Beetroot
Sweet, grounding root; blood-building, cook for best digestion.
reduces Vataneutral for Pittaneutral for Kapha
Ayurvedic properties
- Rasa (taste): sweet
- Virya (energy): heating
- Guna (qualities): heavy
Classical sources
- Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 27 — Shaka varga
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