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Madanaphala (emetic nut)

मैनफल (मदनफल) · मदनफल

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
मदनफलमदनछर्दनपिण्डीतकराठ
Hindi
मैनफलमदनफलमेनफलमैनाफलमदन वृक्ष
English
Madanaphalaemetic nutmadanaphala
Romanized
madanaphalamainphalmenphal

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  • Fruits of piṇḍītaka, glossed 'madana tree, a kind of tulasī', are listed among fruit vegetables described as dry, sweet and cold, removing pitta and kapha, heavy to digest, quickly increasing vata and countering poison.

    Chapter 4 · p. 58 · v. 39Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Named 17 times on 17 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What emesis does the text describe for diarrhoea with much ama, and what follows it?

Warm water mixed with a paste of madanaphala, rock salt and long pepper is drunk to induce vomiting; nothing is eaten that day, and the next day a little warm vilepi or yusha cooked with binding drugs is given.

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Which entries in this part only refer to another headword?

नागीदल (to नागी), नृपद्रुम, नृपवृक्ष and नृपाङ्घ्रिप (to नृपतरु), बिम्बिका (to बिम्बी), भ्रमर (to भृङ्ग) and मदनफल (to मदन); पूतिकरंज refers to पूतिक in its Hindi column only.

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Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantFruitEmetic
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
17
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_madanaphala