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Spinach (palakya)

पालक (पालक्य) · पालक्य

Spinacia oleracea · Amaranthaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
पालक्यपालङ्की
Hindi
पालकपालक्यपालक का साग
English
Spinachspinachpalak
Romanized
palakyapalak
Marathi
पालक

Ayurvedic properties

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Effect on the doshas
Kapha: aggravates

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Properties1

  • Spinach, of two kinds (pālaka-dvaya), is named among greens that provoke kapha.

    Chapter 4 · p. 56 · v. 31Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Content type
Food
Categories
Leafy greenVegetable
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
0
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_palakya