Patha (False Pareira Brava)
Pāṭhā पाठा
Cissampelos pareira · Menispermaceae
creeper root ushna cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- tikta · kashaya— 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
digestiveanti-Kaphaanti-microbial
False pareira brava. Anti-Kapha, anti-microbial. Used in Aragvadhadi-gana decoctions for skin disease.