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Ivy gourd (bimbi)

कुंदुरु · बिम्ब

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: बिम्बबिम्बीबिम्बिकाबिंबलता
Hindi: कुंदुरुकुंदुरीकुंदरुकुंदरूकंदूरीकन्दूरी
English: Ivy gourd (bimbi)Bimbi (ivy gourd)BimbiBimbi (kanduri)

Ayurvedic properties

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Effect on the doshas: Vata: aggravates
Actions: Grahi

What the text says

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Classification1

The bitter kundru vine (verse tiktā bimbalatā) is the first of the five vines, said to remove pitta and kapha, destroy worms, suit kuṣṭha, relieve cough, breathlessness, poisoning and fever, and suit the blood.
Chapter 4 · p. 58 · v. 38Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Properties2

Kundru (bimba) is listed among greens described as binding the stool and producing vata.
Chapter 4 · p. 56 · v. 31Hindi commentaryTraditional description
Kundru fruit (कंदूरी (कुंदरू); verse bimbalatā-phala) is listed among creeper fruits described as tasty and nourishing, kapha-increasing and cold, very wholesome in pitta and blood disorders, slightly vata-producing, clearing the bowels and aphrodisiac; verse 31 instead calls kundru binding.
Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 41Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Preparation1

Bimbi, glossed as कुंदरु, is used in the Jambvadi paste and the Bimbyadi ghee for vatarakta.
Chapter 9 · p. 133 · v. 39Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Other1

The commentary renders bimbika as kunduru.
Chapter 13 · p. 226 · v. 25Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

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Bimbyadi gheeबिम्ब्यादिघृत Formula that destroys pitta-type stoneपित्ताश्मरी नाशक योग Grahamayaghna ghee and oilग्रहामयघ्न घृत-तैल Jambvadi pasteजम्ब्वादिलेप

Remedies using it

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Bimbi, gunja and kakadani amulet for the Shitaputana grahaबिंबलता-घुंघची-काकादनी धारण Kukkuti, sariva and kanduri amuletकुक्कुटी-सारिवा-कंदूरी धारण Root amulet of kaunch, kukkuti, sariva and kanduriकौंच-कुक्कुटी-सारिवा-कंदूरी की जड़ों का धारण

Conditions mentioned with it

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Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Anuputana graha (yaksha class)अनुपूतना ग्रह Graha and bhuta afflictionsग्रहरोग (भूतबाधा)Kimpurusha grahaकिंपुरुष ग्रह Shitaputana grahaशीतपूतना ग्रह Urinary stone (ashmari)अश्मरी (पथरी)Vatarakta (gout-like disorder)वातरक्त

Organs and systems mentioned

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Blood and circulationरक्त और रक्त संचार Bones, joints and cartilageअस्थि, संधि और उपास्थि Kidneys and urinary systemगुर्दे और मूत्र तंत्र Skinत्वचा Testes and male reproductive organsअंडकोष और पुरुष जननांग

Other ingredients used together

24

Count of shared preparations.

Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)×4 Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा)×4 Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)×3 Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब)×2 Banana (kadali)केला (कदली)×2 Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म)×2 Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल)×2 Sugarcane (ikshu)गन्ना (इक्षु)×2 Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु)×2 Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)×2 Kukkutiकुक्कुटी×2 Java plum (jambu)जामुन (जम्बू)×1 Kadambaकदंब (कदम्ब)×1 Brihatidvaya (two nightshades)कंटकारीद्वय (दोनों कटेरी)×1 Pippalimula (long pepper root)पीपलामूल (पिप्पलीमूल)×1 Prishniparniपिठवन (पृश्निपर्णी)×1 Kaseruकशेरु×1 Bala (country mallow)खरैटी (बला)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Bath, offering and amuletस्नान, बलि और धारण Bimbyadi gheeबिम्ब्यादि घृत Jambvadi pasteजम्ब्वादि लेप Properties of gourds and other creeper fruits (heading misplaced)लताफलों के गुण (शीर्षक भूल से दोहराया गया)Properties of jīvantī and other greensजीवंती आदि शाकों के गुण Properties of the five vinesपंचवल्ली के गुण

Course sessions

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Grains and other foods, their merits and faultsधान्यादिगुणागुणविचार Treatment of minor diseases, part oneक्षुद्ररोगचिकित्सित Treatment of pitta diseasesपित्तरोगचिकित्सित

Related entries

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Five vines (panchavalli)पंच वल्ली Pitta-destroying group of drugsपित्तनाशक गण

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 5 times on 5 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

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Extraction notes

Here the commentary equates कंदूरी with कुंदरू, which bears on the gloss कंदूरी given for वेगुण्डिका in verse 33.
The verse has बिंबलता; the commentary gives कंदूरी (PDF 465, verse 81; PDF 469, verse 98).

Quick facts

Content type: Herb
Source pages with records: 5
Pages naming it: 5
Chapters: Chapter 4 Chapter 9 Chapter 13
Extraction tasks: T03, T05, T11, T19
Record id: ingredient_bimbi