Kapha Health
Healthy Kapha is an herbal powder formulated specifically to balance kapha dosha. Not recommended during pregnancy.
Contains organic: Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa), Holy Basil leaf (Ocimum sanctum), Bibitaki fruit (Terminalia belerica), Chitrak root (Plumbago zeylanica), Bhumymalaki herb (Phyllanthus amarus), Ginger root (Zingiber officinale), Pippali fruit (Piper longum).
Add ½ teaspoon of powder into half a cup (4oz) of hot water with a squeeze of lemon before breakfast and before going to bed, or as directed by your health practitioner.
" Benefits of Punarnava
- The various formulations of Punarnava showed diuretic and anti-inflammatory properties.
- The decoction of Punarnava root is used as an analgesic, used to treat coughs, depressants for CNS, laxative, and in inducing abortion.
- Punarnava has been very useful in treating the patients suffering from nephrotic syndrome; the mechanism involved shows the increased serum protein level, followed by a reduction in urinary protein extraction.
- The leaves of Punarnava have been used in vegetable preparations, which tends to show a reduction in edema.
- No doubt about the Punarnava, which is majorly known for its anti-endemic property, but it also has a potential cardioprotective action due to which it protects the damage of the heart.
- Punarnava is nephroprotective; it improves kidney function by reducing the urea and creatinine levels in the blood. In addition to this, due to its lithotriptic action, it further helps to reduce kidney stone problems.
- Punarnava reduces bilirubin level to prevent jaundice.
- Punarnava is beneficial in maintaining blood sugar levels. The mechanism involves reducing the starch breakdown into glucose and thereby preventing the reduction of blood sugar.
- The bioactive compounds present in the extracts of Punarnava help prevent body weight gain and it helps reduce the cholesterol level in the blood.
- Due to a mild laxative property of Punarnava is a mild laxative; it helps in flushing out toxins from the body without the loss of essential nutrients and minerals.
- The administration of Punarnava powder helps in electrolytic balancing of ions in the plasma, which controls the movement of water between cells and their surroundings."
https://pharmeasy.in/blog/punarnava-benefits-uses-side-effects/
"The main causative factor for CRF in this study was hypertension; 86% patients were found in this group. 7% patients were having chronic nephritis and 5% were having polycystic kidney disease. Only 2% of the patients were found with obstructive nephropathy [Table 1]. Serum creatinine reduced by 20.71% and it was statistically highly significant. Blood urea reduced by 32.15% and it was also statistically highly significant. Albuminuria reduced by 36.70% and this was statistically highly significant.Hemoglobin increased by 4.65% and this was statistically highly significant [Table 2]. None of the patients had shown any new and unusual feature. Urine output increased by 56.54% and it was statistically highly significant. Out of 100 patients, edema was reported by 58 patients and it reduced by 71.56%. .."https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361922/
