Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Sonth powder or dry ginger powder Sonth powder or dry ginger powder: The simple and humble sonth powder is known since 1000s of years for it's medicinal properties. Ayurvedic texts give various names to each medicinal herb according to it's properties, according to it's plants lifecycle, it's unique features and also according to the place it's grows in.  Sonth is termed as Vishwabhaishaj. When the ancient texts are known for their compact Sanskrit shlokas, they don't use a single unimportant word anywhere. So this name Vishwa-bhaishaj is very deeply meaningful. Just think, Why would the Rishis give such a name to a simple herb? They did not have any commercial angle to writing. They observed, recorded, documented facts only with one intention. That intention was to be helpful to humankind in healing. In such a way that is not harmful to nature.  So even when we deal with infections, we don't intend to kill germs. We mainly strengthen...