Shilajit (Mineral Pitch)
Asphaltum / Mineral Pitch — The mountain resin
Photo: “Purified Shilajit, Mumio” by Valentin, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized to 960 px · source · licence
- Botanical name
- Asphaltum / Mineral Pitch
- Family
- Mineral resin
- Origin
- Ayurvedic
- Tradition
- Ayurveda
- Native range
- Indian subcontinent
- Grows in
- Mountain
- Compound classes
- minerals
- Flavour
- Earthy, slightly mineral and distinctively resinous — unmistakeably primordial; small amount goes a long way
Plant and fungal knowledge in the language of craft and tradition — not medical advice. Fungai Art, small-batch extracts.