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Akhukarni (musakarni)

मूंसाकर्णी · आखुकर्णी

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text2 references

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
आखुकर्णी
Hindi
मूंसाकर्णीमूसाकर्णी
English
Akhukarni (musakarni)Akhukarni
Marathi
लघु उन्दीरकानीउन्दीरमारी

Ayurvedic properties

Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.

Effect on the doshas
Pitta: pacifiesKapha: aggravates
Actions
Balya

What the text says

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

Properties1

  • Ākhukarṇī (mūṣākarṇī) leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 57 · v. 34Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Safety

  • Identity uncertain. The name could refer to more than one plant, so no botanical identity is asserted.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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Procedures using it

1
Strengthening mercury by making it fire-resistant

Organs and systems mentioned

1
Blood and circulation

Other ingredients used together

8

Count of shared preparations.

Mercury (parada)×1Rock salt (saindhava)×1Orpiment (haratala)×1Earth and clay (mrittika)×1Grain husk (tusha)×1Grapes and raisins (draksha)×1Mica (abhraka)×1Cow dung (gomaya)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

3
Plant glossary, आ entries 1–21 (आखुकर्णी to आश्मन्तक)Plant glossary, क entries 96–108 (कर्णिका to केंबुक)Properties of bandhūka and other leaf vegetables

Course sessions

2
Glossary of medicinal plant namesGrains and other foods, their merits and faults

Plant glossary entries

2
आखुकर्णीकांता

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 3 times on 2 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.

Extraction notes

  • From glossary entry आ 1; the Hindi calls it a creeper, and the two numbered Marathi names may be two different plants.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
2
Extraction tasks
T03, T18
Record id
ingredient_akhukarni