Now described are sugarcane juices and derived products. Sugarcane juice should ideally be consumed right off the cane by chewing. Machine-pressed juice does not have the same quality and can be irritating. Sugarcane juice is an aphrodisiac, cold in potency, laxative, unctuous, nourishing, sweet and increases ''kapha''. The ''vamshaka'' variety of sugarcane is considered inferior to the white variety (''paundraka'') in the matter of coolness. [237]</div>
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Now described are sugarcane juices and derived products. Sugarcane juice should ideally be consumed right off the cane by chewing. Machine-pressed juice does not have the same quality and can be irritating. Sugarcane juice is an aphrodisiac, cold in potency, laxative, unctuous, nourishing, sweet and increases ''kapha''. The ''vamshaka'' variety of sugarcane is considered inferior to the white variety (''paundraka'') in the matter of coolness. [237]
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===== Qualities of treacle (''gud'', jaggery) =====
===== Qualities of treacle (''gud'', jaggery) =====