amount of ojas/ vyadhikshmatav and they are as follow:

(Charaka. Sutra 17/76-77)

• Vyayam (excessive exercise)
• Anshan (over fasting)
• Chinta(who take stress in excess amount)
• Ruksh alap pramitashan (consume rough, little and very less diet)
• Vataatpo (exposure of wind and sun)
• Bhayam (fear)
• Shoka (grief)
• Rukshpan (intake of unctuous drinks)
• Prajagran (sleep deprived)
• Kapha shonit shukranam malanam chatipravartnam (excessive discharge of mucus, blood, semen and other body excreta)
• Old age and injury induced by pathogens.

List of some great immunomodulatory herbs

The rasayana herbs (that rejuvenates our body) possess great immunity enhancing power and help in attaining a healthy body and mind simultaneously. They are as follow:

• • • Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia)
    • Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
    • Amalaki (Emblica officinalis)
    • Haritaki (Terminalia chebula)

Besides these above mentioned natural herbs some herbal formulations are also very effective in raising the immunity power of our body. Planet Ayurveda, a leading herbal manufacturing unit serving mankind worldwide, also offers various herbal formulations that work really well in enhancing the immunity power of our body. They are as follow:

Immunity care pack

This pack contains four different herbal formulations that work on the individual level to raise the immunity power of our body. It constitutes:

1. Green essential
2. Spirulina capsule
3. Immune booster
4. Curcumin capsule

Products Description

1. Green Essentials

This herbal formulation is enriched with great antioxidant properties that help in reducing the amount of harmful free radicals. According to ayurveda, it maintains balance between all necessary energies of our body (vata, pitta and kapha) and the seven dhatus [ras (fluid), rakta (blood), mansa(muscles), med (adipose tissue and fat), asthi (bones), majja (bone marrow) and shukra (semen)]. So eventually this formulation helps in raising the immunity power of our body.This ayurvedic formulation is an effective blend of herbs like spirulina (Spirulina platensis), green tea (Camellia sinensis), amla (Emblica officinalis) etc.

Dosage: 1 capsule two times in a day with plain or lukewarm water after meal.

2. Spirulina Capsules

This capsule is an efficacious herbal formulation constituting natural and pure extract of spirulina (Spirulina platensis). It is a type of blue green algae. It contains essential micro and macro nutrients, minerals and certain lipids that will help in maintaining the overall sound health and mind. It also has great results on the functioning of the cardiovascular and respiratory system thus it will enhance the disease fighting capacity of our body.

Dosage: 1 capsule twice daily with plain water after meals.

3. Immune Booster

All herbs present in this formulation help in maintaining a healthy digestive system as they possess ‘pitta shamak’ property (lowers the vitiated pitta dosha level). It also works very well on the functioning of the circulatory system because of their ‘sheet virya’ (cold potency) so helps in removing  harmful toxins from the blood circulation. It contains a potent blend of grape seed (Vitis vinifera), cow colostrums (Bovine colostrums), bhumi amla (Phyllanthus niruri), amalaki (Emblica officinalis), etc.

Dosage: 1 capsule twice daily with lukewarm water after meals.

4. Curcumin Capsule

This capsule contains natural and organic extract of haridra (Curcumin longa).  It is a natural herb that possesses various properties such as anti inflammatory, antibacterial and analgesics that will help in healthy wound healing. It also maintains proper functioning of the immune system of our body by increasing the disease combating power of the body.

Dosage: 1 capsule two times in a day with plain water.

Conclusion

Now we can happily conclude that yes ayurveda works really well in various disorders by raising the immunity power of an individual as it focuses on treating an ailment by treating them from their root level by ‘nidan parivarajan chikitsa’ (avoiding the root cause of disease). You can visit Planet Ayurveda for enhancing your immunity power as it contains various herbal formulations that will help you in achieving this goal, you can directly visit our clinic at Mohali, Punjab. Feel free to approach us. We are here to serve our best to society.