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Foodआहार द्रव्य

Green gram (mudga)

मूंग (मुद्ग) · मुद्ग

Vigna radiata · Fabaceae

Extracted from the text2 references

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

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
मुद्गमुद्गकहरित
Hindi
मूंगमुद्गमूँगमूंग की दाल
English
Green gramgreen grammung beanmoong
Romanized
mudgamoongmung
Marathi
मूग

Ayurvedic properties

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

Effect on the doshas
Vata: aggravatesKapha: pacifiesPitta: pacifies
Actions
Jvaraghna

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Properties2

  • Green gram (mudga) is listed among the foods whose use aggravates vāta.

    Chapter 3 · p. 39 · v. 55Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Green gram is said to have the same qualities as pigeon pea (wholesome for kapha and pitta, slightly provoking vata), to destroy fever and to be wholesome in every kind of diarrhoea.

    Chapter 4 · p. 53 · v. 24Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Remedies using it

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Cooling diet for raktapitta and pitta disordersDiet for consumptionDiet for poxDry ginger in hot water, then rice with mung soupGrains and pulses as food for prameha patientsGreen gram soup (mudga yusha)Green gram soup for the purified, wounded, thirsty, heated, burnt, those with diarrhoea and the fatiguedHorse gram, mung and pigeon pea soups with light warm foodMung soup with cumin, tempered with ghee, salt and pepper (diet)Pulse soups for the pox patientSoup (dāl) of pigeon pea and green gramWholesome diet in mouth diseaseWholesome diet in pitta-type abhishyanda (gruel)Wholesome diet in vataraktaWholesome dry grains for kushtha

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 34 times on 32 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

  • Dosha effects are those the text gives for pigeon pea, which it says green gram shares.

Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
Pulse
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
32
Extraction tasks
T02, T03
Record id
ingredient_mudga