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Nichula

वेत · निचुल

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: निचुल
Hindi: वेतबेंतहिज्जलहिज्जल वृक्षसमुद्रफल
English: Nichula

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Preparation1

Nichula is used with the milky trees, hribera and arjuna in a ghee rubbed on the head for nosebleed, where the commentary glosses it as वेत (cane); in the next verse it glosses निचुल as हिज्जाल वृक्ष व बेंत.
Chapter 9 · p. 129 · v. 22Hindi 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.

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Formulations containing it

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Ghee cooked with the five milky trees for nosebleed (unnamed)पंचक्षीरी वृक्ष आदि से सिद्ध घी Kalyana lavana (Kalyana salt)कल्याण लवण Ksharagada (alkali antidote)क्षारागद Nasya ghee of pomegranate and nichula juice with breast milk (unnamed)अनार और निचुल रस से सिद्ध नस्य घृत Shyamadi hair-blackening oilकेशकृष्णीकरण श्यामादि तेल

Conditions mentioned with it

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

Abdominal distension with retention (anaha)आनाह (अफारा)Abdominal lump (gulma)गुल्म (वायु गोला)Bleeding disorder (raktapitta)रक्तपित्त Diarrhoea (atisara)अतिसार (दस्त)Haemorrhoids (arsha)अर्श (बवासीर)Nodules (granthi)ग्रंथि (गांठ)Pain (shula)शूल (दर्द)Poisoning (visha)विष (ज़हर)Premature greying (palitya)पालित्य (बाल सफेद होना)Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)उदर रोग Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)वात रोग Visuchika (acute gastroenteritis)विसूचिका (हैजा)Weak digestion (agnimandya)अग्निमांद्य (मंदाग्नि)Worm infestation (krimi)कृमि रोग (पेट के कीड़े)

Organs and systems mentioned

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Abdomenउदर (पेट)Anus and rectumगुदा Blood and circulationरक्त और रक्त संचार Bones, joints and cartilageअस्थि, संधि और उपास्थि Brain and nervous systemमस्तिष्क और तंत्रिका तंत्र Hair and scalpकेश और सिर की त्वचा Headसिर (शिर)Heart and cardiovascular systemहृदय और रक्त-संवहनी तंत्र Intestines and colonआंतें और बृहदांत्र Liver and hepatobiliary systemयकृत और पित्ताशय तंत्र Noseनाक (नासिका)Spleenतिल्ली (प्लीहा)Stomach and digestive systemआमाशय और पाचन तंत्र

Other ingredients used together

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Count of shared preparations.

Arjunaअर्जुन×3 Panchavalkala (five barks)पंचवल्कल×2 Shirisha (lebbek)सिरस (शिरीष)×2 Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)×2 Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क)×2 Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही)×2 Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)चिरचिटा (अपामार्ग)×2 Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता)×2 Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश)×2 Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु)×2 Patalaपाढल (पाटला)×2 Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज)×2 Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक)×2 Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु)×2 Hribera (fragrant sweet-scented root)सुगंधबाला (ह्रीबेर)×1 Pomegranate (dadima)अनार (दाड़िम)×1 Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)×1 Mahanimba (Persian lilac)बकायन (महानिम्ब)×1

Course sessions

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Treatment of pitta diseasesपित्तरोगचिकित्सित

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Pitta-destroying group of drugsपित्तनाशक गण

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 6 times on 5 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.

Chapter 9 · p. 129 · v. 22

Extraction notes

The commentary glosses निचुल inconsistently (वेत, हिज्जल), so the identity is left open.
Named in the verse of Kalyana lavana (PDF 271, verse 26); the commentary does not gloss it.
Ingredient of the ksharagada (v141, PDF 512).

Quick facts

Content type: Herb
Source pages with records: 1
Pages naming it: 5
Chapters: Chapter 9
Extraction tasks: T05, T10, T21
Record id: ingredient_nichula