Kapittha (Wood-apple)
Kapittha कपित्थ
Limonia acidissima · Rutaceae
tree fruit shita cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- amla · kashaya— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- guru · ruksha— qualities
- Virya
- shita— potency (cooling)
- Vipaka
- katu— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
·neutral
P
Pitta
↓pacifies
K
Kapha
·neutral
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
astringentanti-Vyanga
Wood-apple. Used in Sushruta’s anti-Vyanga lepa alternatives.