BODY

• Decreases Pitta and Kapha
• Increases Vata
• Purifying and sebum-regulating for oily, acne-prone, and impure skin.
• Useful against cough, sore throat
• Antiseptic for the respiratory tract and the genital apparatus
• Anti-inflammatory, toning, astringent, balsamic

MIND

• "It restores the inner smile, helps to think big, to get out of difficult situations."
• Against the sense of self-destruction, for hypochondriacal people
• Against the fear of death
• "Gives strength and optimism to get out of difficult situations"
• It hints at the indestructible purity of our soul and opens us to the beauty of love. It develops the sense for cosmic beauty and universal love.
• Purifying effect on the aura and dissolves inner disharmonies.
• It helps us to get out of "dead ends", from difficult situations in which we may be sunk.