| Botanical Name (Latin):
Amygdalus communis
Sanskrit
Name:
Badam
Common Name (English):
Almond Meal
Type of
Herb: Western
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: -
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): madhura
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): ushna
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
madhura
Guna
(Qualities):
The twenty gunas or qualities
of all substances are: Guru
(heavy) Manda
(dull) Shita
(cold) Ushna (hot)
Snigdha
(unctuous) Slaksna
(smooth) Sandra
(dense) Mridu
(soft) Sthira
(stable) Suksma
(subtle) Visada
(non-slimy) Laghu
(light) Tikshna
(sharp) Rooksha
(un-unctuous, dry) Khara
(rough) Drava
(liquid) Kathina
(hard) Sara
(unstable) Sthula
(gross) Piccila
(slimy)
Prabhava
(Special Potency):
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
The seven dhatus or tissues
are: Rasa (plasma, lymph), Rakta
(red blood cells), Mamsa
(muscle tissue), Meda (adipose
tissue), Ashti (bone tissue),
Majja (bone marrow, nervous
tissue
, connective tissue), Shukra
(male reproductive tissue), Artava
(female reproductive tissue)
Pharmacological
Action:
OL = thermogenic, emollient, aphrodisiac, laxative, diuretic, lithontriptic, nutritious, demulcent, nervine tonic; oil is cooling, antispasmodic, sedative, laxative, vulnerary, rejuvenating
Indications
(Uses):
OL = cephalalgia, vitiated condtitions of pitta, burning sensation, neuralgia, dysopia, cough, obstruction of liver and spleen, amenorrhea, otalgia, pharyngodynia, skin diseases, pruritus, inflammation, ascites, colic, peptic ulcer, strangury, renal and vesical calculi, general debility; Oil = hepatopathy, vitiated conditions of pitta and vĖta, delirium, cough, pharyngodynia, colic, wounds, ulcers, nephralgia, hepatodynia, splenalgia, gleet, otalgia, burning sensation, cracked skin, amentia
Contraindications
(Cautions):
Constituents:
Active
Substances:
Plant Part
Used:
kernal, oil
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