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Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)

चिरचिटा (अपामार्ग) · अपामार्ग

Achyranthes aspera · Amaranthaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अपामार्गशिखरीमयूरककिणिहीखरमञ्जरीक्षवक
Hindi
चिरचिटाअपामार्गओंगालटजीराचिचड़ाचिरचिरा
English
Apamargaprickly chaff flowerapamarga
Romanized
apamargachirchitalatjira
Marathi
आघाडा

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  • Chirchirā (verse kṣavaka) leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 56 · v. 33Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Fumigation that destroys mouth diseasesKinds of nasyaMethod of extracting an obstructed fetusMethod of the alkali (kshara) kalpaPlant glossary, letter section म, entries 1–30 (मगधोद्भवा to माणकी)Plant glossary, अ entries 17–33 (अजाजी to अभया)Plant glossary, क entries 42–56 (काकोलिका to किणिही)Plant glossary, क entries 83–95 (केसर to कांजीरक)Plant glossary, क्ष section, entries 1–12 (क्षणदा to क्षुरक)Plant glossary, ख entries 1–8 and ग entries 1–4 (खदिर to गवादनी)Plant glossary, ग entries 5–18 (गायत्रिका to गोशीर्ष)Plant glossary, श section, entries 1–55 (शक्रमर्द to श्वेताम्ली)

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Named 27 times on 22 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantWhole plant
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
22
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_apamarga