Nali greens

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: नाली
Hindi: नाडी का शाक
English: Nali greens

Ayurvedic properties

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

Taste (rasa): Sweet (madhura)
Qualities (guna): GuruShita
Effect on the doshas: Kapha: aggravates
Actions: ShukralaMala mutra pravartaka

What the text says

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

Classification1

Nālī (nāḍī) greens are listed among the root vegetables.
Chapter 4 · p. 54 · v. 27Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Properties1

The tuber of nālī greens is listed among tubers described as heavy to digest, cold, kapha-increasing, sweet, suitable in raktapitta, helping to pass stool and urine, and semen-increasing.
Chapter 4 · p. 54 · v. 28Hindi commentaryTraditional 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.