⚠ Cautions — read first
- caution Generally well tolerated; in acute diarrhoea use with a Vaidya's guidance.
Rasa amla, madhura, katu, tikta, kashayaGuna guru, ruksha, shitaVirya shitaVipaka madhura
Vata ↓ pacifiesPitta ↓ pacifiesKapha ↓ pacifies
Traditional actions
- A pre-eminent classical rasāyana, especially valued for pacifying pitta while balancing all three doṣas.
View sources — 3 classical & official references ›
- Classical text Charaka Saṁhitā
- Classical text Bhāvaprakāśa (incl. Nighaṇṭu)
- Government / official The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol. I