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Journal of Ayurveda 2012 Jul-Sep ; 4 (3) :62-71
Yava (Hordeum vulgare linn.) in Ayurvedic Literature and Its Dietic Approach (pathya) in different disorders

Abstract
Yava is a main food grain well known to the present era since Vedic kala. It is considered as the most ancient cereal in Atharvaveda. An Ayurvedic text entails the uses of Yava in religious ceremony, dietary and medicinal preparation . There is detailed description of Yava in various samhita and nigantu under dhanya varga. It is mainly indicated as a pathya diet in many disorders. Here in this review Yava references from important ayurvedic texts and the compilation of diseases in which yava is used as pathya is described.

DHARA ID: D054307


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