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Where Butter (navanita) is used

मक्खन (नवनीत)

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Food

Butter (navanita)

नवनीत · हैयङ्गवीन · नवोद्धृत · मक्खन · नवनीत · नैनू · लोनी

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Recorded uses

From the ingredient lists and links of curated records, in both directions.

Formulations containing it

2
Ghee for the infant with gold and vachaNaracha ghee

Procedures using it

2
Application of leechesMonthly diet of the pregnant woman

Given as vehicle or after-drink

1

Taken with or after these preparations.

Ghee for the infant with gold and vacha

Conditions mentioned with it

7

Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Ageing (jara)Chest injury (urahkshata)Childhood graha afflictions (balagraha)Consumption (rajayakshma)Emaciation (karshya)Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)

Organs and systems mentioned

10
AbdomenBlood and circulationEarsEyesIntestines and colonLiver and hepatobiliary systemNoseSkinSpleenUterus and female reproductive tract

Other ingredients used together

13

Count of shared preparations.

Milk (ksheera)×2Ghee (ghrita)×2Vacha (sweet flag)×2Snuhi (milk hedge)×1Buttermilk (takra)×1Gold (svarna)×1Earth and clay (mrittika)×1Cow dung (gomaya)×1Haridra (turmeric)×1Mustard seed (sarshapa)×1Green gram (mudga)×1Rice (shali)×1Curd (dadhi)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

2
Ghee to be given to the infantProperties of fresh butter

Course sessions

1
Rules of food and drink

Every page that names it

Named 10 times on 5 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.