Small Fish – Sardines
Taste: Sweet
Natural Attributes: Heavy, Oily
Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishingÂ
Thermal impact (Virya): heating
Dosha impact: Decrease Vata, increase Pitta and KaphaÂ
Digestive impact (Agni): relatively easy to digest
Channels (Srotas): closes the channels
Feces:Â
Urine: mild diuretic
Strength (Bala): highly increases strength and immunityÂ
Mind (Manas):Â
Effect:
Chinese five element impact:Â
Chinese medicine syndromes: spleen, stomach ; nurtures Yin, increases Qi, blood
Medicinal propertiesÂ
- Nourishment (rasa): gaining weight, lack of appetite, lower back pain, loss of taste, strokes, heart attacks, migraines.
- Blood-circulation-liver: facilitates blood circulation, arterial hardening and deterioration, high blood pressure
- Fat: high cholesterol
- Bones-joints-tendon-ligaments: Â fractures, osteoporosis, fortifying sinews
- Nervous system:
- Reproductive and hormonal systems: fertility, impotence
- Strength: builds strength
- Mental: stress
Harmful for: skin disease, excess mucus