⚠ Cautions — read first
- supervision Gallstones/biliary obstruction, and with anticoagulants — professional supervision.
Rasa tikta, katuGuna laghu, rukshaVirya ushnaVipaka katu
Vata = balancesPitta ↓ pacifiesKapha ↓ pacifies
Traditional actions
- Classically kaphapitta-balancing; a varnya (complexion-supporting), krimighna and kuṣṭha-related dravya widely used in skin care.
View sources — 3 classical & official references ›
- Classical text Bhāvaprakāśa (incl. Nighaṇṭu)
- Classical text Suśruta Saṁhitā
- Government / official The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol. I