⚠ Cautions — read first
- avoid Constipation or dry stools — avoid the unripe-fruit preparation.
Rasa kashaya, tiktaGuna laghu, rukshaVirya ushnaVipaka katu
Vata ↑ if in excessPitta ↓ pacifiesKapha ↓ pacifies
Traditional actions
- The unripe fruit is a classical grāhī and dīpana dravya, traditionally used in atisāra and grahaṇī to bind stools and kindle digestion.
View sources — 3 classical & official references ›
- Classical text Bhāvaprakāśa (incl. Nighaṇṭu)
- Classical text Charaka Saṁhitā
- Government / official The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol. I