• Sandhanakari – heals fractures and wounds • Madhura (sweet) • Sthairyakrut – increases body stability • Sara – promotes bowel movements • Pathya – can be had on daily basis • Nandimukhi variety of wheat is good for health. It is • Sheeta – cold • Kashaya (astringent) • Madhura (sweet) • And Laghu (light to digest)
SHIMBIDHANYA VARGA – (GROUP OF LEGUMES AND PULSES):- • Mudga (green gram) , adhaki (toor dal), masura(lentil) and other varieties belong to the group called shimbidhanya (those having pods/legumes). • Vibandhakrut – They cause constipation, • Kashaya, Swadu – astringent sweet in taste, • Grahi – absorbent, • Katu vipaka – pungent after digestion, • Sheeta – cold in potency, • Laghu – easily digestible,
mitigate fat, kapha, asra (blood) and pitta, suited for use as external application and bathing the body parts etc. Among them, mudga (green gram) is best, it causes mild increase of chala (vata): kalaya (round pea) causes vata and dryness, produces more faeces and is hard to digest .
Rajamasha (big sized black gram) increases Vata, it is dry, heavy to digest and increases bulk of faeces. HORSE GRAM BENEFITS – • Kulttha (horse gram) is • Ushna – hot in potency, • Amlapaka – sour at the end of digestion, • cleanses semen, useful in • urinary stones, • Shwasa – Asthma, COPD, wheezing, breathing difficulty • Peenasa – running nose, rhinitis
• Kasa – cough, cold • Kapha – Vata diseases. But it increases bleeding disorders and is not recommended in such conditions, like menorrhagia NISHPAVA (FLAT BEAN) Nishpava (flat bean) aggravates vata, pitta, bleeding disorders, it increases breast milk production and promotes urine formation. It is Guru (Heavy to digest).