Astanga Hrudaya

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उष्णस्त्वच्यो हिमः स्पर्शे केश्यो बल्यस्तिलो गुरुः। अल्पमूत्रः कटुः पाके मेधाऽग्निकफपित्तकृत् ॥२३॥

sanskrit

SESAME SEED BENEFITS: Tila (sesamum) is Ushna – hot in potency , Tvachya – good for the skin, Sheetasparsha – cold on touch, Keshya – good for hairs, Balya – strengthening, Guru – hard to digest, Alpamutra – produces little quantity of urine, Katu paka – pungent at the end of digestion Medhakrut – increases intelligence, Agnikrut – increases digestive function, and increases kapha and pitta.

english translation

uSNastvacyo himaH sparze kezyo balyastilo guruH। alpamUtraH kaTuH pAke medhA'gnikaphapittakRt ॥23॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/astanga-hrudaya/sutra-sthana/6/23

उष्णस्त्वच्यो हिमः स्पर्शे केश्यो बल्यस्तिलो गुरुः। अल्पमूत्रः कटुः पाके मेधाऽग्निकफपित्तकृत् ॥२३॥

sanskrit

SESAME SEED BENEFITS: Tila (sesamum) is Ushna – hot in potency , Tvachya – good for the skin, Sheetasparsha – cold on touch, Keshya – good for hairs, Balya – strengthening, Guru – hard to digest, Alpamutra – produces little quantity of urine, Katu paka – pungent at the end of digestion Medhakrut – increases intelligence, Agnikrut – increases digestive function, and increases kapha and pitta.

english translation

uSNastvacyo himaH sparze kezyo balyastilo guruH। alpamUtraH kaTuH pAke medhA'gnikaphapittakRt ॥23॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript