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Aragvadha (golden shower)

अमलतास (आरग्वध) · आरग्वध

Cassia fistula · Fabaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
आरग्वधराजवृक्षशम्पाकचतुरङ्गुलकृतमालव्याधिघातआरेवत
Hindi
अमलतासआरग्वधअमलतास का गूदाकिरवारा
English
Aragvadhagolden shower treeindian laburnumcassia fistula
Romanized
aragvadhaamaltas
Marathi
बाहवा

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Properties2

  • Golden shower (amaltās) flowers are listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.

    Chapter 4 · p. 57 · v. 35Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Golden shower (verse ārevata, commentary अमलतास) fruits are listed among fruit vegetables described as dry, sweet and cold, removing pitta and kapha, heavy to digest, quickly increasing vata and countering poison.

    Chapter 4 · p. 58 · v. 39Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

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Aragvadha ash-water fermented preparationAragvadha, triphala and dhataki dusting powder and washDecoction of aragvadha and others for kapha fever (unnamed)Decoction of ginger, neem and aragvadha for vata fever (unnamed)Jambvadi phanitakaKapha-removing niruha enemaKsharagada (alkali antidote)Kshayarogantaka gheeMahakshayarogantaka gheeMahanaracha gheeMushika-vishaghna ghee (rat poison ghee)Patala, arka, bamboo, aragvadha and bilva bath for the Pishacha grahaPowder of danti and other drugs for kushtha (unnamed)Saktu with trijataka and sour fruitsSalt cooked in decoctionTiladi alkaliWater cooked with patha, aragvadha, musta and nimbaWorm-destroying ear wash

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Another gulma-destroying remedyBath drugs and oil against the Pishacha grahaKapha-removing niruha enemaPlant glossary, letter section न (entries 1–35: नक्त to न्यग्रोध)Plant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, आ entries 1–21 (आखुकर्णी to आश्मन्तक)Plant glossary, क entries 96–108 (कर्णिका to केंबुक)Plant glossary, क्ष section, entries 1–12 (क्षणदा to क्षुरक)Plant glossary, र section, entries 1–18 (रक्तचन्दन to रंभा)Properties of drumstick and other flower vegetablesProperties of fruit vegetables from gṛdhrā and other treesRemedy for kapha-type yoni diseases

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 34 times on 30 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Which entries in this part only refer to another headword?

नागीदल (to नागी), नृपद्रुम, नृपवृक्ष and नृपाङ्घ्रिप (to नृपतरु), बिम्बिका (to बिम्बी), भ्रमर (to भृङ्ग) and मदनफल (to मदन); पूतिकरंज refers to पूतिक in its Hindi column only.

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Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantFruitPurgative
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
30
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_aragvadha