⚠ Cautions — read first
- avoid Pregnancy, severe depletion or dehydration, and diarrhoea — avoid or use only under a Vaidya's guidance.
Rasa kashaya, madhura, amla, katu, tiktaGuna laghu, rukshaVirya ushnaVipaka madhura
Vata ↓ pacifiesPitta ↓ pacifiesKapha ↓ pacifies
Traditional actions
- Described as a tridoṣa-balancing rasāyana; traditionally used to support regular elimination and 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