Utpala (Water-Lily generic)
Utpala उत्पल
Nymphaea spp. · Nymphaeaceae
creeper flower shita cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- madhura · kashaya— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- shita · snigdha— qualities
- Virya
- shita— potency (cooling)
- Vipaka
- madhura— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
·neutral
P
Pitta
↓pacifies
K
Kapha
·neutral
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
refrigerant
Generic water-lily (any colour). Cooling family. Often interchangeable with Nilotpala in Pitta-pacifying recipes.