Kadamba
Kadamba कदम्ब
Neolamarckia cadamba / Anthocephalus cadamba · Rubiaceae
tree flowerbark shita cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- tikta · 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
astringent face-lepa
Kadamba tree. Flowers and bark used in cosmetic lepas.