⚠ Cautions — read first
- avoid Constipation or hard, dry stools — avoid.
- supervision Pregnancy — use only under a Vaidya's guidance.
Rasa tikta, kashayaGuna laghu, rukshaVirya shitaVipaka katu
Vata ↑ if in excessPitta ↓ pacifiesKapha ↓ pacifies
Traditional actions
- The classical grāhī dravya for atisāra and grahaṇī, traditionally used to firm up loose stools and steady deranged digestion.
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