| Red rice (''rakta shali''), big rice (''maha shali''), ''kalamah'', ''shakunahritah, turnaka, dirghashuka, gaurah, panduka, langulau,'' ''sugandhaka'' (basmati rice), ''lohavalah, sariva, pramodakah, patanaga, tapaniya'' and other varieties of “good” rice are cold in potency, sweet in taste (after digestion), mild ''vata''-stimulant and can lead to constipation with less faecal output. They are unctuous, nourishing, seminiferous and diuretic. [8-10] | | Red rice (''rakta shali''), big rice (''maha shali''), ''kalamah'', ''shakunahritah, turnaka, dirghashuka, gaurah, panduka, langulau,'' ''sugandhaka'' (basmati rice), ''lohavalah, sariva, pramodakah, patanaga, tapaniya'' and other varieties of “good” rice are cold in potency, sweet in taste (after digestion), mild ''vata''-stimulant and can lead to constipation with less faecal output. They are unctuous, nourishing, seminiferous and diuretic. [8-10] |
| ''Yavaka, hayana, pansu vapya'' (deep-water paddy), ''naishadhaka'' and other kinds of rice are similar to the above mentioned types of rice regarding their good and bad qualities. [12] | | ''Yavaka, hayana, pansu vapya'' (deep-water paddy), ''naishadhaka'' and other kinds of rice are similar to the above mentioned types of rice regarding their good and bad qualities. [12] |