Taste: sweet
Natural Attributes: heavy, oily, sticky, wet
Tissue impact (Vipak): nourishing
Thermal impact (Virya): cooling
Dosha impact: Increases Kapha, decreases Vata and Pitta
Digestive impact (Agni): hard to digest
Channels (Srotas):Â blocks
Feces:
Urine:Â
Strength (Bala): bestows strength
Mind (Manas): Tamas
Chinese five element impact:Â
Chinese medicine syndromes:
Medicinal propertiesÂ
- Nourishment (rasa): weight gain
Beneficial for: Harmful: skin disease, catarrh, obesity, diabetes