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''Kashya rasa'' is pacifying, astringent, union-promoting, compressing, healing, absorbing, checking (discharges), pacifies ''kapha, rakta'' and ''pitta'', utilizes the body fluid, is rough, cold and slightly light.
''Kashya rasa'' is pacifying, astringent, union-promoting, compressing, healing, absorbing, checking (discharges), pacifies [[kapha]], [[rakta]] and [[pitta]], utilizes the body fluid, is rough, cold and slightly light.
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This, though possessing so many qualities, if used singly and excessively, dries up mouth, causes heart-ache, it causes distended abdomen, obstructs speech, constricts body channels, darkens complexion, decreases reproductive potency, delays digestion, causes distension of abdomen, checks flatus, urine, feces and semen, produces emaciation, malaise, thirst, stiffness, and because of its coarseness, non-sliminess and roughness, causes ''vatika'' disorders like hemiplegia, spasm, convulsions, facial paralysis etc. [43]
This, though possessing so many qualities, if used singly and excessively, dries up mouth, causes heart-ache, it causes distended abdomen, obstructs speech, constricts body channels, darkens complexion, decreases reproductive potency, delays digestion, causes distension of abdomen, checks flatus, urine, feces and semen, produces emaciation, malaise, thirst, stiffness, and because of its coarseness, non-sliminess and roughness, causes ''vatika'' disorders like hemiplegia, spasm, convulsions, facial paralysis etc. [43]