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Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वज्रक्षार
- Hindi
- वज्रखार
- English
- Vajrakshara (an alkali)
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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Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 374Chapter 17… हैं, उनसे अपस्मार रोग की चिकित्सा कर उपशमन करें। सफेद निशोथ, मुलैठी, वज्रखार इनको गोमूत्र के साथ पीसकर नस्य देवें (सुघावें) एवं अपस्मार रोग को दूर …
- Book page 682Plant glossary×2… 29. विड [सैंधक] देखो विड. पहा विड. [कन्नड़] [लवण](न) 30. विदारक (न) वज्रखार. नदीमध्ये पाणयासाठी [कन्नड़] खणलेला खळगा,वज्रक्षार. [कन्नड़]
Extraction notes
- Named by the commentary on verse 117 as an ingredient of a nasya ground with cow urine.
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- Content type
- Mineral
- Source pages with records
- 0
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- ingredient_vajrakshara