Glossary of Materia Medica of the Bhāvaprakāśa 7

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7.153 — 1 part

7.1

The mango is called āmra, cūta, rasāla, sahakāra, atisaurabha, / kāmāṅga, madhudūta, mākanda, and pikavallabha.

7.2

The mango flower cures diarrhea, kapha, pitta, and urinary disorders, / remedies blood vitiation, is cold, appetizing, bowel-binding, and increases vāta.

7.3

The raw, tender mango fruit is astringent and sour, appetizing, and aggravates vāta and pitta; / the young [unripe] mango is excessively sour, dry, and aggravates all three doshas and blood.

7.4

Raw mango peeled and thoroughly dried in the sun / is sour, sweet, and astringent, purgative, and overcomes kapha and vāta.

When ripe, however, it is sweet, aphrodisiac, unctuous, granting strength and comfort, / heavy, relieves vāta, pleasing to the heart, complexion-improving, cold, does not aggravate pitta, / has an astringent secondary taste, and increases digestive fire, kapha, and semen.

7.6

That very mango, when ripened on the tree, is heavy, supremely pacifying vāta, / sweet and slightly sour in taste, and slightly aggravates pitta.

7.7

An artificially ripened mango pacifies pitta, / especially due to the reduction of its sour taste and its sweetness.

7.8

When sucked, it is supremely appetizing, bestows strength and virility, is light, / cold, easily digested, pacifies vāta and pitta, and is laxative.

7.9

Its strained juice is strengthening, heavy, pacifies vāta, laxative, / unwholesome for the heart, highly nourishing, tissue-building, and increases kapha.

7.10

A slice of it is supremely heavy, appetizing, slow to digest, / sweet, tissue-building, strengthening, cold, and destroys vāta.

7.11

Pacifying vāta and pitta, appetizing, nourishing, strength-increasing, / aphrodisiac, complexion-enhancing, sweet, heavy, and cold is mango with milk.

7.12

Impairment of digestive fire, irregular fever, blood disorders, intestinal obstruction, / or eye diseases are caused by excess intake of mangoes; therefore, one should not eat them to excess.

7.13

This applies to sour mangoes, not predominantly sweet-and-sour ones; / for sweet [mango] possesses supreme properties such as being beneficial to the eyes.

7.14

Dry-ginger water should be the vehicle upon eating mangoes to excess, / or cumin should be administered along with sauvarcala salt.

7.15

The juice of ripe mango spread out on a cloth / and dried in the sun repeatedly is known as āmrāvarta.

7.16

Āmrāvarta relieves thirst and vomiting, pacifies vāta and pitta, is laxative, / appetizing, and is proclaimed light because of cooking by the sun's rays.

7.17

The mango seed is astringent, relieves vomiting and diarrhea, / is slightly sour and sweet, and similarly dispels burning sensation in the chest.

7.18

The young shoot of mango is appetizing and destroys kapha and pitta.

7.19

Āmrātaka is also called pītana, markaṭāmra, and kapītana. / Āmrātaka is sour, pacifies vāta, is heavy, hot, appetizing, and laxative.

7.20

The ripe one is astringent and sweet in taste and post-digestive taste, and considered cold; / satisfying, increasing phlegm, unctuous, aphrodisiac, causing constipation, nourishing, / heavy, strength-giving, and conquers vāta, pitta, traumatic wounds, burning sensation, consumption, and bleeding disorders.

7.21

Rājāmra is also called ṭaṅka, āmrāta, kāmāhva, and rājaputraka.

7.22

Rājāmra is astringent, sweet, non-slimy, cold, heavy, / bowel-binding, dry, causes constipation, flatulence, and vāta, and relieves kapha and pitta.

7.23

Kośāmra is called kṣudrāmra, kṛmivṛkṣa, and sukośaka. / Kośāmra cures obstinate skin disease, edema, bleeding disorders, ulcers, and kapha.

7.24

Its fruit is bowel-binding, vāta-pacifying, sour, hot, heavy, and increases pitta. / When ripe, it is a digestive stimulant, appetizing, light, hot, and relieves kapha and vāta.

7.25

Panasa is also called kaṇṭakiphala, palasa, and atibṛhatphala. / Ripe jackfruit is cold, unctuous, and pacifies pitta and vāta.

7.26

It is satisfying, nourishing, sweet, highly flesh-increasing, greatly increasing phlegm, / strength-giving, increasing semen, and cures bleeding disorders, traumatic lesions, and ulcers.

7.27

The unripe fruit is constipating, causes vāta, is astringent, heavy, / produces a burning sensation, is sweet, gives strength, and increases kapha and fat.

7.28

The seeds born of jackfruit are aphrodisiac, sweet, / heavy, binding to stool, and should be declared to promote urination.

7.29

The pulp of the jackfruit is aphrodisiac and destroys vāta, pitta, and kapha. / Jackfruit is especially to be avoided by those suffering from abdominal lumps and low digestive fire.

7.30

Lakuca is also known as kṣudrapanasa, likuca, and ḍahu. / Unripe lakuca is hot, heavy, and causes constipation;

7.31

it is sweet and sour, aggravates all three doshas and the blood, / impairs semen and digestive fire, and is considered unwholesome for the eyes.

7.32

Fully ripe, it is sweet and sour, pacifies vāta and pitta, / increases kapha and digestive fire, is appetizing, aphrodisiac, and constipating.

