| ''Koradusha'', or ''sanwa'' millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum var. sommeronii Stapf) and ''shyamaka'' or common millet (Echinochloa frumentacea Link) are astringents and sweet in taste, light, ''vata''-stimulant ''kapha'' and ''pitta'' diminishing, and desiccants. | | ''Koradusha'', or ''sanwa'' millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum var. sommeronii Stapf) and ''shyamaka'' or common millet (Echinochloa frumentacea Link) are astringents and sweet in taste, light, ''vata''-stimulant ''kapha'' and ''pitta'' diminishing, and desiccants. |
| ''Hasti-shyamaka'' (Echinochloa crus galli- (Linn.) Beauv), ''nivara'' (Hygroryaza aristata Nees), ''toyaparni, gavedhuka'' (Coix lacryma-Jobi Linn.), ''prasantika, ambhyashyamaka, lauhitya, anu,'' Italian millet (Setaria italica Linn. Beauv), ''mukunda, jhinti, garmuti, varuka'' (Sarghum halepense Linn.), ''varaka'' (''shyambeeja''), ''shibira, utkata'' and great millet (Sorghum vulgare (Linn.) Pers.) have similar qualitites as that of ''shyamaka''. [16-18] | | ''Hasti-shyamaka'' (Echinochloa crus galli- (Linn.) Beauv), ''nivara'' (Hygroryaza aristata Nees), ''toyaparni, gavedhuka'' (Coix lacryma-Jobi Linn.), ''prasantika, ambhyashyamaka, lauhitya, anu,'' Italian millet (Setaria italica Linn. Beauv), ''mukunda, jhinti, garmuti, varuka'' (Sarghum halepense Linn.), ''varaka'' (''shyambeeja''), ''shibira, utkata'' and great millet (Sorghum vulgare (Linn.) Pers.) have similar qualitites as that of ''shyamaka''. [16-18] |