Kakoli Root Himalayan – Roscoea purpurea

Kakoli Root Himalayan

Latin – Roscoea purpurea  

Origin : Nepal / India

Ayurvedic Classification : 

• Rasa (Taste) : Sweet
• Veerya : Sheet (Cool)
• Vipaka : (Taste after Digestion)  : Sweet
• Guna : Guru (Heavy in Digestion)
• Snigdha ( Slimy in nature)

Action : 

• Shukrala : Increase Sperm count
• Brihmana : Provides nourishment to the Body tissues
• Sthanykara : Increases breast milk (Galactagogue)
• Jivana : Enlivening
• Vrikshya : Aphrodisiac

Effect on Doshas : 

• Dosha : Kapha Vardana – Increses Kapha Dosha
• Balances Pitta & Vata Doshas

Therapeutic Uses :

• Vata Roga  : Diseases pertaining to Vata Dosha
• Daha : Burning Sensation
• Raktapitta : Bleeding disorders
• Sosha : Emaciation
• Jvara : Fever
• Kshaya : Delibility
• Vayastha : Increses Life span

Consumption : Can be boiled with Milk & consumed.

These are Two Roots of the Ashtawarga (8 Roots Blend for vitality) combination