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Ela (cardamom)

इलायची (एला) · एला

Elettaria cardamomum · Zingiberaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
एलासूक्ष्मैलात्रुटिउपकुञ्चिका
Hindi
इलायचीएलाछोटी इलायचीइलाइची
English
Elacardamomgreen cardamomela
Romanized
elaelaichiilaychi
Marathi
वेलदोडा

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Properties1

  • Cardamom is listed among vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 40Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Eladi powderPlant glossary, letter section त (entries 1–41: तगर to त्वक्)Plant glossary, letter section द (entries 1–20: दर्भ to द्विरज)Plant glossary, letter section न (entries 1–35: नक्त to न्यग्रोध)Plant glossary, letter section म, entries 1–30 (मगधोद्भवा to माणकी)Plant glossary, उ 2–10, ऊ 1, ए 1–2 and ऐ 1 (उग्रगन्ध to ऐरावती)Properties of pīlu, ginger, garlic and other pungent vegetablesThe prayogika, emetic, purgative and cough-relieving smokesTrutyadi preparationWhat is beneficial in vata disease: foods and pastes

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Named 14 times on 11 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What three items make up त्रिजातक according to the glossary?

दालचीनी, इलायची and तेजपात (Marathi दालचिनी, तमालपत्र, एलची).

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Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
SpiceAromatic
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
11
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_ela