Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- श्यामाकश्यामक
- Hindi
- सांवाश्यामाकसामासाँवासमा के चावलसाँमा
- English
- Barnyard milletbarnyard milletsanwashyamaka
- Romanized
- shyamakasanwasama
Ayurvedic properties
Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.
- Taste (rasa)
- Astringent (kashaya)Sweet (madhura)
- Qualities (guna)
- UshnaRukshaLaghu
- Effect on the doshas
- Vata: aggravatesKapha: pacifiesPitta: aggravates
- Actions
- Vishtambhi
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Properties2
Barnyard millet (śyāmāka) is listed among the foods whose use aggravates vāta.
Śyāmāka (sāṃvā) heads the coarse grains described as hot, very dry, astringent-sweet, light to digest, kapha-removing, vata- and pitta-producing and constipating.
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1Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.
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5Other ingredients used together
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Topics of the text that discuss it
4Course sessions
2Plant glossary entries
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 4 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 39Chapter 3… हीं करने से पानी में प्रवेश करने से (अधिक तैरना आदि) वायु के आघात से, समा के चावल, नीवारक तिौी के चावल, कोदों, खराब धान्य, शिम्बी धान्य (सेम का जातिविश …
- Book page 52Chapter 4×2… ं नृणामश्रAतां। सम्यग्वैदलशाकसद्धवगणोष्वत्यादरादुच्यते॥ 21॥ भावार्थ : साँमा आदि अनेक कुधान्य उष्ण होते हैं, अतिरूक्ष होते हैं। कषाय और मधुर होते …
- Book page 174Chapter 11… ्थ : अमलतास, नीम के कषाय अथवा खैर के कषाय से पकाया हुआ एवं मूंग, अरहर श्यामाक धान्य, कंगुनी, मोंठ आदि रूक्ष अन्न कुष्ठी को देना चाहिए। कुष्ठ से वमन …
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