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Ayurkoshaआयुर्वेद ज्ञानकोश

Foodआहार द्रव्य

Cane (vetra)

बेंत · वेत्र

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
वेत्रवेत्राग्र
Hindi
बेंत
English
Cane (vetra)

Ayurvedic properties

Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.

Qualities (guna)
ShitaGuru
Effect on the doshas
Kapha: aggravatesPitta: pacifiesVata: aggravates
Actions
VrishyaMala pravartaka

What the text says

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Properties2

  • Cane shoots (vetrāgra, बेंत) are listed among sprout vegetables described as cold, kapha-producing, strongly aphrodisiac, heavy, pitta-calming, removing heat of the blood, clearing the bowels and slightly provoking vata.

    Chapter 4 · p. 55 · v. 30Hindi commentaryTraditional description

  • Cane (बेंत) fruit is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities and be sharp.

    Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 42-43Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Remedies using it

1
Use of the sour group with trikatu and salts (unnamed)

Conditions mentioned with it

1

Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Kapha disorders

Other ingredients used together

12

Count of shared preparations.

Orange (naranga)×1Lemon and lime (nimbuka)×1Chickpea (chanaka)×1Citron (matulunga)×1Tamarind (tintidika)×1Sour group×1Trikatu (three pungents)×1Rock salt (saindhava)×1Black salt (sauvarchala)×1Salt (lavana)×1Vida salt (vida lavana)×1Earth salt (audbhida)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

2
Properties of bamboo shoots and other sproutsProperties of mango and other sour fruits

Course sessions

1
Grains and other foods, their merits and faults

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All references

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Quick facts

Content type
Food
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
0
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_vetra