Wheat
Heavy, nourishing, grounding grain; strengthening but Kapha-increasing.
reduces Vatareduces Pittaincreases Kapha
Ayurvedic properties
- Rasa (taste): sweet
- Virya (energy): cooling
- Guna (qualities): heavy, unctuous
Classical sources
- Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 27 — Shuka-dhanya varga (grains)
- Bhavaprakasha — Nighantu — Dhanya varga
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