⚠ Cautions — read first
- supervision Hyperacidity, active ulcer and pregnancy — caution or professional supervision.
Rasa katuGuna laghu, snigdha, tikshnaVirya ushnaVipaka madhura
Vata ↓ pacifiesPitta ↑ if in excessKapha ↓ pacifies
Traditional actions
- A dīpana and respiratory dravya and a classical rasāyana (notably in the vardhamāna pippalī regimen); noted for enhancing the action of other dravyas.
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