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Girikarnika

सफेद किणिही · गिरिकर्णिका

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text2 references

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
गिरिकर्णिका
Hindi
सफेद किणिही
English
Girikarnika

What the text says

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Preparation1

  • Girikarnika (the commentary: white kinihi) is among the plants with whose juices mica and mercury are used; the commentary says this is beneficial in many diseases.

    Chapter 24 · p. 578 · v. 46Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Other1

  • The commentary renders the verse word girindrakarnika as the white kinihi tree.

    Chapter 13 · p. 235 · v. 66Hindi 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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Formulations containing it

2
Mica and mercury with plant juicesOil and ghee for bhagandara

Conditions mentioned with it

13

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

Boils and eruptions (pidaka)Cervical lymph node swellings (gandamala)Dadru (a kind of kushtha)Ear disorders (karnaroga)Fistula-in-ano (bhagandara)Haemorrhoids (arsha)Itching disorders (kandu, pama)Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)Sinus tract (nadivrana)Tumours (arbuda)Worm infestation (krimi)Wounds and ulcers (vrana)

Organs and systems mentioned

14
Anus and rectumBlood and circulationBones, joints and cartilageEarsEyesImmune systemIntestines and colonKidneys and urinary systemMuscles and connective tissuesNosePancreasSkinTestes and male reproductive organsThroat

Other ingredients used together

24

Count of shared preparations.

Langali (glory lily)×2Sesame (tila)×1Danti×1Trivrit (turpeth)×1Indravaruni (bitter apple)×1Shatavari (wild asparagus)×1Kushtha (costus root)×1Karavira (oleander)×1Haridra (turmeric)×1Arka (calotropis)×1Kanjira (unidentified)×1Karanja (Indian beech)×1Chitraka (white leadwort)×1Ingudi (desert date)×1Rock salt (saindhava)×1Eranda (castor plant)×1Nimba (neem)×1Jatiphala (nutmeg)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

1
Uses of mercury with mica

Course sessions

2
Mercury and rejuvenating preparationsTreatment of minor diseases, part one

Related entries

1
Mica and mercury with plant juices

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 3 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
3
Extraction tasks
T11, T27
Record id
ingredient_girikarnika