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Matsyakshi

मछी · मत्स्याक्षी

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text3 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
मत्स्याक्षी
Hindi
मछीमछेछी
English
Matsyakshi

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

  • Matsyākṣī is listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 57 · v. 34Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Preparation1

  • Matsyakshi (the commentary: machheci) is among the plants with whose juices mica and mercury are used; the commentary says this is beneficial in many diseases.

    Chapter 24 · p. 578 · v. 46Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Diet1

  • Matsyakshi greens are listed among the cool foods for pitta disorders.

    Chapter 9 · p. 130 · v. 26Sanskrit verseTraditional description

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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Formulations containing it

1
Mica and mercury with plant juices

Remedies using it

1
Cooling diet for raktapitta and pitta disorders

Conditions mentioned with it

2

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

Bleeding disorder (raktapitta)Pitta disorders

Organs and systems mentioned

3
Blood and circulationLiver and hepatobiliary systemSpleen

Other ingredients used together

15

Count of shared preparations.

Milk (ksheera)×1Ghee (ghrita)×1Sugarcane (ikshu)×1Pea (kalaya)×1Green gram (mudga)×1Jaggery (guda)×1Curd (dadhi)×1Amaranth greens (tanduliya)×1Mica (abhraka)×1Mercury (parada)×1Girikarnika×1Shikhishikha×1Langali (glory lily)×1Jangharuha×1Panchavalkala (five barks)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

3
Properties of bandhūka and other leaf vegetablesUses of mercury with micaWholesome diet for the raktapitta patient

Course sessions

3
Grains and other foods, their merits and faultsMercury and rejuvenating preparationsTreatment of pitta diseases

Related entries

2
Brahmi (water hyssop)Mica and mercury with plant juices

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 5 times on 4 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

  • The commentary's मछीचना appears to join मछी (matsyākṣī) and चना (caṇaka). The lexicon lists मत्स्याक्षी only as an ambiguous alias of brāhmī.
  • The lexicon lists मत्स्याक्षी only as an ambiguous alias, so a separate uncertain entry is used.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
4
Extraction tasks
T03, T05, T27
Record id
ingredient_matsyakshi