We’ve just finished compiling a short video introducing some of the many lovely teachers and people we met during our time in Nepal. There’s still have so much footage to go through, including the preparation of traditional medicines such as Chyavanprash, Narayana taila, and Godanti bhasma, as well as the purification of Guggulu resin and Gandhaka (sulfur) – so please check back soon!
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Among the thousands of different herbs and formulas used in Ayurveda, there is perhaps none better known and celebrated than the medicated herbal jam called Chyavanprash. It is named after Chyavana muni, a forest-dwelling sage that had long turned his back on the world, who was enticed into marriage by the great beauty of the princess Sukanya. Being withered and aged, Chyavana enlisted the help of the Ashwin Kumaras, the celestial physicians, to create a formula that would restore his youth, and the result of these efforts was Chyavanprash.
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