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Vacha (sweet flag)

बच (वचा) · वचा

Acorus calamus · Acoraceae

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A canonical name in the library. The curated extraction has not reached a passage about it yet; name matches on the source pages are listed below.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
वचाउग्रगन्धाषड्ग्रन्थागोलोमीजटिला
Hindi
बचवचावचघोड़बचबज
English
Vachasweet flagcalamusvacha
Romanized
vachabachvach
Marathi
वेखंड

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Formulations containing it

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Brāhmī and other rasāyanaFumigation and ghee against the Pishacha grahaGhee to be given to the infantKapha-removing niruha enemaPlant glossary, letter section च (entries 1–17: चक्रमर्द to चोर)Plant glossary, letter section म, entries 1–30 (मगधोद्भवा to माणकी)Plant glossary, अ entries 17–33 (अजाजी to अभया)Plant glossary, ग entries 19–29 (गोशृंग to गुंजा)Plant glossary, व section, entries 1–53 (वकुला to व्योष)Plant glossary, श section, entries 1–55 (शक्रमर्द to श्वेताम्ली)Procedure of emesisUgragandhadi decoction

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Named 39 times on 34 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantRootAromatic
Source pages with records
0
Pages naming it
34
Record id
ingredient_vacha