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Wild potato (aranyalu)

जंगली आलू · आरण्यालु

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text2 references

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
आरण्यालु
Hindi
जंगली आलूजंगली आलु
English
Wild potato (aranyalu)Aranyalu

Ayurvedic properties

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Properties1

  • Wild potato (āraṇyālu) heads a list of tubers said to be tasty and nourishing, to counter poison and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 55 · v. 29Hindi 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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Extraction notes

  • From glossary entry आ 15, which describes it only as a wild aalu, a kind of tuber.

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