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News India Live, Digital Desk: Have you ever noticed that in our courtyards, gardens or even on the roadside, some small plants often grow which we consider as ‘wild grass’ or ‘weeds’ and remove them? But our ancestors and Ayurveda had a different view of these humble looking plants. There is such a charismatic plant Sahadevi.
As beautiful as its name is, its functions are equally amazing. This plant with tiny purple or pink flowers, which we consider useless, is actually a precious protective shield of nature for the protection of your kidneys and liver. Let us know a little more today how it works for our body.
An excellent ‘filter’ for kidneys
Our kidneys work day and night to clean the blood. Due to today’s eating habits and pollution, pressure on the kidneys increases. In Ayurveda, Sahadevi is considered an excellent ‘diuretic’. This means that it helps in removing the toxins accumulated in the kidneys from the body by increasing the amount of urine. Even if someone is suffering from kidney stones at the initial stage, it can prove helpful in dissolving them.
Power to give new life to liver
Liver is the ‘chemical factory’ of our body. Consuming too much fried food or medicines has a bad effect on the liver. Some medicinal elements are found in the leaves and roots of Sahadevi which provide protection to the liver cells. It detoxifies the liver and also improves the digestive process of the body.
Not only this… it has other qualities too
Sahadevi is not limited to liver-kidney only. In olden times, when fever or joint pain did not go away, doctors or physicians used to recommend its tea (decoction). Apart from this, the paste of its leaves is also considered very effective for healing skin related diseases or wounds. Even in insomnia, the root of Sahadevi has been said to have special importance in Ayurveda.
Caution while using
Natural things are very good for health, but it is equally important to have their dosage and correct information. Always consult an Ayurveda expert (Vaidya) before taking the decoction or juice of Sahadevi, because the nature of everyone’s body is different.
Sahadevi is enough to show that we do not always need to go to the mountains to find ‘treasure’, sometimes it is found on the ground beneath our feet. Next time you see these purple flowers around you, do respect them instead of considering them as ‘garbage’.