Mahameda (Astavarga)
Mahāmedā महामेदा
Polygonatum cirrhifolium (?) — commercially extinct · Asparagaceae
herb rhizome shita commercially-extinct
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- madhura— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- guru · snigdha— qualities
- Virya
- shita— potency (cooling)
- Vipaka
- madhura— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
↓pacifies
P
Pitta
↓pacifies
K
Kapha
↑aggravates
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
rasayana
Commercially extinct. Substitute: Shatavari.