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These compounds have been shown to provide the lipid-lowering actions noted for guggul.

More research is needed, but for now there is not enough evidence to justify using guggul to lower cholesterol.

The evidence: As with ginseng, the research on guggul and cholesterol is sketchy.

This study found that guggul had no effect on thyroid gland function in the people studied.

Guggul appears to have the ability to naturally "turn up" the body's "thermostat" a few degrees higher.

Guggul has been shown to accelerate thyroid activity.

Guggul is found in standardized or purified extract form, which is known as Guggulipid.

In India and Pakistan, guggul is cultivated commercially.

Commiphora mukul), producing gum guggul, sometimes identified with ancient bdellium.

Add to them the well researched benefits of gum guggul, an herb from India that is related to frankincense and myrrh.

The guggul plant may be found from northern Africa to central Asia, but is most common in northern India.

Examples are black pepper, cedar, guduchi, guggul.

The very first guggul (Commiphora wightii) vatika (place where medicinal plants are planted) was established here.

These myrrh-like resins are known as opopanax, balsam, bdellium, guggul and bisabol.

Guggulsterone is a plant steroid found in the resin of the guggul plant, Commiphora mukul.

Anxixiang (安息香 "Benzoin resin and wood, gum guggul")

Exotic ingredients like guggul resin — used in Ayurvedic medicine — and tiger grass soothe, smooth and stimulate while the color does its thing.

A related species, called guggul in Ayurvedic medicine, is considered one of the best substances for the treatment of circulatory problems, nervous system disorders and rheumatic complaints.

What it is: A tree-resin extract, long used in Ayurvedic medicine, guggul contains plant sterols (guggulsterones) and is available in capsule form.

The extract of gum guggul, called gugulipid, guggulipid, or guglipid, has been used in Unani and Ayurvedic medicine, for nearly 3,000 years in India.

They found that guggul had no measurable effect on total cholesterol, HDL, or triglycerides -- and that it caused an increase in LDL of about 5 percent.

In my private practice I have seen Ashwagandha, Guggul and Shilajit, one capsule or tablet each twice a day with large glass of water for six months produce excellent results in Osteoarthritis.

A combination of guggul, phosphate salts, hydroxycitrate, and tyrosine coupled with exercise has been shown in a double-blind study to improve mood with a slight tendency to improve weight loss in overweight adults.

Vineet Soni is a plant conservation biotechnologist and the founder of the "Save Guggul Movement", a community-based conservation effort to conserve threatened plant species, particularly guggul.

The product is called Niu-Huang Chieh-tu-pein, Divya Kaishore Guggul or Chandraprabha Vatiand and is used for treating mumps, sore throat, tonsillitis, toothache, skin infections, anorexia and fever in young children.

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