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Pharas (a milky tree)

फारस

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text1 reference

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Names and synonyms

Hindi
फारस
English
Pharas (a milky tree)

Ayurvedic properties

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Qualities (guna)
Shita
Actions
Grahi

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Properties1

  • Phāras, named in the commentary as one of the milky trees, has fruit listed among those said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 60 · 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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Content type
Food
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
1
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_pharas