Ashoka (Saraca Tree)
Aśoka अशोक
Saraca asoca · Fabaceae
tree bark shita wild-vulnerable
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- kashaya · tikta— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · ruksha— qualities
- Virya
- shita— potency (cooling)
- Vipaka
- katu— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
·neutral
P
Pitta
↓pacifies
K
Kapha
↓pacifies
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
uterine tonic (women's herb)astringent face-lepa
Saraca asoca bark. Women’s-tonic; also astringent in face lepa context.