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Śamī (chhauṅkarā) flowers are listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.

हिन्दी: छौंकरा वृक्ष · मराठी: लघु शमी, जीवक, पोरशमी, समडी शेंग

Almost all pulses (arhar, chickpea, lentil and others) are described as dry, cooling, astringent and sweet, causing retention of stool and increasing vata; being astringent, they are said…

Continuing the account of digestion, the introduction says the food is moved onward by a propulsive action, and samāna vāyu is needed for this and to keep the food moist; its actions of…

हिन्दी: शमीधान्य विशेष, अडहर, गोपीचन्दन · मराठी: तरी, सोरटी माती, तुरटी

हिन्दी: सोरठ देश में उत्पन्न होनेवाली हर्ड, गिलोय, बान्दा, छैकरा वृक्ष, हरड, डोही वृक्ष, कांकोली, मेदा, जीवन्ती · मराठी: गुलवेल, मोहाचा वृक्ष, जीवक, हरीतकी, जीवन्ती, लघु हरणदोडी, बादांगुळ,…

Barnyard millet (śyāmāka) is listed among the foods whose use aggravates vāta.

White punarnavā is listed among greens said to remove pitta and kapha, subdue worms and remove skin diseases.

Shāli rice is described as sweet and cooling and light in digestion, and therefore as removing pitta, increasing kapha and bringing on much urine.

Kacūra leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.

Chhardi is the coming out by the mouth of what was eaten, caused by aggravated doshas or other causes. It has five kinds and is treated by dosha; vomiting with blood, pus and kapha,…

The verse says balance (sāmya) is a state of good calm; appetite, digestion and strength are its marks, wholesome and measured diet is its means, and strength is held to bring the…

Sweet rice, barley and wheat foods with ghee, jaggery, abundant milk, mung soup, fruits and nourishing vegetables are given to the consumptive.

A dusting powder for healing burn wounds made of clean unbroken rice, lac and the barks of latex trees, alkali trees, tinduka, mango, bakula, jambu and kadamba, used when the wound is ready…

In parisrava the patient is given a very small meal of warm rice mixed with plenty of ajamoda and shatapushpa powder and ghee, taken with milk.

Rice, black gram, barley, shashtika rice and wheat, well roasted and ground, mixed with ghee and jaggery and given with buffalo milk, are said to destroy wasting cough.

Sambhā (śṛṅgī) poison is said to make the body slack and cause great swelling of the calves, thighs, abdomen and other parts.

The wholesome diet described for wound patients is given in vidradhi too: well-cooked rice of old, good shali grain with ghee and dried vegetables, hot water to drink, and also suitable…

हिन्दी: धनिया, केवटी मोथा, धान, चार तिल परिणाम · मराठी: धनें, साळी, भूधात्री, चार तीळभार वजन

हिन्दी: कचूर, आमिया हलदी, गंधपलाशी, छोटा कचूर · मराठी: कापुर काचरी, कचोरा

हिन्दी: वनहल्दी · मराठी: वन हळदी

हिन्दी: काला जीरा · मराठी: मेथी, शालिपर्णी, यवास

हिन्दी: साठी, साठी धान्य · मराठी: साठे साळी