• Herbs and ingredients
• Pharmaceutics

Ayurveda mentions many different methods of treatments to overcome the diseases and maintain a healthy state of the body and it uses many forms of herbal preparations. Ayurveda utilizes all the parts of the herbs, such as leaves, roots, flowers, fruits, stem, bark, in making of herbal preparations.

Ayurveda herbal preparations are specially designed according to ancient formulas (recipes), which have been using for hundreds of years with good clinical results.

Decoctions, herbal pastes, powders, herbal wines, medicated oils and pills are some of the herbal preparations.

KASHAYA /Decoctions
Herbs are usually administered in the form of a decoction to cure many diseases. Generally decoctions are prepared as follows. Place 60 grams of herbs (could be up to 40 compounds) in an earthen pot and put 8 cups of water, and boil the mixture over a low flame till the liquid reduced to one cup. Kashaya is freshly prepared and the medicine is taken twice a day.

SWARASA /Fresh Juice
The fresh juice of an herb is called Swarasa. It is made by crushing the fresh herb and finally straining the juice through a strainer .

KALKA / Paste
The paste of an herb is obtained by crushing the fresh plant until it become a soft mass. In this process we use fresh herbs or dried herbs, with water or other juices. These pastes can be given orally. The paste can also be used as an external application to reduce pain or inflammation.

PHANT / Hot infusions
Generally Phant is an instant decoction. Boiling water is added to the herbs and allowed to set for period of time (more than 30 minutes). The strained infusion is then used in many ways.

CHOORNA / Powders
Powders are common herbal preparations in Ayurveda. They are traditionally prepared with the help of mortar and pestle and then filter through a linen cloth. Choorna is usually taken with honey, milk, juice or hot water.

VATI / Pills
Herbal powers are triturated with juice or oils and prepared as little pills called "Vati". They are also taken orally with honey, milk, juice or hot water.

ASAWA and ARISHTA / Herbal elixirs.
Natural process of fermentation is used to prepare this. It contains fresh juices of herbs or raisins, juggery and a large number of herbal compounds and grapes. Spices are also included. The mixture is placed in special wooden barrels, and allowed to ferment for a period of 30 - 90 days.

MEDICATED OILS
Fresh juice of herbs, roots, seeds and a large number of Ayurveda pharmaceuticals are made into a concentrated decoction and boiled over a long period of time (sometime two weeks) until it reaches the perfect consistency.