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Palaka visha

पालक विष · पालक

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text1 reference

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
पालक
Hindi
पालक विष

What the text says

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Signs and symptoms1

  • Pālaka, one of the tuber poisons, is said to make a person suddenly weak, with throat, breath and speech all obstructed.

    Chapter 19 · p. 416 · v. 44Hindi 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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Conditions mentioned with it

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

Plant and mineral poisons (sthavara visha)

Topics of the text that discuss it

2
Signs of pālaka and vairāṭaka poisonsThe thirteen tuber poisons and the signs of kālakūṭa

Course sessions

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Treatment of all poisons

Where else is this mentioned?

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Extraction notes

  • A tuber poison, not the leafy vegetable. Verse number printed yy, read as 44.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
1
Chapters
Chapter 19
Extraction tasks
T20
Record id
ingredient_palaka_visha