GROUP OF SUGARCANE JUICES AND ITS PRODUCTS (IKSHU VARGA)

PROPERTIES OF SUGARCANE JUICE

Sara – Laxative

Snigdha – Unctuous

Guru – Heavy to digestion

Swadupaka rasa – sweet in taste and after taste(metabolic property)

Brihmana – Nutritive, Increases weight

Kaphakrut – Increases Kapha

Mutrakrut – Increases urine output

Vrushya – Aphrodisiac

Sheeta –  Coolant or cool in potency

Asrapittaghna – Useful in bleeding disorders

WHAT TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE DRINKING IKSHU RASA?

The tip of shoots of sugarcane has salty taste. If the roots, shoots and worm infested parts of the cane is crushed together and that juice is consumed ...