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Vessel
to Use for Preparing Herbs
According
to ayurveda, the best kind of vessel or pot to use for herbal preparations
is an earthen pot. Earthenware
combines naturally with herbs the same way plants are intrinsically a part
of the soil. Ayurveda is not,
however, opposed to use of certain metallic vessels, if their properties
are understood. For reducing
Kapha, herbs can be prepared in a copper pot because copper has a scraping
and reducing action. For
Pitta conditions, a pot of brass or silver may be used a s it is heavy and
grounding. Aluminium
should never be used because it will be absorbed in the body as a poison.
Preparing herbs over a flame, rather than electrical heat, also
helps increase their potency and renders them more assimilable to our Agni;
wood heat is best.
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