Vata Digest, 90 tablets

Hingvastak is a traditional Ayurvedic formula for vata types. It "focuses" the appetite and enhances digestion and assimilation of nutrients. It stimulates healthy peristalsis and aids in the removal of intestinal gas.

Take 1-2 tablets, once or twice daily, or as directed by your health practitioner.

Ingredients: Cumin seed, Cuminum cyminum; Ajamoda seed, Apium graveolens; Black Cumin seed, Nigella sativa; Ginger root, Zingiber officinale; Black Pepper fruit, Piper nigrum; Pippali fruit, Piper longum; Mineral Salt, Asafoetida, Ferula asafoetida.

Banyan Botanicals, $

Digestive Aid, 60 Vegi-caps

Ayurveda offers more insight into digestion than any system of medicine on the planet. This formula provides nutritional support for people with weakened digestion, whether due to illness, complications of treatment, or general constitutional weakness. It is formulated to avert stagnation of energy when undigested food accumulates in the body.

Ingredients: standardized extracts of Plumbago zeylanica, Ajwan, Frachyspermum ammi, Piper nigrum, Zingiber officinale, Allium sativum, Piper longum, and Carica papaya.

Vadik Herbs, $

Pedi Cough, 12 oz.

As the name suggests, this tonic is intended for children, ages 2-12. Though the formula supplies primary support for the respiratory system, it also aids the digestive system because Ayurveda posits that many diseases characterized by phlegm begin with poor digestion.

Ingredients: Ashoka, Samara ashoka; Dhuara, Woodfordia fruticosa; Krishna jeeraka, Carum carri; Cyperus scariosus, Ginger, Zingiber officinalis; Daruhridra, Berberis aristata; Nymphaea alba, Haritaki, Terminalia chebula; Bibitaki, Terminalia belerica; Amalaki, Emblica officinalis; Mango, Mangifera indica; Sandalwood, Santalum album; 1-2% self generated alcohol.

Vadik Herbs, $

Triphala, 90 tablets

Triphala contains three tropical fruits used to regulate and regenerate the lower intestine. Triphala is probably the best selling Ayurvedic formula in the world. It is not a laxative or purgative but rather a support to deeper assimilation and elimination. It is balancing for all doshas.

Ingredients: standardized extracts of Terminalia belerica, Terminalia chebula, Emblica officinalis, Cassia angustifolia.

*Certified organically grown

Banyan Botanicals, $

Kidney Aid, 100 tablets, 500 mg.

This product is intended to help people with sluggish digestion overcome the problems associated with putrefaction in the gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract. It is a natural diuretic and works by strengthening rather than overstimulating the kidneys. It was formulated with overweight people in mind.

Ingredients: extracts of Cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum; Kapur kachri, Hordeum vulgare; Fagonia arabica, Saxifrage igulata, Purnarnave, Boerhaavia diffusa; Shigru, Moringa pterygosperma; Munjaa, Saccharum officinarum; Babbul, Andropogon halepensis; Varuna, Crateava nurvala; Shank Pushpi, Parmelia parlata; Zergul, Cynodon dactylon; Launaea pinnatifida, Sharpunkha, Tephrosia purpurea; Gokshura, Tribulus terrestris; Dolichos biflorus; Butea frondosa resin.

Vadik Herbs, $

Slim Aid, 60 capsules

This formula relies on traditional Ayurvedic herbs to improve metabolism and utilize energy properly.

Ingredients: standardized extracts of Mahasudarshan churna, Indian Kino Tree (Pterocarpus marsupium), Urni Chhal (Clerodendron phlomidis), Purnarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Vidanga (Embelia ribes), Kachnar (Bauhinia variegata), Turmeric (Curcuma longa), Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), Bibitaki (Terminalia belerica), Amalaki (Emblica officinalis), Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Black Pepper (Piper nigrum), Pipli (Piper longum), Purple Fleabane (Vernonia anthelmintica).

Vadik Herbs, $

Healthy Colon, 60 Vegi-caps

Ayurvedic herbal formula for promoting peristalsis, and general colon health. Colon Aid helps eliminate toxins from the colon, improve vitality, stability, and general health by removing waste materials from the colon and counteracting food poisoning.

Ingredients: standardized extracts of Terminalia belerica, Terminalia chebula, Emblica officinalis, Cassia angustifolia.

Vadik Herbs, $

Pitta Digest, 90 tablets [Formerly Digest Ease]

Ayurveda places enormous emphasis on the importance of good digestion and assimilation. This formula promotes digestive fire without aggravating the pitta dosha or irritating the delicate membrane lining of the stomach and intestines.

Special note: For biliousness, consider using with the Liver Formula. For gastritis, stomach ulcers or hyperacidity, use in conjunction with Shatavari. For vata-related digestive complaints, consider Hingvastak. For kapha-related digestive complaints, consider Trikatu.

Ingredients: Guduchi herb, Tinospora cordifolia;* Amalaki fruit, Emblica officinalis;* Cumin seed, Cuminum cyminum;* Coriander seed, Coriandrum sativum;* Fennel seed, Foeniculum vulgare;* Ajamoda seed, Apium graveolens;* Licorice root, Glycyrrhiza glabra;* Cardamom seed, Elettaria cardamomum;* Ginger root, Zingiber officinale;* Cinnamon bark, Cinnamomum cassia.*

Banyan Botanicals, $

TurMagik™

Turmeric is a culinary spice belonging to the ginger family. It is an excellent antioxidant and source of the famed curcumin. These lozenges are made with cardamom and licorice and gur, concentrated cane sugar juice that is rich in minerals and iron. It acts as a sweetener and binder for this formula so that other binders are not necessary.

1-2 tablets 3 times a day as lozenges.<.p>

Ingredients:

Turmeric, Cardamom, Licorice & Gur (concentrate of cane sugar juice, rich in minerals).

Komal Herbals, $

Kanchanar Guggulu, 90 tablets, 300 mg.

Kanchanar Guggulu is a formula for breaking down excess kapha. It supports decongestion of the lymphatic system and proper functioning of the digestive system. People with hardened nodes and swelling can try this exotic formula. To avoid redundancy, please note that it contains the guggulu resin as well as the same herbs found in triphala and trikatu.

Ingredients: Guggulu resin, Commiphora mukul; Kanchanar herb, Bauhinia variegata; Amalaki fruit, Emblica officinalis; Bibhitaki fruit, Terminalia belerica; Haritaki fruit, Terminalia chebula; Pippali fruit, Piper longum; Ginger root, Zingiber officinale; Black Pepper fruit, Piper nigrum; Varuna bark, Crataeva nurvalasa; Cardamom seed, Elettaria cardamomum; Cinnamon herb, Cinnamomum cassia; Bay leaf, Cinnamomum tamala.

Banyan Botanicals, $

Kapha Digest, 90 tablets

This is the historic Trikatu formula. It contains three spices that stimulate digestion and assimilation of food. It kindles agni or digestive fire and promotes reduction of excess kapha and fat. In Ayurveda, spices are used to counteract lethargy and slow metabolism as well as to improve absorption due to weak appetite and insufficency of gastric secretions.

Ingredients: Ginger root, Zingiber officinale*, Black Pepper fruit, Piper nigrum*, Pippali fruit, Piper longum*.

*Certified organically grown

Banyan Botanicals, $