Yava:

General Use:

* It prevents gallstones

* Prevents urinary tract infections

* Controls type 2 DM

* Protects against cancer

* Improves immunity

* Prevents asthma and other respiratory disorders

* Lowers cholesterol

* Beneficial in anaemia patients

* Aids in weight loss(anti obese)

* Prevents bone disorders

* Aids in digestion

* Works as toxin cleanser

* Indicated in calculi

Therapeutic Uses:

Kasa, Pinasa, Svasa, Urusthambha

Systemic Use:

* Yava Mantha(flour mixed with water and churned),

* Kashaya form(decoctions),

* Yava Lehya(linctus),

* Yava Odana (cooked Yava-without adding any

unctuous articles),

* Vatya (Yava porridge),

* Yava Saktu (roasted corn flour) and Apupa (pan

cakes), all the above mixed with meat soup (animals of

arid region) is indicated as Pathya Kaphaja Prameha:

* Yava mixed with honey,

* Yava soaked overnight in Triphala should be taken

mixed with honey. This acts as refreshing diet

(Tarpaka)

Administration:

The seeds are astringent, demulcent, refrigerant, emollient, and diuretic, intellect promoting, aphrodisiac, digestive and tonic. They are useful in catarrhs of throat and urinary tract, cough, asthma, strangury, amentia, fever, burning sensation, urocystitis, dyspepsia, vomiting, gastric disorders, abdominal pain, erysipelas, leprosy, obesity, filaria, defects of vision, ulcers, burns, cephalalgia, anemia and used in the diet of invalids

Pharmacological:

Lekhana(scraping effect), Medohara(eliminates excess fat accumulated in the body), Vrishya (acts as an aphrodisiac), Balya, Sthairyakaraka(improves strength), Varnya(increases complexion), Swarya(helps to gain good voice), Agni/Agnideepana(increases appetite and metabolism), Kasa-Shwasa Pinasahara(remedy for cough, breathlessness and rhinitis), Kantarogahara(eliminates throat infections), Trishnahara(indicated in dehydration), Twakrogahara(eliminates skin infections, diseases), Vrane Pathyam(a therapeutic diet wounds), Urustambhahara(relieves stiffness over thigh regions), Pramehagna(Controls and prevents Diabetes Mellitus)

Kotakkal Ayurveda - Mother land of modern ayurveda

Yava - Hordeum vulgare - Poaceae