Know your local herb - Shanka pushpi -Morning glory - Blue Pea flower

- A tiny creeper with blue and white colour conch shaped flowers

- The white colour variants are called as "Ksheera Pushpi"

- Must herb for kids and elderly as this is nervine booster
Per Ayurveda, this is used primarily for buddhi Medhya (IQ) helping to improve intelligence and retention capacity of human brain

It's also used for

- Body coolant
- Nervine booster
- Treating Insomnia
- Migraine headache
- Immune booster
- Ensures Proper metabolism
This pushpa predominantly used in pooja of Bhagwan Ganapati and Durga parameshwari as it's auspicious flower resembling mahalakshmi devi in conch shape

Sri chakra upasana specifies this as must flowers and leaves for chandi devi yagna
-This dried flowers can be used as simple herbal tea with Tulsi and cardamom with or without sugar

- Dried Flowers can be used as natural food colour

- 1-2 pinch of dried flower powder can be consumed along with honey or brahmi ghrita (Medicated ayurvedic ghee )
While the long variety is called Shankapushpi / butterfly pea / bluepea

The dwarf variety of same family is called Vishnukranthi /Morning glory /Evolvulus Alsinoides as below
This herb has multivariate importance in ayurveda used in treatment of dementia and Alzhimer disease

Sold in west as supplement too

alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vita….
Blue pea tea is becoming popular detox tea at west and skin care routine to maintain blemish free skin 😎

Per Ayurveda, skin care would primarily mean mental health care no wonder Shankapushpi helps in removing anxiety and depression

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