Vālā-Atibalā-Yaṣṭī-Rajanī Lepa · वाला-अतिबला-यष्टी-रजनी लेप
Vyanga (melasma); post-acne pigmentation.
Atibala (Indian Mallow)
Atibalā अतिबला
Abutilon indicum · Malvaceae
Common: Indian mallow · Atibala
herb root shita wild-abundant
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- madhura— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · snigdha— qualities
- Virya
- shita— potency (cooling)
- Vipaka
- madhura— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
↓pacifies
P
Pitta
↓pacifies
K
Kapha
·neutral
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
anti-Vyanga lepa componentanti-Vatawound-healing
Indian mallow. Co-stars with Bala in the Vala-Atibala-Yashti-Rajani anti-Vyanga lepa (Sushruta Cikitsa 20.20) — the canonical anti-melasma formula.