Palasha (Flame of the Forest)
Palāśa पलाश
Butea monosperma · Fabaceae
tree flowerbark ushna cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- kashaya · tikta— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · ruksha— qualities
- Virya
- ushna— potency (heating)
- Vipaka
- katu— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
·neutral
P
Pitta
·neutral
K
Kapha
↓pacifies
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
anti-Kaphaastringentanti-parasitic
Flame-of-the-forest. Flowers used in face packs; bark in anti-Kushtha decoctions.