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Where Lemon and lime (nimbuka) is used

नींबू (निम्बूक)

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Lemon and lime (nimbuka)

निम्बूक · जम्बीर · जम्भीर · दन्तशठ · नींबू · निम्बूक · नीबू · कागजी नींबू

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Recorded uses

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

Formulations containing it

1
Warm sour juice with rock salt

Remedies using it

2
Sour foods when the tongue goes back inUse of the sour group with trikatu and salts (unnamed)

Conditions mentioned with it

3

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

Complications of purification therapiesHiccup (hikka)Kapha disorders

Organs and systems mentioned

10
AbdomenAnus and rectumChestIntestines and colonKidneys and urinary systemLiver and hepatobiliary systemLungs and respiratory systemSpleenStomach and digestive systemTongue

Other ingredients used together

12

Count of shared preparations.

Citron (matulunga)×2Rock salt (saindhava)×2Orange (naranga)×1Cane (vetra)×1Chickpea (chanaka)×1Tamarind (tintidika)×1Sour group×1Trikatu (three pungents)×1Black salt (sauvarchala)×1Salt (lavana)×1Vida salt (vida lavana)×1Earth salt (audbhida)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

3
Plant glossary, letter section द (entries 1–20: दर्भ to द्विरज)Plant glossary, अ entries 1–16 (अंकोल to अग्निमन्थ)Properties of mango and other sour fruits

Course sessions

1
Grains and other foods, their merits and faults

Questions and answers

1
Which senses does the glossary give for अग्नि?

Plant glossary entries

2
अग्निदीप्यक

Related entries

1
Sour group

Every page that names it

Named 9 times on 7 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.