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Vamshalochana (bamboo manna)

वंशलोचन (तबाशीर) · वंशलोचन

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
वंशलोचनतुगाक्षीरीतवक्षीरीवंशरोचनातुगा
Hindi
वंशलोचनतबाशीरबंसलोचन
English
Vamshalochanabamboo mannatabasheerbamboo silica
Romanized
vamshalochanabanslochantabasheer

Ayurvedic properties

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Effect on the doshas
Kapha: pacifies

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  • A footnote on Talisadi modaka records the variant reading तुंगमवि बहुलां, under which vamshalochana would be taken in place of cinnamon; it objects that the word for vamshalochana is तुगा, not तुंग, and that तुंग names no other drug, but since vamshalochana occurs in Talisadi powder it may be taken.

    Chapter 10 · p. 153 · v. 15FootnoteTraditional description

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Which drugs does the verse under काकोल्यादिगण name?

काकोली, क्षीरकाकोली, जीवक, ऋषभक, ऋद्धि, वृद्धि, मेदा, महामेदा, गुडूची, मुद्गपर्णी, माषपर्णी, पद्मक, वंशलोचन, शृंगी, प्रपौण्डरीक, जीवन्ती, मधुयष्टि and द्राक्षा.

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Which senses does the glossary give for क्षीर, and which entries after it gather milky plants?

Milk and the gum of the सरल tree in the Hindi column, and water, milk, बकाण निंब, the milk of a cow that has just calved, खीर and a kind of incense in the Marathi column. क्षीरद्रुम, क्षीरी, क्षीरिका and क्षीरिणी then list milky trees and plants.

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Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantMineral like
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
0
Chapters
Chapter 10
Extraction tasks
T06
Record id
ingredient_vamshalochana