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Principleसिद्धांत

Bitter taste (tikta)

तिक्त रस (कड़वा) · तिक्तरस

Extracted from the text2 references

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
तिक्तरसतिक्त
Hindi
तिक्त रसकड़वा
English
Bitter tastebitter tastetikta
Romanized
tikta

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Causes1

  • Bitter vegetables (the commentary writes तीखा for the verse's tikta) are listed among the causes of vāta aggravation.

    Chapter 3 · p. 39 · v. 55Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

  • The bitter group of medicines, with the dry, astringent and pungent, is recommended for reducing the stout body.

    Chapter 3 · p. 34 · v. 43Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 9 times on 8 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Principle
Categories
Taste (rasa)
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
8
Chapters
Chapter 3
Extraction tasks
T02
Record id
concept_rasa_tikta