⚠ Cautions — read first
- supervision Active peptic ulcer, hyperacidity, bleeding tendency and pregnancy (high doses) — caution or supervision.
Rasa katuGuna laghu, snigdhaVirya ushnaVipaka madhura
Vata ↓ pacifiesPitta ↑ if in excessKapha ↓ pacifies
Traditional actions
- A pre-eminent dīpana-pāchana (digestive-kindling) and āma-reducing dravya; the 'universal medicine' (vishwabheshaja) of the classics.
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