Ayurveda have also indicated about the medicinal uses of a variety of alcoholic beverages, which are generally named as ‘Madya’. Madya are not prescribed in current practice of Ayurveda probably because of the restrictions for their inadvertent use as drinks.
Madya are of various kinds like sura, sukta, sidhu, etc. Ira, madira, hala and balavallabha are synonyms of Madya.
All kinds of Madya are hot in potency,
slightly sweet, bitter and pungent in taste,
slightly astringent, sour at the end of digestion.
It aggravates pitta, mitigates vata and kapha, causes purgation, digests quickly, creates dryness, non-viscid, kindles digestive fire, helps taste, quick in action, enters into minute pores of the body and cleaning them, spreads quickly and produces looseness of joints.
They are beneficial to those having loss of sleep or excess sleep of both lean and stout persons.
All of these properties are conferred, if they are used judiciously considering them as medicines. They cause intoxication and act like poisons if they are used otherwise.
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