Taila Kalpanam -
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Ayurveda has one of the most advance systems of processing herbal medicines, revealed by the Sages and passed down through the generations over hundreds of years. The herbal formulas in Ayurveda are extremely potent medicines unlike most other herbal formulations available. Special preparation techniques are used to empower herbal formulas to have many times the potency of powdered herbs or typical Western herbal preparations. Ayurveda tailams (herbal oils) are a good example of an extremely potent variety of herbal medicine in the Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia. Ayurvedic herbal oils are many hundreds of times more potent than Western infused oils. They do require a great deal of technical knowledge, experience, and a large amount of herbs to make. Learn how to make Ayurvedic tailams to use for healing.
Course will cover what are tailams, how they are used, a few important formulas, concerns for purity of herbs from India and the critical endangerment of the Indian herbs, suggestions for substitutions, the process of making tailams is then covered in detail. Students will learn to make tailam by making Maha-narayana tailam according to the traditional formula. Each student will receive an 8 oz. bottle of tailam. The course will also cover additional techniques not used in the making of this tailam and provide several simple and easy to make recipes created by Swamiji for various purposes.
Course will cover what are tailams, how they are used, a few important formulas, concerns for purity of herbs from India and the critical endangerment of the Indian herbs, suggestions for substitutions, the process of making tailams is then covered in detail. Students will learn to make tailam by making Maha-narayana tailam according to the traditional formula. Each student will receive an 8 oz. bottle of tailam. The course will also cover additional techniques not used in the making of this tailam and provide several simple and easy to make recipes created by Swamiji for various purposes.