Vajrakam
Used for skin diseases
Modern description
Vajrakam is a formulation used to manage various skin diseases.
Purpose
Used for skin diseases
Indications
- Obesity
- Hyperlipidemia
- Diabetes (Type 2)
- Anemia
- General Weakness
- Metabolic disorders
- Skin diseases
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Dermatitis
- Leprosy
- Visarpa (Herpes Zoster)
- Jaundice
- Bleeding disorders
Classical indications
- Skin diseases
- Kushta
- Visarpa
- Jwara
- Kamala
- Rakta dushti
Karma
- Rasayana
- Lekhana
- Deepana
- Pachana
- Vatahara
- Kapha-medohara
- Blood purifier
Key ingredients
- Shilajit
- Triphala
- Guggulu
- Loha Bhasma
- Honey
Adult dose
3-6 grams or 5-10 ml once or twice a day
Pediatric dose
Consult a physician
Preparation steps
- Take equal quantity of all ingredients in dried & crushed form in an earthen pot.
- Add 16 times clean water into it.
- Reduce the quantity into one by eighth of the initial quantity.
- Make sure to mix it in between with a wooden ladle.
- The fire should be kept low to make sure that all the active ingredients in the herbs needed are absorbed well into the water.
- Once the quantity is reduced to one by eighth of the initial amount of water, remove the vessel from the fire.
- Squeeze and drain through a clean white cloth.
- Collect the decoction in a clean vessel and discard the solid waste.
Safety contraindications
- Not recommended for pregnant or lactating women without medical advice. Avoid in diarrhea and indigestion. People with IBS or a sensitive stomach may develop diarrhea when not supervised by a qualified Ayurveda physician.