Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शिखिशिखा
- Hindi
- शिखी
- English
- Shikhishikha
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Preparation1
Shikhishikha (the commentary: shikhi) is among the plants with whose juices mica and mercury are used; the commentary says this is beneficial in many diseases.
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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1Other ingredients used together
7Count of shared preparations.
Topics of the text that discuss it
1Course sessions
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 578Chapter 24… भ्रकं रसवरस्याहारमाहारयेत्॥ 46॥ भावार्थ : मछेछी, सफेद किणिही, शिखी, कलिहारी, जंघावृक्ष, दूधिया वृक्ष इनके रस के साथ अभ्रक व पारे को मिला …
- Book page 685Plant glossary… ीरकानी,तुळस,कळलबी [कन्नड़] XvÜ. जटामांसी, वेखणड, पायांचा चवडा. 22. शिखी (पु) चीतावृक्ष, मेथी, शरििंआरी, पित्त, करडु, चित्रक, [कन्नड़] चैवत …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Where the verse has शिखिशिखा the commentary names शिखी and कलिहारी; the text does not say whether these are one plant or two.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Herb
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 24
- Extraction tasks
- T27
- Record id
- ingredient_shikhishikha