Notes from Sirohi
The Journal
Practice
Nasya: what the practice is, and why it is worth learning properly
One of the classical routes of administration, and the one most often attempted from a web page. A plain description of the…
The Method
The five stages of a ghrita, and the test that ends it
A medicated ghee is not herbs stirred into ghee. It is a cook, and it finishes when a specific physical test is…
Buying Well
How to read a jar of shilajit before you buy it
Purified resin behaves in ways you can check yourself. A few simple tests, and what each one does and does not tell…
The Method
What “bilona” actually means, and why it takes so much longer
The word appears on a great many labels now. Here is the process it is supposed to describe, and the three places…