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Sarpakshi

सरहटीगण्डनी · सर्पाक्षी

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text1 reference

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
सर्पाक्षी
Hindi
सरहटीगण्डनी
English
Sarpakshi

What the text says

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Preparation1

  • Sarpakshi is one of the five plants in whose juice mercury is said to be fixed.

    Chapter 24 · p. 578 · v. 44Sanskrit verseTraditional 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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Extraction notes

  • The verse prints सर्पा़ी (सर्पाक्षी); the commentary gives सरहटीगणडनी, printed as one word.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
1
Chapters
Chapter 24
Extraction tasks
T27
Record id
ingredient_sarpakshi