Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

    Acacia Catechu - Khadira or Black Catechu  Did you know that Khadira or Black Catechu with the botanical name Acacia Catechu, known from ancient Vedic and Itihasa days, is a herb that treats diseases and brings about a sense of stability and calm in the body? Acacia Catechu - Khadira or Black Catechu or Khadira, is a deciduous, thorny tree belonging to the Fabaceae family, widely grown in variable climatic conditions in the Indian sub-continent and South-east Asia. The generic name, ‘acacia’, is derrived from the Greek word ‘akis’, meaning a point or a barb, and the species name comes from ‘cutch’, a tanning extract isolated from its heartwood. It is known to ancient India since Vedic (rigveda and Atharvaveda) and Itihasa (epics Ramayana and Mahabharata) days as an Ayurvedic herb mentioned in scriptures by Charaka and Sushruta. Khadira, literally is a herb that treats diseases and brings about a sense of stability and calm in the body. Its...