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Utpala (blue water lily)

नीलकमल (उत्पल) · उत्पल

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
उत्पलनीलोत्पलकुवलयइन्दीवरकुमुद
Hindi
नीलकमलउत्पलनील कमलकुमुदिनीकुईनीलोत्पल
English
Utpalablue water lilyutpalanymphaea
Romanized
utpalaneelkamal
Marathi
नीलकमळ

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  • The roots of the blue water lily (nīlotpala) and related kinds of lotus are listed among tubers described as heavy to digest, cold, kapha-increasing, sweet, suitable in raktapitta, helping to pass stool and urine, and semen-increasing.

    Chapter 4 · p. 54 · v. 28Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

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Agaradhumadi wickAmalaki and gokshura powder for injury and wasting coughAntidote for mandali snake poisonDecoction of coriander and others for pitta fever (unnamed)Decoction of raisins and others for pitta fever (unnamed)Drakshadi preparationFormula that destroys pitta-type stoneGhee cooked in a lotus and liquorice decoctionGuduchi and lotus paste for an even burnHair-blackening oilJambvadi pasteLotus, nagakesara and sandal pasteMaha aksha taila (great bibhitaki oil)Mrinaladi paste and rasakriyaMutramayaghna gheePerfumed drinking waterPitta-removing niruha enemaPowder of blue water lily, lotus and nagakesara with milk (unnamed)

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Paste and rasakriya in pitta-type abhishyandaPitta-removing niruha enemaPlant glossary, letter section न (entries 1–35: नक्त to न्यग्रोध)Plant glossary, उ 2–10, ऊ 1, ए 1–2 and ऐ 1 (उग्रगन्ध to ऐरावती)Plant glossary, क entries 28–41 (कर्कोटी to काकादनी)Plant glossary, क entries 57–70 (किरात to कुरंट)Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)Plant glossary, ख entries 1–8 and ग entries 1–4 (खदिर to गवादनी)Procedure of emesisProperties of lotus tuber and similar tubers

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Named 32 times on 29 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantFlower
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
29
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_utpala