Sauvira (Sauvira)
Sauvira refers to a type of fermented product or beverage that requires proper preservation for its therapeutic properties, related to Virechana. It is prepared from de-husked barley, either raw or roasted.
Indications
- Loss of appetite
- Indigestion
- Abdominal distension
- Sprue
- Used as a vehicle (anupana) for other medicines
- Chronic colitis (grahani)
- Hemorrhoids
- Vitiation of phlegm
- Disease of the bowels (udavarta)
- Body ache
- Bone pain
- Flatulence