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Foodआहार द्रव्य

Sugarcane (ikshu)

गन्ना (इक्षु) · इक्षु

Saccharum officinarum · Poaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
इक्षुइक्षुरसपौण्ड्रकवंशकरसाल
Hindi
गन्नाइक्षुईखऊखगन्ने का रस
English
Sugarcanesugarcanesugarcane juiceikshu
Romanized
ikshugannaikh
Marathi
ऊस

Ayurvedic properties

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Effect on the doshas
Kapha: aggravates

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Properties1

  • Sugarcane juice and foods made with it are listed among the causes of kapha aggravation.

    Chapter 3 · p. 39 · v. 59Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Named 38 times on 31 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
SweetenerBeverage
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
31
Chapters
Chapter 3
Extraction tasks
T02
Record id
ingredient_ikshu