Orange or lemon, cane shoots, chickpea alkali, citron, jambira lemon, tamarind and the rest of the sour group, together with the three pungents and the five salts (rock, black, sea, vida and earth salt), are used to calm kapha.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- अम्लवर्ग, त्रिकटु और लवणों का प्रयोग
- English
- Use of the sour group with trikatu and salts (unnamed)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Orange (naranga)नारंगी (नारंग) | नारंग (श्लोक) | Not stated |
| Lemon and lime (nimbuka)नींबू (निम्बूक) | निंबू, जम्बीरी िंनंबू | Not stated |
| Cane (vetra)बेंत | वेत्राजात / वेत के कोंपल | Not stated |
| Chickpea (chanaka)चना (चणक) | चणक / चने का ़ार | Not stated |
| Citron (matulunga)बिजौरा नींबू (मातुलुंग) | मातुलुंग / बिजोरी िंनंबू | Not stated |
| Tamarind (tintidika)इमली (तिन्तिडीक) | तिंतिडीक | Not stated |
| Sour groupअम्लवर्ग | अम्लवर्ग | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | सव्योष / त्रिकटु | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Black salt (sauvarchala)काला नमक (सौवर्चल) | कालानमक | Not stated |
| Salt (lavana)नमक (लवण) | समुद्रनमक | Not stated |
| Vida salt (vida lavana)बिड नमक (विड लवण) | विडनमक | Not stated |
| Earth salt (audbhida)रेह नमक (औद्भिद) | अैद्धिद (ऊषर) नमक | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The text does not say how these are combined or prepared.
निंबू, वेत के कोंपल, चने का ़ार, बिजोरी िंनंबू, जम्बीरी िंनंबू, तिंतिडीक आदि अम्लवर्गोक्र पदार्थ एवं त्रिकटु सैंधानमक, कालानमक, समुद्रनमक, विडनमक व अैद्धिद (ऊषर) नमक इनके प्रयोग से कफ शमन होता है।
How it is used
The manner of use is not detailed.
नारंगैर्वेत्राजातैशचणक - विलुलितैर्मातुलुंगाम्ल1-वर्गै:।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kapha disorders(कफशमन / कफ शमन)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
सव्योष्ैस्संैधवाद्यै: कफशमनमवाप्नोति मत्र्य: प्रयोगै:॥ 4॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 149 · v. 4.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse names नारंग where the commentary begins its list with निंबू.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- remedy_amlavarga_p221_1