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Food
Coconut (narikela)
नारियल (नारिकेल) · नारिकेल
Coconut is listed among fruits said to be heavy to digest, to produce semen and to increase kapha greatly.
Herb
Ketaki (screw pine)
केवड़ा (केतकी) · केतकी
The crown (top part) of ketakī (kevaḍā) is listed with that of palmyra and coconut as kapha-removing.
Principle
Types of land (desha)
देश (भूमि के प्रकार) · देश
The introduction defines deśa as the region where one lives and says it is of three kinds: jāṅgala, ānūpa and sādhāraṇa.
Topic
Marks of marshy land (ānūpa)
अनूप देश के लक्षण · अनूपदेश लक्षण
Marshy land has abundant cold water and ground that is always muddy and hard to cross; very tender grasses, shrubs and creepers; banyan, pāṭalī, pārijāta, aśoka, clove, jasmine, mango,…
Formulation
Nilanjana, liquorice and tanduliya root drink for pradara (unnamed)
नीलांजन आदि का प्रदरनाशक योग
A paste of black antimony (nilanjana), liquorice and tanduliya root, mixed with lodhra, banana and coconut water or decoction and drunk, is said to destroy asrigdara quickly.
Formulation
Kharjuradi paste
खर्जूरादि लेप
The tops of the date, sarja, pomegranate, coconut, hintala and tala trees, ground in banana juice with ghee and buffalo milk (curd in the commentary), or liquorice, sandalwood and sariva…
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Kharjuradi paste
खर्जूरादि लेप
To calm raktapitta, the tops of the date, sal-resin (sarja), pomegranate, coconut, hintala and tala trees are ground in banana juice and mixed with ghee and buffalo milk (curd, says the…
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Properties of grapes and other heavy fruits
द्राक्षा आदि वृक्षों के फलों के गुण · द्राक्षादि वृक्ष फल शाक गुण
Fruits of grapes, banana (moca), mahua, gambhārī (kumbher), dates (named in the verse), water chestnut, coconut, jackfruit, hintāla and palmyra are said to be heavy to digest, to produce…
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Properties of palm crowns and similar vegetables; dry seeds
ताड़ आदि के शाकों के गुण; शुष्क बीज · तालादि शाकगुण
The crown (mastaka) of palmyra, ketakī, coconut and similar trees, sthūṇīka, sesame paste (tila-kalka) and piṇyāka vegetables (glossed mālkāṅgnī and the like) are said to remove kapha; the…
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Treatment of pradara
प्रदर की चिकित्सा · प्रदर चिकित्सा
A paste of black antimony (nilanjana), liquorice and tanduliya root, mixed with lodhra, banana and coconut water (or decoction), drunk, quickly destroys asrigdara; so does sariva ground…