Patala
The root of a deciduous forest tree with fragrant, rose-tinged trumpet flowers. Patala is one of the five tree roots of dashamoola.
- Settles Vata
- Settles Pitta
- Settles Kapha
How Ayurveda reads patala
- Rasa · taste
- Bitter, astringent (tikta, kaṣāya)
- Guṇa · nature
- Light, dry (laghu, rūkṣa)
- Vīrya · potency
- Heating (uṣṇa)
- Vipāka · after digestion
- Pungent (kaṭu)
- Part used
- Root
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In the tradition
Pāṭalā, "the pink one", for its flowers, which classical poets describe scenting the summer air and the water of bathing tanks. It is a tree of India's dry deciduous forests.
Patala is one of the greater five roots of dashamoola.
How Ayurveda reads it
Patala is bitter and astringent, light and dry. It is described as settling all three doshas.
How we use it
We use dried patala root as one of the ten in our Dashmoola Kwath.
Patala in our blends
From the texts: Caraka Saṃhitā, Sūtrasthāna 4 (in the daśamūla); Suśruta Saṃhitā, Sūtrasthāna 38 (bṛhat pañcamūla); Bhāvaprakāśa Nighaṇṭu, Guḍūcyādi varga.
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