Ayurved Online Message Digest Number 313, Message 3

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> > Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:47:15 -0800 (PST)

> > Shirish Bhate <shirishbhate

> > Re :solutions for urinary infection

> >

>

> Dear Dr. Bhate,

>

> what %age of Shilajit available in the Indian

> marketplace would you say

> has been processed according to traditional

> techniques, i.e. powdering

> the crude Shilajit and soaking it in a decoction or

> water, sitting it

> in the direct sun and collecting the "scum" that

> forms on the surface?

>

>

>

> I wonder if many producers even bother to follow

> traditional methods of

> processing, instead, standardizing it to fulvic acid

> and

> dibenzo-alpha-pyrone content...

>

 

Dear Dr. Todd

 

 

Regarding Indian Ayurvedic Marketplace, I cant comment

since I havent studied it. The thrust and demand on

Ayurveda by western community may have affected the

marketplace.

The shilajit formulations (Only Chandraprabhavati) and

many other formulations I obtain from a pharmacy which

is 103 years old, has published an Ayuvedic Text

(Bharat Bhaisajya Ratnavali) which is so much sought

after that one publisher made unauthorised reprint and

sold it in hundreds of copies. THis pharamacy is

responsible in making "Isabgol" well known to

international community. It is geographically located

in Gujarat, close to Isabgol harvesting area.

 

I have visited their manufacturing facilities once and

seen that they follow the purification processes to

the last word. They do not manufacture certain

medicines since the raw materials of required quality

are difficult to get. No advertizing, availability of

adequate medicines is poor since plant small. "No

ambitions" to become global player. The quality of the

medicines is strictly adhered to and has been found to

be quite good after experience. This has been the

source of respect for their efforts.

 

In time of Charaka, the Vaidyas used to prepare the

medicines from the stage of bringing raw materials

from Jungles. In present time, all that we can do to

ensure proper medicines is to check the credentials of

the pharmacy. The interaction between pharmacist and

practitioner needs to be close.

 

Reg. dose of shilajit, 2-2.5 g per day (through 4 pea

sized tabs of Shilajit Rasayan/Chandraprabha) on adult

Indian patients has been found to be adequate. Higher

dosage does not add to the benifits, as actually

experienced. The possibility of overloading the kidney

must also be considered.

 

Lastly, I would request members to refrain from making

comments on board about our "Market", unless you visit

them and have specific cases in mind. Only humbleness

to the mother nature enabled Charaka, Sushruta,

Vagbhata and numerous others to give us Ayurveda.

 

Regards

Dr. Bhate

 

 

 

 

 

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