AyURlogs: SUNTHI - USES IN OBGY

Monday, May 3, 2021

Ginger is a one of the daily used , most loved spice rhizome., which on drying turns as Sunthi.

Latin name - zingiber officinale

Family - Zinziberaceae

Properties -

a) Aardark ( ginger) -

Rasa - Katu

Virya - Ushna

Vipaka - Katu

Guna - Guru, Ruksha,Tikshna

b) Sunthi -

Rasa - Katu

Virya - Ushna

Vipaka - Madhur

Guna - Laghu , Snigdha

Chemical Constituents - Disulphide

USES -

1.Due to madhur vipaka , Ushna virya & snigdha guna , it works as Vrushya ( Aphrodisiac) so it is used in vajikaran yogas.

2.Saubhagya sunthi pak is used in Nav prasuta women (who has recently delivered baby) to prevent her from vatadi vikara.

3. It is also used in Prasavottar daurbalya ( weakness after delivery).

4. It is also used in Prasuti pachat jwar ( post partum fever).

5. It is also used in Stanyadushti (disorders of breast milk).

Note - this post is for educational purposes only.

ref - Ayurvedic textbooks

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