Vidanga Powder

• Take ½ - 1  teaspoon with one cup of warm water. Drink as a tea once or twice daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner. 
• Please consult your physician prior to the use of this product if you are pregnant, or nursing, or on medication, or have a medical condition. 
• Do not use it if the seal is broken. Store it in a cool and dry place. Keep out of the reach of children.

Years ago, ancient Ayurvedic formulations often used Vidanga fruit for dietary supplements to keep the gut free from parasites. Ayurvedic practitioners consider the herb's pungent and bitter qualities as a gentle but a deep cleanser for our bodies. Its active ingredients assist the body’s natural defense in the gastrointestinal tract.

Using this Ayurvedic supplement regularly supports digestive health and gut function. Its phytonutrients nourish various aspects of the gut, while its pungent qualities revive the digestive fire. Both reactions are beneficial for our healthy metabolism.

Other benefits of Vidanga help promote the elimination of metabolic toxins accumulating inside the GI tract, lymphatic system, and blood circulatory system. They also rejuvenate digestive health by promoting natural and healthy gut flora.

Additionally, aiding natural metabolism helps regulate body fluids and mass. That, along with regular exercise and a balanced diet promotes healthy weight maintenance.

Apart from digestive health, Vidanga fruits are also useful for bone and heart health. It revitalizes our vital organs and promotes healthy functioning. It also provides nourishment and support for joint health.

Lastly, this Ayurvedic herb’s dry and light qualities effectively support normal Vata and Kapha doshas. Together, these health benefits promote optimal health and vitality.

Vidanga is a potent Ayurvedic herb, which contains various biochemical and compounds. These include embelin, fiber, flavonoids, embelinol, embeliaribyl ester, alkaloids, embeliol, and vilangin. Their synergistic effects are easily associated with the benefits of Vidanga. They boost immune health inside the GI tract and promote healthy gut flora. These actions have a positive effect on digestive health.

Botanical Name – Embelia ribes

Family – Myrsinaceae

English Name – False black pepper; White-flowered embelia; Embelia fruit

Vidanga (Embelia ribes) grows in various hilly and mountainous regions of India. Its natural habitat features semi-evergreen and deciduous forests. The large climbing shrub grows at the height of 1500m.

This plant has brittle, yet flexible stems that grow from tree branches. The bark is dotted with lenticels, while then leaves are simple.

It also has small flowers that appear in greenish-yellow to pinkish-white shades. They bear fruits that resemble black peppers with their globose shape and wrinkly bodies. Most Vidanga fruits have a dull red or black covering that is very delicate and fragile. You can find a single spotted seed inside.

Ayurvedic practitioners generally use Vidanga roots, leaves, and fruits for their herbal blends and formulations. This is all because of their nutrient-rich potency.

Athreya Vidanga Powder is a premium Ayurvedic supplement. It promotes the natural defenses in the GI tract. Other benefits of Vidanga fruit include digestive health and gut health. It also maintains healthy gut flora.

At Athreya, we harvest potent Vidanga fruits from the high mountains Chattisgarh regions of India. We ensure that after being harvested, Vidanga seeds are kept tied in jute bags for 5 to 8 weeks. It helps reduce the moisture and increases the concentration of the active principles present in it. We harvest Vidanga fruit after the monsoon to retain its effectiveness and potency. We also cultivate Vidanga only in black soil which is rocky and sandy.

Our expert practitioners (Ayurvedic Vaidyas classically trained in India) select only ethically wildcrafted ingredients for Vidanga powder. These ingredients come from farms. There the farmers use substantial practices devoid of pesticides and toxic chemicals during the harvest and processing.

We also source fresh ingredients, cultivated in the ideal topographical environment. Such careful sourcing increases the quality of the ingredients and the effectiveness of this supplementation.

Throughout harvest and process, we ensure that you receive the purest natural form of whole herb product. That means there are no traces of any fillers, excipients, herbal extracts, binding agents, or additive chemicals in these veggie capsules. Thus, provide you with whole foods and traditional Ayurveda products.

While we source ingredients from India, we process the product in the USA. That way, we can guarantee you access to whole foods and traditional products. Also, all our herbal supplements go through multiple third-party quality assurance checks before they reach your doorstep.

We offer only the best for your health and wellbeing.

Serving size - ½ - 1 teaspoon

Ingredients - Embelia fruit (Vidanga) Embelia ribes

This item is gluten-free, soy-free, yeast-free, dairy-free, GMO-free, and preservative-free. It contains no animal by-products is suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Manufactured in a facility that processes tree nuts. It is also a third-party laboratory tested for purity from heavy-metal levels.

Athreya offers Vidanga in other types of herbal supplements. We carefully formulate a botanical blend that enhances the benefits of Vidanga powder.

• Taste – Pungent, Astringent
• Quality – Light, Dry, Strong
• Potency – Hot
• Post Digestive effect – Pungent
• Action on Doshas – Balances Vata and Kapha doshas