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Chanchu

चंचु · चुञ्चु

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
चुञ्चुचञ्चुचिञ्चाचञ्चुकीदीर्घपत्रासतिक्तका
Hindi
चंचुचेवुना
English
Chanchu

Ayurvedic properties

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Effect on the doshas
Vata: aggravates
Actions
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Properties1

  • Cañcu (चेवुना) is listed among greens described as binding the stool and producing vata; a footnote gives its synonyms ciñcā, cañcu, cañcukī, dīrghapatrā and satiktakā.

    Chapter 4 · p. 56 · v. 31FootnoteTraditional description

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Content type
Food
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
3
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_chanchu