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Food
Ash gourd (kushmanda)
पेठा (कूष्मांड) · कूष्माण्ड
Ash gourd (kuṣmāṇḍa, white gourd), which the commentary names for the verse's 'creeper fruits', is listed among the causes of kapha aggravation.
Principle
Kapha dosha
कफ दोष · कफ
The introduction lists the qualities of kapha as stable (sthira), unctuous (snigdha), smooth (ślakṣṇa), clay-like (mṛtsna), cold (śīta), heavy (guru) and slow (manda), and says kapha, like…
Topic
Causes of kapha aggravation
कफ प्रकोप के कारण
Kapha is said to be aggravated by daily sleep in the daytime, by lack of sexual activity and exercise, by slimy, sour, unctuous (such as ghee and oil), very thick or heavy and salty foods,…
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Formula that destroys pitta-type stone
पित्ताश्मरीनाशक योग · पित्ताश्मरी-नाशक योग
Decoctions of kasha, darbha, utkata, sugarcane root, pashanabheda, gokshura, sariva, sandalwood, shirisha, dhattura, kurantaka, shami, musta, patha, banana root, vidaraka, nagakesara, ash…
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Properties of gourds and other creeper fruits (heading misplaced)
लताफलों के गुण (शीर्षक भूल से दोहराया गया) · आम्रादि अम्लफल शाकगुण
Fruits of creepers—yellow pumpkin, cucumber, ash gourd, ridge gourd, bottle gourd, kundru and the like—are described as tasty and nourishing, kapha-increasing and cold, very wholesome in…
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Ghee and oil against graha disease
ग्रहरोगनाशक घृत-तैल · ग्रहामयघ्न घृत-तैल
Garlic, tagara, asafoetida, vacha, samudraphena, white durva, guduchi, bitter gourd, bimbi, neem, kalihari, trikatu, rock salt, all fragrant drugs, cardamom, white girikarni, bhutakeshi,…
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Shabaradi ghee and oil
शबरादि घृत
Ghee and oil cooked with white lodhra, ashvagandha, asthisamhara, vidari, gokshura, kapikacchu seeds, nutmeg and white gourd are rubbed on the body daily with massage; consumption is said…
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Shvetadi antidote (household protection)
श्वेतादि अगद
Aparajita, budharakarnika, apamarga, shleshmataka, katphala, kantakari, meghaninadika (the commentary: palasha), brihati, ankola and nili are powdered, mixed in the juice of bitter gourd…