Dhataki (Fulsee Flowers)
Dhātakī धातकी
Woodfordia fruticosa · Lythraceae
shrub flower shita wild-abundant
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- kashaya— 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
astringenthaemostaticAsava-Arishta yeast
Fulsee flowers (Woodfordia fruticosa). The natural fermenting agent of Ayurvedic Arishta wines.