🌿 Amidha Ayurveda – Open Herb Database (Beta)

An open-source Ayurvedic herb dataset for research, education, and innovation. This project aims to make authentic Ayurvedic knowledge accessible in a structured, machine-readable format — connecting traditional wisdom with modern data science.

📖 Overview

The Amidha Ayurveda Herb Database contains detailed data on 700+ Ayurvedic herbs, including:

• Botanical names and Ayurvedic names
• Rasa, Guna, Virya, Vipaka, Prabhava
• Dosha effects (Pacify / Aggravate)
• Therapeutic properties and brief description
• HTML links for individual herb pages

This dataset is suitable for:

• Ayurvedic students & researchers
• Health-tech startups and AI developers
• Web & app builders using Ayurvedic knowledge
• Educators creating open educational content

🛉 Sample Data Preview (JSON)

[
  {
    "name": "Ashwagandha",
    "link": "/p/ashwagandha.html",
    "preview": "Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is a powerful adaptogen. It reduces stress, increases strength, and supports reproductive and nervous systems.",
    "pacify": ["Vata", "Kapha"],
    "aggravate": ["Pitta"],
    "tridosha": false,
    "rasa": ["Tikta", "Kashaya"],
    "guna": ["Guru", "Snigdha"],
    "virya": "Ushna",
    "vipaka": "Madhura",
    "prabhav": ["Balya", "Medhya", "Vrishya", "Rasayan"]
  }
]

⚙️ How to Use

1. Access the Raw Data
   You can access the complete, raw JSON file directly from this GitHub repository.
   This is ideal for downloading the entire dataset for your own projects or for data analysis.

   Raw JSON URL:
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sciencewithsaucee-sudo/herb-database/main/herb.json

2. Integrate with Projects
   Use this data for web apps, AI models, educational tools, or research visualizations.
   Please provide attribution as mentioned below.

🧠 Research Purpose

This project bridges Ayurvedic textual data with digital knowledge systems, helping:

• Students cite authentic herb data
• Researchers perform computational Ayurveda studies
• Developers build Ayurvedic APIs and tools

🗳️ License & Citation

This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

You are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon it

Under the following terms:

• Attribution must be given to Amidha Ayurveda
• Non-commercial, educational, and research use is preferred

How to Cite:

🪟 Contributing

We welcome contributions from students, developers, and researchers! You can:

• Add new verified herbs
• Improve descriptions or references
• Enhance data accuracy

Steps:

1. Fork this repository
2. Edit or add your herb entry in JSON format
3. Submit a pull request

🔗 DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17475352

👨‍⚕️ About the Creator

This open-source project was developed by Sparsh Varshney to contribute to the accessibility and understanding of Ayurvedic knowledge in the digital era.

Connect:

• 🌐 Amidha Ayurveda Website
• 💼 LinkedIn
• 📄 About Page

💚 Vision

License

This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).