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Kaseru

कशेरु · कशेरुक

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: कशेरुककशेरुकसेरुककशेरुका
Hindi: कशेरुकसेरूकशोरूकसेरु
English: Kaseru
Marathi: कशेरुकंद

Ayurvedic properties

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

Taste (rasa): Sweet (madhura)
Qualities (guna): GuruShita
Effect on the doshas: Kapha: aggravates
Actions: ShukralaMala mutra pravartaka

What the text says

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Properties1

Kaśeru is listed with lotus tuber, the blue water lily, the nālī tuber and vidārī as tubers that are heavy to digest, cold, kapha-increasing, good and sweet, suitable in raktapitta, helping to pass stool and urine, and semen-increasing.
Chapter 4 · p. 54 · v. 28Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Preparation1

Kaseru is used in the Mustadi paste and the Bimbyadi ghee for vatarakta.
Chapter 9 · p. 134 · v. 40Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

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Bimbyadi gheeबिम्ब्यादिघृत Decoction of parched rice and others for pitta fever (unnamed)पित्तज्वर क्वाथ (लाजादि)Mustadi pasteमुस्तादिलेप Mutramayaghna gheeमूत्रामयघ्न घृत Sarivadi decoctionसारिवादि क्वाथ Shaivaladi pasteशैवलादि लेप Utpaladi decoctionउत्पलादि कषाय

Conditions mentioned with it

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

Bleeding disorder (raktapitta)रक्तपित्त Burning sensation (daha)दाह (जलन)Fever (jvara)ज्वर (बुखार)Infertility (vandhyatva)वंध्यत्व (बांझपन)Morbid thirst (trishna)तृष्णा (अधिक प्यास)Pox disease (masurika)मसूरिका (चेचक)Urinary disorders (mutraroga)मूत्ररोग (पेशाब के रोग)Urinary obstruction (mutraghata)मूत्राघात (पेशाब रुकना)Vatarakta (gout-like disorder)वातरक्त

Organs and systems mentioned

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Blood and circulationरक्त और रक्त संचार Bones, joints and cartilageअस्थि, संधि और उपास्थि Heart and cardiovascular systemहृदय और रक्त-संवहनी तंत्र Kidneys and urinary systemगुर्दे और मूत्र तंत्र Liver and hepatobiliary systemयकृत और पित्ताशय तंत्र Reproductive organsप्रजनन अंग Skinत्वचा Spleenतिल्ली (प्लीहा)Throatगला (कंठ)Uterus and female reproductive tractगर्भाशय

Other ingredients used together

24

Count of shared preparations.

Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु)×3 Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म)×3 Ushira (vetiver)खस (उशीर)×3 Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता)×2 Shalaparniसरिवन (शालपर्णी)×2 Shatavari (wild asparagus)शतावर (शतावरी)×2 Bala (country mallow)खरैटी (बला)×2 Atibala (Indian mallow)कंघी (अतिबला)×2 Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)×2 Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा)×2 Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)×2 Hribera (fragrant sweet-scented root)सुगंधबाला (ह्रीबेर)×2 Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल)×2 Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता)×2 Kusha grassकुश×2 Kasha grassकांस (काश)×2 Chironji (priyala)चिरौंजी (प्रियाल)×1 Mango (amra)आम (आम्र)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Bimbyadi gheeबिम्ब्यादि घृत Mustadi pasteमुस्तादि लेप Plant glossary, क entries 28–41 (कर्कोटी to काकादनी)वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, क वर्ग प्रविष्टि 28–41 (कर्कोटी से काकादनी)Plant glossary, क entries 57–70 (किरात to कुरंट)वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, क वर्ग प्रविष्टि 57–70 (किरात से कुरंट)Properties of lotus tuber and similar tubersशालूक आदि कंदशाकों के गुण Shaivaladi paste and pox from poisonशैवलादि लेप और विषज मसूरिका

Course sessions

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

Plant glossary entries

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कशेरुक (कशेरुका)पीठ की हड्डी का डंडा कुटन्नटकेवटी मोथा

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 7 times on 7 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

Used in the Utpaladi and Sarivadi thirst decoctions (verses 36, 38, PDF 402-403).
Verse 55 writes कशोरूक; the commentary gives कसेरू.
From glossary entry क 36 (the tuber sense).
Verse कशेरुक (printed कशोरु), commentary कसेरु (PDF 458, verse 48).

Quick facts

Content type: Herb
Source pages with records: 3
Pages naming it: 7
Chapters: Chapter 4 Chapter 9 Plant glossary
Extraction tasks: T03, T05, T16, T17, T18, T19
Record id: ingredient_kaseru