Astanga Hrudaya

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न्यूनो यवादनुयवः रुक्षोष्णो वंशजो यवः| वृष्यः शीतो गुरुः स्निग्धो जीवनो वातपित्तहा ॥१५॥

sanskrit

Anuyava ( a small sized barley) is inferior in qualities to that of Yava. Venuyava (seeds of bamboo) is non- unctuous and hot in potency. GODHUMA – WHEAT BENEFITS – • Wheat is • Vrushya – natural aphrodisiac • Sheeta – cold • Guru (Heavy to digest) • Snigdha – unctuous, oily • Jivaniya – enlivening • Vatapittaha – balances Vata and Pitta

english translation

nyUno yavAdanuyavaH rukSoSNo vaMzajo yavaH| vRSyaH zIto guruH snigdho jIvano vAtapittahA ||15||

hk transliteration by Sanscript