Ayurvedic Properties
- Taste (Rasa)
- astringent
- Potency (Virya)
- cold
- Post-digestive (Vipaka)
- pungent
- Tissues
- Plasma, blood
- Systems
- Digestive, excretory, circulatory
What is Sorrel?
Leaves fever, inflammations, pain, appe-tite, scurvy, digestion, dyspepsia, intoxication,poisoning, difficult urination, bilious headaches, removes fibers over cornea or opacities of the cornea; Leaves boiled in yogurt/water ( lassi), or mixed with honey or cane sugar for chronic dysentery,rectum prolapse, thirst and enteritis (small intes-tine inflammation), hemorrhoids; as a soup for convalescence from diarrhea. Juice made intosherbet with honey or cane sugar for dysentery,rectum prolapse, thirst. Externally removes warts, The Ayurveda Encyclopedia 82corns, etc.; applied locally as a poultice to inflamed areas and pain. Leaf juice with pepper and ghee are applied externally to red spots or other skin eruptions due to bile, removes warts. Mixed with onions and applied to the head for bilious head-aches.
Source: The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, Chapter 4: Herbology
Therapeutic Actions (Karma)
- Deepana (kindles digestive fire)
- Rochana (improves taste/appetite)
- Grahi (absorbent)
- Hridya (cardiac tonic)
Source: Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Varga 1
Ayurvedic Properties (Energetics)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Rasa (Taste) | astringent |
| Virya (Energy) | cold |
| Vipaka (Post-digestive) | pungent |
| Tissues (Dhatu) | Plasma, blood |
| Body Systems | Digestive, excretory, circulatory |
Source: The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, Chapter 4: Herbology
Preparation & Usage
Forms: Juice, powder, paste, poultice, pill, soup, confection
Source: The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, Chapter 4: Herbology
Precautions & Contraindications
- Not taken with gout
Source: The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, Chapter 4: Herbology
How to Use Sorrel by Condition
Explore how Sorrel is used for specific health concerns — with dosage, preparation methods, and classical references for each.
▶ Classical Text References (1 sources)
Classical Therapeutic Uses
- Agnimandya (weak digestion)
- Aruchi (anorexia/tastelessness)
- Atisara (diarrhea)
- Gulma (abdominal tumors)
Source: Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Varga 1
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