Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कुसुम का वृक्ष
- English
- Kusum tree
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: aggravates
- Actions
- Balya
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
Leaves of the kusum tree are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.
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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The automatic page index has not found this name elsewhere in the text.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Kept apart from ingredient_kusumbha because the commentary speaks of a tree; the verse word it renders is unclear.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Food
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 4
- Extraction tasks
- T03
- Record id
- ingredient_kusuma_vriksha