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Karavandi

करवंदी · करवन्दी

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: करवन्दी
Hindi: करवंदीकरोंदा
English: Karavandi
Marathi: करवंदी

Ayurvedic properties

Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.

Taste (rasa): Sour (amla)
Qualities (guna): GuruSnigdhaTikshna
Effect on the doshas: Vata: pacifiesPitta: aggravatesKapha: aggravates
Actions: LalakaraMala shodhana

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Properties1

Karavandī, which the commentary itself marks with a query, is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities and be sharp.
Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 42-43Hindi 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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Organs and systems mentioned

1

Blood and circulationरक्त और रक्त संचार

Topics of the text that discuss it

3

Plant glossary, क entries 13–27 (कन्या to कर्कारु)वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, क वर्ग प्रविष्टि 13–27 (कन्या से कर्कारु)Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, क वर्ग प्रविष्टि 71–82 (कुलहला से केतकी)Properties of mango and other sour fruitsआम आदि खट्टे फलों के गुण

Course sessions

2

Glossary of medicinal plant namesवनौषधिशब्दादर्श Grains and other foods, their merits and faultsधान्यादिगुणागुणविचार

Plant glossary entries

2

करवन्दीकरोंदा कृष्णकाली मिरच

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 5 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.

Extraction notes

From glossary entry क 22.

Quick facts

Content type: Herb
Source pages with records: 2
Pages naming it: 3
Chapters: Chapter 4 Plant glossary
Extraction tasks: T03, T18
Record id: ingredient_karavandi