Bixa Botanical Sunth Powder, 200 g

About the
Product

            More than a company, Bixa
Botanical is a dream – to share the collective knowledge of five generations
of a family with the world; secrets of Herbal Healing that have been
painstakingly accumulated over the last 140 years.

Ginger/ Zingiber Or Suntha [Botanical Name – Zingiber officinale] is a
important herb/spice in Indian families largely cultivated in warm, moist
regions chiefly in Madras, Cochin & Travancore. The scraped & dried
rhizomes of Ginger as well as green ones are used. As per Ayurveda Ginger is
pungent in taste, hot in potency and pacifies Vitiated Vata/kapha. Suntha or
Ginger is easily digested, absorbed from the intestines and has anti-flatulency,
intestinal spasm reducing properties. Ginger helps to clean the toxicity from
the tongue, by removing undigested (Aam) food materials and supports the
appetite. The Aromatic oil present in the Ginger rhizome helps to prevent bad
breadth, improve salivary secretion (sialagogue) and promotes
gastro-intestinal tract movements. Ginger is also useful in common cold &
cough, where there is immunity suppression & fever sets in. Ginger
promotes removal of extra phlegm from bronchus and respiratory tract &
helps to reduce symptoms of acute bronchitis/ Sinusitis and headache/ body
ache. On long term basis Suntha/Ginger is helpful as hot water infusion drink
like herbal tea in evening to relieve symptoms of Rheumatic conditions like
joint heaviness, pain and warmness etc. The Ginger herbal tea when consumed
regularly supports as anti-oxidants, helps to remove blockages from blood
vessels and re-energise lungs to get more Oxygen level. Ginger Powder
combines with black pepper Powder (kali miri) & pippali Powder (piper
longum) (collectively known as Trikatu Powder ), which act as carminative
& increase Bio-availability of the drug given along Trikatu. Externally –
ginger Powder is applied over affected painful joint area Or forehead with
warm water/ Nilgiri oil (Eucalyptus oil) as local stimulant & rubefacient
to have pain killer action.