Maximum Safety and Results
Maharishi Ayurveda Products Meets World Class Standards
Established 1986
Maharishi Ayurveda Products was established in 1986 to help implement Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s revival of Vedic civilisation in the field of health. It was established with the guidance of leading vaidyas. A key principle has been to act in accord with the Ayurvedic texts using the best of modern technology to enhance the production processes.
Product development
A Council of Maharishi Ayurveda Vaidyas was established to guide the development and manufacture of our products. A great deal of time has been spent on formulating products following the fundamental principles of the Ayurvedic texts using the best materials available today.
Sourcing and Harvesting
The Council of Maharishi Ayurveda Vaidyas has identified the best variety of each herb and the best source of each variety of herb and mineral and supplies are obtained almost exclusively from these areas. Wild harvesting is preferred where conservation issues do not dictate otherwise. Where conservation is a concern we are working to conserve and cultivate supplies. A large area of mountain bamboo forest has been reserved for sustainable production of vamsha lochana and three organic farms have being established in different climatic zones. More than 2000 harvesters have been trained to collect the herbs from wild sources. Checking of quality and identity is done at the central factory by botanical experts in a process that has been described by visiting authorities as ‘ideal’.
Manufacturing Quality
It has been the aim of Maharishi Ayurveda to make its manufacturing a first class operation.
Our factory was the first Ayurvedic manufacturing facility to be certified to ISO 9001. It has also got HACCP, WHO-GMP and ISO/IEC 17025 (laboratory) certification. Each section of the production process is supervised by vaidyas and we now employ more than 40 vaidyas in product development and production.
Independent Quality Testing
Quality is checked with in-house testing of microbiological load, heavy elements, and pesticides. Consistency of the collection and manufacturing process is check by Thin Layer Chromatography. The products imported into Europe are tested again and more than £450,000 has been spent on testing in Europe alone in the last 19 years.
Product Range
Our product range may be viewed in our public website, our practitioners website and in our catalogue plus medicines list. The practitioner website is password protected and open to health practitioners of all varieties with a certificate of competence – please apply for the password at map@maharishi.co.uk
International Code Names
All products manufactured at our main certified facility in India are given code numbers starting with the letters ‘MA’. E.g. MA154.
Legal categories
In UK our products are sold in four different legal categories
Medicines exempt from Licensing
This range is provided for practitioners. The products have their international code name and a name based on their herbal ingredients, e.g. MA222 Aswagandha/Indian Asparagus/Amla complex . The medicinal use of these products is described on the practitioners website only and is not disclosed to the public.
Food Supplements
These are provided for use by the general public. They are also recommended by practitioners. The food supplements have the international code name plus a ‘fancy’ name, e.g. Youthful Mind (MA3). Health claims are made for these products.
Cosmetics
Cosmetics include external products with health benefits such as massage oils.
General products
These are products that do not fall conveniently
within any of the other three categories.
Further Information
Beacon House, Willow Walk, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, UK, WN8 6UR.
Phone: +44 (0)1695 51015 | Fax: +44 (0)1695 50917 | Email: map@maharishi.co.uk
