Sheep

Avika (Sheep/Mutton) meat is heavier than goat meat. It is sweet, heavy, unctuous and hot in potency. It particularly pacifies Vata but may increase Kapha and Pitta. It is nourishing and strengthening. Sheep meat is more fatty than goat meat. It is useful in conditions of Vata aggravation. However, it should be consumed in moderation due to its heaviness. Verses: 14.

• Brimhana (nourishing)
• Vatahara (pacifies Vata)
• Balya (strengthening)

Mutra Varga (group of urine) :मू ंगो अजा वम हषीगजा वो प तलं खरो वम ् ती णो णं लवणानुरसं कटु ८२ कृ मशोफोदरानाह शूलपा डुकफा नलान ् गु मा च वषि व कु ठाशा स जये लघु ८३ Urine of cow, goat, sheep, buffalo, elephant, horse, camel and donkey – these aggravate Pitta, are non-unctous, penetrating deep, hot in potency, pungent with salt as its secondary taste and useful in worms, dropsy, abdominal enlargement, flatulence, colic, anemia, aggravation of Kapha and Vata, abdominal tumors, loss of taste, po

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Drava Vigyaniya Drinkables

52-53 ½ यो न वजावी या म गोचर वाद नि चते Goat and sheep are not included in any particular group because of their mixed heredity and living in all types o lands.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

वपर तमतो ेयमा वकं बं ृहणं तु तत ् Avi (meat of sheep) is opposite in nature with that of goat and causes weight gain.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

(Kukkuta) Chicken and Spotted deer should not be taken along with curds Uncooked meat along with bile radish along with black gram Sheep meat along with leaves of Kusumba herb Germinated grains along with Bisa Lakucha Phala along with black gram soup (masha supa) Banana along with butter milk is not recommended Curds along with Tala phala (Palm date) Pippali, Maricha and honey Kakamachi along with jaggery Black pepper along with fish or during digestion of fish - 33-36.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Anna Raksha Vidhi

39 Food that should not be consumed habitually कलाटद धकूचीका ारशु ताममूलकम ् कृशशु कवराहा वगोम यभ हषा मषम ् माष न पावशालूक वस प टवी ढकम ् शु कशाका न यवकान ् फा णतं च न शीलयेत ् Kilata (dairy product – sweet in taste), Dadhi – Curds, Kuchika (solid part of curds), Kshara (alkalies), Sukta (fermented gruel), Ama Mulaka – Uncooked radish, Meat of animals which are emaciated, dry meat, meat of the boar, sheep, cow, fish and buffalo, Masha (black gram), Nishpava;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Food habits &

In general the eight types of urine (urine of human being, cow, goat, sheep, camel and buffalo) may be used in the form of drink or parisheka (pouring medicated liquids on body parts) in patients suffering from udara (enlargement of abdomen tending ascites) [109-110].

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 13: Abdominal Diseases Treatment (Udara Chikitsa / उदरचिकित्सा)

[183] Medicated errhine prepared after fortifying oil with twak, danti, vyaghranakha, vidanga, navamallika, apamarga fruits and seeds of naktamala and shirisha, kshavaka, ashmantaka, bilva, haridra, hingu, yuthika, phanijjaka along with four times the volume in sheep urine should be used or the same herbs may also be used for insufflation.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 26: Three Vital Organs Treatment (Trimarmiya Chikitsa / त्रिमर्मीयचिकित्सा)

[263-264] One prastha (640 grams) of milk and juice of sahachara – Barleria prionitis, bhringaraja – Eclipta alba, surasa –Cinnamonum zeylanica, one kudava of oil, one pala paste of yastimadhu – glychrizza glabra is cooked and kept inside a pot of stone or the horn of sheep.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 26: Three Vital Organs Treatment (Trimarmiya Chikitsa / त्रिमर्मीयचिकित्सा)

Milk of cow, sheep and goat mixed with oil or decoction of jeevaniya gana mixed with oil or decoction of panchamula mixed with oil is sprinkled over in similar ways.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 29: Gout Treatment (Vatarakta Chikitsa / वातरक्तचिकित्सा)

The woman having arajaska (amenorrhea) yoni, should take blood of deer or goat or sheep or pig mixed with curd, sour fruit juice and ghee, in variation with sour curd, honey and ghee or she should drink milk processed with jivaniya varga (vitalizer) drugs.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 30: Gynecological Disorders Treatment (Yonivyapat Chikitsa / योनिव्यापत्चिकित्सा)

Combined with goat or sheep blood.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 6: Niruha Basti Vidhi (Decoction Enema Therapy)

Another hair-blackening paste: Triphala, Nilika (indigo, Indigofera tinctoria) leaves, iron filings (Loha), and Bhringaraja (Eclipta alba) in equal parts, ground with sheep's urine -- this is renowned as a hair-blackening (Krishnikara) preparation.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

This is one of the most comprehensive natural hair-darkening formulations, combining the tannin-iron chemistry of Triphala with indigo's natural dye, Bhringaraja's melanogenesis-promoting action, and the alkaline sheep urine as a mordant to fix the color.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Sheep's milk, contaminated water, heavy/bitter/sour food, leafy vegetables, and eating before previous meal is digested are not beneficial in heart disease.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 35: Diet for Heart Disease (Hridroga Pathyapathyam)

Sheep's milk, contaminated water, heavy/bitter/sour food, leafy vegetables, and eating before previous meal is digested are not beneficial in heart disease.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 24: Diet for Heart Disease (Hridroga Pathyapathyam)

By the same method, ghee from sheep, goat, buffalo, or camel (may be prepared).

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 39: Jvarapratishedha

The milks described are: cow's milk (gavya), goat's milk (aja), camel's milk (chaushtra), sheep's milk (avika), buffalo's milk (mahisha), mare's milk (ashvaya), woman's milk (narya), and elephant's milk (karenu) (verse 47).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 45: Dravadravya-vidhi Adhyaya - On Liquid Substances

Sheep's milk is sweet, unctuous, heavy, and promotes Pitta and Kapha.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 45: Dravadravya-vidhi Adhyaya - On Liquid Substances

Sheep's ghee stimulates digestion and cures abdominal tumors, Kapha excess, and abdominal diseases.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 45: Dravadravya-vidhi Adhyaya - On Liquid Substances

In Kapha and Vata conditions, sheep's ghee with astringent and Kapha-destroying substances is useful (verse 101).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 45: Dravadravya-vidhi Adhyaya - On Liquid Substances