Taste: Sweet
Natural Attributes: heavy, oily
Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishingÂ
Thermal impact (Virya): heating
Dosha impact: Decrease Vata, increases Kapha
Digestive impact (Agni): relatively easy to digest
Channels (Srotas): closes the channels
Feces:
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Strength (Bala): highly increases strength and immunityÂ
Mind (Manas): increase Rajas
Function: Livotonic, blood tonicÂ
Chinese five element impact: earth, fire
Chinese medicine syndromes: Liver Blood Deficiency, strengthens qi and blood, nourishes Jing
Medicinal propertiesÂ
- Nourishment (rasa): anemia, weakness, insomnia, dizziness, low blood pressure, childhood deficiency and malnutrition, blurred vision
- Blood-circulation-liver: liver-blood deficiency, diseases of the liver.
- Reproductive and hormonal systems: impotence, tendency to miscarry
- Kidney-Bladder: urinary incontinence
Harmful: excess heat (aversion to heat, great thirst, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, flushed face, bloodshot eyes, hot palms and soles, afternoon or tidal fevers, night sweats)