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Tender bamboo shoots (vaṃśāgra) head the sprout vegetables described as cold, kapha-producing, strongly aphrodisiac, heavy, pitta-calming, removing heat of the blood, clearing the bowels…

A footnote on Talisadi modaka records the variant reading तुंगमवि बहुलां, under which vamshalochana would be taken in place of cinnamon; it objects that the word for vamshalochana is तुगा,…

Vaṃśinī, not further explained, is listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.

The introduction says meat, like wine and honey, is used in no medicinal formula of the Kalyāṇakāraka, because obtaining it involves killing living beings and its renunciation is needed to…

A footnote says vāta is aggravated in the rainy season by the nature of the season, so enema therapy is given then.

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,…

A decoction of vasa, guduchi, nut grass, patola leaves and dry ginger is drunk in all vata fevers.

Vasa, guduchi, punarnava, arka flowers and other bitter and pungent vegetables are cooked in water of amaltas, bhallataka and neem and eaten in kushtha, with regular drinks of khadira…

हिन्दी: ईख, साल वृक्ष, पीठ का दण्डा, वांस · मराठी: भरीव वेळू, थोर राळेचा वृक्ष, सूक, पाटाचा कणी

हिन्दी: वांस · मराठी: बेत

हिन्दी: तेजपात · मराठी: तमालपत्र

Upadamsha is described as a swelling arising on the penis, treated like the kinds of scrotal enlargement according to dosha; a footnote lists its causes and five kinds, and verse 5 gives…

A Sanskrit verse in the glossary names the Kakolyadi group: kakoli, kshirakakoli, jivaka, rishabhaka, riddhi, vriddhi, meda, mahameda, guduchika, mudgaparni, mashaparni, padmaka,…

One part talisa, two of black pepper, three of dry ginger, four of long pepper and five of cinnamon and cardamom together are powdered, mixed with jaggery and made into balls the size of an…

Upadamsha with a wound and great swelling from the friction of sharp, uneven teeth is treated with cold ghee, milk and the like and smeared with very cooling drugs. For the swelling called…

Cinnamon, cardamom, long pepper, vamshalochana and white sugar, each double the one before, powdered and mixed, are eaten for raktapitta, consumption, thirst, breathlessness, hiccup, fever,…

Cinnamon, cardamom, long pepper, vamshalochana and very white sugar, each double the one before, are dried, powdered and mixed; eating this is said to overcome raktapitta, consumption,…