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Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कारवेल्लकारवेल्लककठिल्लकसुषवी
- Hindi
- करेलाकारवेल्लकरेले
- English
- Bitter gourdbitter gourdbitter melonkarela
- Romanized
- karavellakarela
- Marathi
- कारले
Ayurvedic properties
Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.
- Effect on the doshas
- Pitta: pacifiesKapha: pacifiesVata: aggravates
- Actions
- KrimighnaKushthaghnaVishaghnaJvaraghnaKasaharaShvasahara
What the text says
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Classification1
The bitter gourd vine, called the best (atyantottama) in the verse, is named among the five vines said to remove pitta and kapha, destroy worms, suit kuṣṭha, relieve cough, breathlessness, poisoning and fever, suit the blood, and (in the verse) increase vata.
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1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 58Chapter 4… तुम्बी का का बेल, मार्जारपादी (लता विशोष) का बेल, (कडुआ) परवल का वेल, करेला का बेल, ये लतायें पंच वल्ली कहलाती है। कडु आलुका वेल ये पित्त को दूर …
- Book page 690Plant glossary×2… र्चिक (पु) सज्जीखार सुवर्चिका, सजीखार. [कन्नड़] 35. सुषवी (स्त्री) करेला, कालाजीरा, छोटा- उपकुंचिका, शाैंडी,पपिंळी, [कन्नड़] करेला, करेली, ज …
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Food
- Categories
- Vegetable
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 4
- Extraction tasks
- T03
- Record id
- ingredient_karavella