Broccoli
Properties
Taste: Sweet, bitter, pungent
Natural Attributes: light, dry
Tissue impact (Vipak): Reducing
Thermal impact (Virya): Cooling
Dosha impact: Increases Vata, decreases Kapha and Pitta
Digestive impact (Agni): difficult raw, easy to digest (cooked)
Channels (Srotas): opens
Feces:Â moves
Urine: diuretic
Strength (Bala):Â Â clears congestion and obstruction
Mind (Manas):Â
Effect: ophthalmic, anti-inflammatory
Chinese five element impact:Â
Chinese medicine syndromes:Â Cleanse the liver, Liver Phlegm Heat
Medicinal propertiesÂ
- Nourishment (rasa):Â
- Blood-circulation-liver: summer heat conditions, eye inflammation, nearsightedness, liver stagnation, clears red eyes
- Immunity: exterior conditions, cancer preventative
- Skin: rough skin
Harmful: thyroid deficiency, low iodine