Danta-mañjana Cūrṇa · दन्त-मञ्जन चूर्ण
daily tooth care; fresh breath.
Dry Ginger (Shunthi)
Śuṇṭhī शुण्ठी
Zingiber officinale (dried) · Zingiberaceae
Common: Dry ginger · Sonth
herb dried rhizome ushna cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- katu— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · snigdha— qualities
- Virya
- ushna— potency (heating)
- Vipaka
- madhura— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
↓pacifies
P
Pitta
·neutral
K
Kapha
↓pacifies
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
warminganti-inflammatoryTrikatu component
Dried ginger (different rasa-panchaka from fresh ginger / Adraka). Trikatu component. Used in warming body oils (Kapha winter abhyanga) and udvartana powders.
Used in 5 recipes
Kola-kulathādi Cūrṇa · कोल-कुलथादि चूर्ण
weight reduction; obesity.
Mahānīla Ghṛta · महानील घृत
severe Kushtha — incurable form; Shvitra (leucoderma).
Triphalādi Rūkṣa Udvartana · त्रिफलादि रूक्ष उद्वर्तन
weight reduction; cellulite.
Vajraka Taila · वज्रक तैल
Kushtha; malignant ulcers.