Ayurvediske lægeplanter

Sri Lankas ayurvediske tradition byder på et rigt udvalg af lægeplanter, der har været brugt i århundreder. Sri Lanka har en rig tradition for ayurvedisk medicin, der trækker på sin oprindelige viden og en række lægeplanter. Her er nogle bemærkelsesværdige ayurvediske lægeplanter, der findes i Sri Lanka:

Ayurvedisk og urtebaseret Ayurveda-ture

Embelia ribes

Embelia ribes, commonly known as false black pepper, white-flowered embelia, vidanga, vaividang, vai vidang, or vavding, is a species in the family Primulaceae. It was originally described by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in his 1768 publication, Flora Indica. It is widely distributed throughout India. In Ayurveda and Siddha, it is considered widely beneficial in variety of diseases In particular embelin isolated from dried berries of Embelia ribes has a wide spectrum of biological activities.

Embelia ribes is part of the catalog of ayurvedic medicinal plants of Sri Lanka.