Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कुशाम्र
- English
- Kushamra
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
Kuśāmra is listed among very sour fruits; a footnote says the word is hardly found in lexicons, and that read as कोशाग्र it would mean a small mango, or read as कुशाच the pomelo (chakotarā).
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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1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 1 times on 1 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
- Food
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 4
- Extraction tasks
- T03
- Record id
- ingredient_kushamra