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[The Likud Is Behind It]

I'm already taking Gotu Kola and Ashwagandha. I was browsing a few Indian websites that sell the product "Divya Medha Vati" which is a combination product for memory loss and improving intelligence. It contains both Gotu Kola and Ashwagandha.

It's ingredients are "Brahmi, Shankha-pushpi, Vaca, Jyotishmati, Ashwagandha, Jata Mamshi, Ushtukhudusha (Arabian or French Lavender), Pushkara-mula, etc. and Pravala Pishti, Moti (mukta) Pishti, Rajata Bhasma"

I hadn't heard about these on the forums before. I started researching a little bit and found a website selling Shankha-pushpi, http://shankhapushpi.com/ but the shipping and handling is a bit much. The few studies on its memory and learning enhancement seem solid. http://www.raysaheli...nkhapushpi.html

Does anyone have experience with the rest of these herbs? I think I'm going to start experimenting with them.

[rvdvaart]

I'm already taking Gotu Kola and Ashwagandha. I was browsing a few Indian websites that sell the product "Divya Medha Vati" which is a combination product for memory loss and improving intelligence. It contains both Gotu Kola and Ashwagandha.

It's ingredients are "Brahmi, Shankha-pushpi, Vaca, Jyotishmati, Ashwagandha, Jata Mamshi, Ushtukhudusha (Arabian or French Lavender), Pushkara-mula, etc. and Pravala Pishti, Moti (mukta) Pishti, Rajata Bhasma"

I hadn't heard about these on the forums before. I started researching a little bit and found a website selling Shankha-pushpi, http://shankhapushpi.com/ but the shipping and handling is a bit much. The few studies on its memory and learning enhancement seem solid. http://www.raysaheli...nkhapushpi.html

Does anyone have experience with the rest of these herbs? I think I'm going to start experimenting with them.

I've actually ordered Divya Medha Vati before and I think its pretty useless. The main ingredient in this is Brahmi which is just the Indian word for Bacopa Monnieri. Bacopa is probably one of the most popular nootropics and is one of the most discussed on this forum.

The amount of Bacopa they use in this product is very small. I would just order straight Bacopa extract with at least 25% Bacosides. I get mine from Swanson which has 45% bacosides.

http://www.swansonvi...H145/ItemDetail

Edited by rvdvaart, 12 May 2010 - 04:10 AM.

[spaceistheplace]

I use gotu kola on an almost daily basis. It has cleared up some digestion problems, and also seems to give me some extra energy and poise.

[outsider]

Right now I'm experimenting with jatamansi, eclipta alba, bacopa, and reishi and the results are strong.

Last summer I used bacopa with shankapushpi with great results too. Shankapushpi is the master mind herb of ayurveda, the most powerful of all ayurveda memory herbs.

And I should say that you feel very good when taking those herbs. More confidence and energy etc.

You should take 500 mg of each one to have a good effect (could be more) something you can't find in a pill with multiple herbs. Much lower dosage.

Vacha and Celastrus are supposed to be very potent too.

The beauty is they all synergise very well, they don't have much side effects and it is so cheap to buy them in bulk.

Edited by outsider, 12 May 2010 - 11:02 AM.

[Shay]

I recently started using Bacopa for an important test and was happy to explore Ayurveda, then this recent headline ruined the party for me:


93% of Ayurveda's Wild Medicinal Plants Threatened With Extinction

India's traditional drugstore shelves are emptying quickly


http://planetgreen.d...extinction.html

They also claim that 95% of ayurvedic plants are harvested from the wild. So, 95% * 93% = 88.3% of all ayurvedic plants are threatened.

Perhaps anyone knows of a company which employs sustainable practices?

[pycnogenol]

Perhaps anyone knows of a company which employs sustainable practices?

Tattvas Herbs:

http://www.tattvashe...sherbs/Page.bok

[chrono]

Also look into the product Mentat by Himalaya. Their page has like 70 full-text studies on this formulation. I think ajna made a thread about it somewhere, too.

[outsider]

I recently started using Bacopa for an important test and was happy to explore Ayurveda, then this recent headline ruined the party for me:


93% of Ayurveda's Wild Medicinal Plants Threatened With Extinction

India's traditional drugstore shelves are emptying quickly


http://planetgreen.d...extinction.html

They also claim that 95% of ayurvedic plants are harvested from the wild. So, 95% * 93% = 88.3% of all ayurvedic plants are threatened.

Perhaps anyone knows of a company which employs sustainable practices?

Banyan botanicals only sell sustainable herbs.


From their site:

Our mission is to provide you with the highest quality Ayurvedic herbs and products possible. We believe a high quality product is one that is pure, effective and produced in an environmentally-friendly, ethical manner. To fulfill this mission we are committed to the following practices in the production of our herbs:

USDA Certified Organic
Sustainable Sourcing
Fairly Traded

Sustainable Sourcing
Most Ayurvedic herbs are wild-harvested without regard for long-term effect on the species or the environment. Many widely used plants are threatened and in danger of being unavailable either through extinction or protective legislation. Banyan Botanicals is working to reverse this trend by supporting sustainable projects that use ecologically-friendly methods of farming and harvesting.

[haha]

Ayurvedic herbs have considerable chance of contamination with grossly large quantities of lead, I know in new zealand that about 10 people have been hospitalised for extended periods due to acute chronic poisoning. Beware...........

[Guacamolium]

Bacopa is the leader, and will remain the leader. Never had an herbal that powerful before.

Lead, dammit, we're back to the early 80's again????

An alternative is to grow bacopa, ashwaghanda, and Gotu Kola from your garden from seed. Hey, it worked for the cocaine addicts here in America....

[chrono]

Ayurvedic herbs have considerable chance of contamination with grossly large quantities of lead, I know in new zealand that about 10 people have been hospitalised for extended periods due to acute chronic poisoning. Beware...........

Indeed, this has been discussed in half a dozen threads here before. The general conclusion seemed to be, spring for a high-quality brand.