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Amratka (ambada)

अम्बाडा · आम्रातक

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
आम्रातक
Hindi
अम्बाडाआंबाडा
English
Amratka (ambada)Amrataka
Marathi
अंबाडा

Ayurvedic properties

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

Taste (rasa)
Sour (amla)
Qualities (guna)
GuruSnigdhaTikshna
Effect on the doshas
Vata: pacifiesPitta: aggravatesKapha: aggravates
Actions
LalakaraMala shodhana

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

  • Āmrātaka (ambāḍā) is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities inside and outside, and be sharp.

    Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 42-43Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Organs and systems mentioned

1
Blood and circulation

Topics of the text that discuss it

3
Plant glossary, आ entries 1–21 (आखुकर्णी to आश्मन्तक)Plant glossary, क entries 13–27 (कन्या to कर्कारु)Properties of mango and other sour fruits

Course sessions

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

Plant glossary entries

3
आम्रातककपिकपिचूत (कपिचूतक)

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 4 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 12.
  • Merged from ingredient_amrataka.

Quick facts

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