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Patanjali Foods, formerly known as Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd, is an Indian multinational fast-moving consumer goods company specialized in the food industry, part of the Patanjali Ayurved. It is headquartered in Indore , India .
Patanjali Ayurved is an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company, based in Haridwar. It was founded by Ramdev and Balkrishna in 2006. [5] Its office is in Delhi, with manufacturing units and headquarters in the industrial area of Haridwar. [6] The company manufactures cosmetics, ayurvedic medicine, personal care and food products. [7]
Withania somnifera, known commonly as ashwagandha, [2] [3] [4] is an evergreen shrub in the Solanaceae or nightshade family that grows in India, Nepal, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. Several other species in the genus Withania are morphologically similar. [ 3 ]
Patanjali Yogpeeth is a yoga institute located in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. Founded in 2006 and named after the Rishi Patanjali , the purpose of the institute is to practice, research, and develop yoga and ayurveda .
Within the genus Withania, W. somnifera (Ashwagandha) and W. coagulans (Paneer doddi/Ashutosh booti) are economically significant, and are cultivated in several regions for their use in Ayurveda. [3] It is claimed to help control diabetes. [4] The berries contain a rennet-like protease that can be used to clot milk for cheese production.
Balkrishna (known as Acharya Balkrishna, born 4 August 1972) is an Indian billionaire businessman, author and chairman of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved. [3] [4] He was reported by Forbes to have a net worth of US$2.3 billion as of May 2021.
Spices in the new sattvic list may include cardamom (yealakaai in Tamil, Elaichi in Hindi), cinnamon (Ilavangapattai in Tamil, Dalchini in Hindi), cumin (seeragam in Tamil, Jeera in Hindi), fennel (soambu in Tamil, Saunf in Hindi), fenugreek (venthaiyam in Tamil, Methi in Hindi), black pepper (Piper nigrum) also known as 'Kali mirch' in Hindi ...
The use of opium is found in the ancient ayurvedic texts, and is first mentioned in the Sarngadhara Samhita (1300–1400 CE), a book on pharmacy used in Rajasthan in Western India, as an ingredient of an aphrodisiac to delay male ejaculation. [71] It is possible that opium was brought to India along with or before Muslim conquests.