Rabbit

Shasha (Rabbit/Hare) meat is light, dry and cooling. It is astringent and sweet. It is an excellent absorbent and is used in diarrhea and similar conditions. Being a Jangala animal, its meat is easy to digest. It pacifies Vata and Pitta. Rabbit meat is considered among the lighter meats. Verses: 11.

• Grahi (absorbent)
• Deepana (appetizer)
• Vatahara (pacifies Vata)

Mamsa varga – (group of meats) ह रणैणकुर ग गोकण म ृगमात ृकाः शशश बरचा कशरभा या म ृगाः म ृताः Mriga varga (deer etc) :Harina (antelope, fawn) Kuranga (type of deer), Arksa (white footed antelope) Gokarna (Deer antelop), Mrigamatrika (Red coloured hare like deer), Shasha ( rabbit), Shambara (deer with branched horns), Charushka (gazelle) sarabha (eight footed animal) Etc.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

55 द पन: कटुक: पाके ाह ो हम: शश: ॥५६॥ The flesh of shasha (rabbit), enhances hunger, pungent after digestion, water absorbent and cold in potency 56 ईषद ु णगु ि न धा बं ृहण वतकादयः ति त र ते व प वरो मेधाि नबलशु कृत ् ाह व य अ नलो तसि नपातहरः परम ् The flesh of the vartaka (button quail) and others are slightly hot in potency, hard to digest, unctuous and make the body stout.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Shuddharakta Laksana- Features of pure blood:मधुरं लवणं कि जत ् अशीतो णमसंह तम ् प े गोपहे म ा वशशलो हतलो हतम ् १ लो हतं भवः शु ं तनो तेनैव च ि थ तः Slightly sweet and salt in taste neither cold nor hot, resembling the colour of lotus, Indragopa insect, gold, blood of sheep and rabbit - are the characteristic properties of pure blood;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Siravyadha Vidhi

Rabbit (light, cold, alleviates tridosha).

— Charaka Samhita, Sutra Sthana — Fundamental Principles, Chapter 27: Classification of Food & Beverages (Annapanavidhi Adhyaya / अन्नपानविधि अध्याय)

The food along with the meat of shasha (rabbit), harin, lava, gouraiya and ena should be taken in bleeding hemorrhoids.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 14: Hemorrhoids Treatment (Arsha Chikitsa / अर्शचिकित्सा)

The diet to be consumed is the meat of rabbit, grey partridge, ena (black deer), common quail, asita puchhaka (a type of deer);

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 24: Alcoholism Treatment (Madatyaya Chikitsa / मदात्ययचिकित्सा)

Grapes (Vitis vinifera), Amalaki (Emblica officinalis), varied pleasant foods, wine (in moderation), Parushaka (Grewia asiatica), and soup made from quail, partridge, rabbit, goat, etc.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 29: Diet for Burning Sensation (Daha Pathyapathyam)

Sparrow, quail, partridge, rooster, and tender meats of rabbit, deer, and goat are recommended.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 79: Diet for Seminal Loss (Dhvajabhanga Pathyapathyam)

Grapes (Vitis vinifera), Amalaki (Emblica officinalis), varied pleasant foods, wine (in moderation), Parushaka (Grewia asiatica), and soup made from quail, partridge, rabbit, goat, etc.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 18: Diet for Burning Sensation (Daha Pathyapathyam)

Sparrow, quail, partridge, rooster, and tender meats of rabbit, deer, and goat are recommended.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 68: Diet for Seminal Loss (Dhvajabhanga Pathyapathyam)

Shasha (rabbit) — sweet, astringent, cool, light, beneficial in bleeding disorders.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 46: Annapana-vidhi Adhyaya - On Food and Drink

Shasha (rabbit) — sweet, astringent, cool, light, beneficial in bleeding disorders.

— Sushruta Samhita, Annapana-vidhi Adhyaya - On Food and Drink