7.33

Kadalī is also called vāraṇā, mocā, ambusārā, and aṃśumatīphalā. / Plantain fruit is sweet, cold, constipating, increases kapha, and is heavy;

7.34

unctuous, it overcomes bleeding disorders, thirst, burning sensation, traumatic wounds, consumption, and vāta. / Ripe, it is sweet, cold in potency, sweet in post-digestive taste, aphrodisiac, nourishing, / cures hunger, thirst, eye disorders, and urinary disorders, and produces relish and muscle tissue.

7.35

There are many varieties of banana such as māṇikya, martya, amṛta, and campaka; / in these, the aforementioned qualities are found in higher degree, and they possess harmlessness and lightness.

7.36

Cirbhiṭa is called dhenudugdha and gorakṣakarkaṭī.

7.37

Cirbhiṭa is sweet, dry, heavy, pacifies pitta and kapha, / is not hot, is bowel-binding, and constipating; when ripe, it is hot and increases pitta.

7.38

Coconut is called dṛḍhaphala, lāṅgalī, kūrcaśīrṣaka, / tuṅga, skandhaphala, tṛṇarāja, and sadāphala.

7.39

The coconut fruit is cold, difficult to digest, purifies the bladder, / is constipating, nourishing, gives strength, and relieves vāta, bleeding disorders, and burning sensation.

7.40

Tender coconut especially destroys pitta-fever and disorders of pitta; / the aged one is regarded by physicians as heavy, producing pitta, causing burning sensation during digestion, and constipating.

7.41

Its water is cold, wholesome to the heart, a digestive stimulant, promotes semen, is light, / overcomes thirst and pitta, is sweet, and supremely purifies the bladder.

7.42

The young terminal buds of coconut, palmyra, and date palm / are astringent, unctuous, sweet, nourishing, and heavy.

7.43

Kālinda is kṛṣṇabīja, kāliṅga, and suvartula. / Watermelon is bowel-binding, diminishes vision, pitta, and semen, is cold, and heavy; / when ripe, it is slightly hot, alkaline, increases pitta, and pacifies kapha and vāta.

7.44

Muskmelon is daśāṅgula; its properties are now explained:

7.45

Muskmelon is diuretic, strength-giving, cleanses the gut, is heavy, / unctuous, very sweet, cold, aphrodisiac, and pacifies pitta and vāta.

7.46

Among these, that which has a sour-sweet and alkaline taste / causes bleeding disorders and especially produces dysuria.

7.47

Trapusa is kaṇṭakiphala, sudhāvāsa, and suśītala. / Cucumber is light, green, fresh, and overcomes thirst, fatigue, and burning sensation;

7.48

it is sweet, relieves pitta, is cold, and supremely pacifies bleeding disorders. / When ripe, it is sour, hot, increases pitta, and overcomes kapha and vāta. / Its seed is diuretic, cold, dry, and cures bleeding disorders and dysuria.

7.49

Ghoraṇṭa is pūgī, pūga, guvāka, and kramuka; / its fruit is called pūgīphala and named udvega.

7.50

Betel nut is heavy, cold, dry, astringent, overcomes kapha and pitta, / causes stupefaction, stimulates digestion, is appetizing, and destroys bad taste in the mouth.

7.51

Fresh, it is considered heavy, channel-blocking, and destructive of digestive fire and sight; / steamed, it cuts through the three doshas, and when solid in the center, it is excellent.

7.52

Tāla is lekhyapatra, tṛṇarāja, and mahonnata.

7.53

The ripe palmyra fruit increases pitta, blood, and phlegm, / is difficult to digest, causes excessive urination, stupor, obstructs bodily channels, and produces semen.

7.54

The tender pulp of the palmyra fruit is slightly intoxicating, light, / increases phlegm, pacifies vāta and pitta, is unctuous, sweet, and laxative.

7.55

The tender sap obtained from the palmyra is considered highly intoxicating; / but when it has turned sour, it causes pitta and dispels disorders of vāta.

7.56

Bilva is śāṇḍilya, śailūṣa, mālūra, and śrīphala. / The tender bael fruit is called bilvakarkaṭī and bilvapeśikā; / dried bael slices are bowel-binding, and relieve kapha, vāta, indigestion, and colic.

7.57

The tender bael fruit is bowel-binding, a digestive stimulant, a digestant, pungent, / astringent, hot, light, unctuous, bitter, and pacifies vāta and kapha.

7.58

Ripe, it is heavy, causes all three doshas, is hard to digest, produces foul flatus, / causes burning sensation during digestion, constipates, is sweet, and impairs the digestive fire.

7.59

Among fruits, that which is fully ripe is stated to be superior in qualities;

7.60

except in the case of bael, where the unripe is known to be superior in qualities; / and for grapes, bael, and myrobalan etc., the dried fruit is superior in qualities.

7.61

Kapittha is called dadhittha, and is remembered as puṣpaphala,
kapipriya, dadhiphala, and also dantaśaṭha.

7.62

Unripe kapittha is bowel-binding, astringent, light, and scarifying.
Ripe, it is heavy, alleviates thirst and hiccup, and conquers vāta and pitta;
it is sour, astringent, cleansing to the throat, bowel-binding, and difficult to digest.

7.63

Nāraṅga is called nāgaraṅga, tvaksugandha, and mukhapriya.

7.64

Nāraṅga is sweet and sour, appetite-stimulating, and destroys vāta.
The other [variety] is sour, very hot, difficult to digest, removes vāta, and is laxative.

7.65

Tinduka is sphūrjaka, kālaskandha, and asitakāraka.
Unripe tinduka is bowel-binding, increases vāta, is cooling, and light;
ripe, it destroys pitta, urinary disorders, bleeding disorders, and kapha, and is sweet and heavy.

7.66

The tinduka that is described as jalada is dīrghapatraka.

7.67

Kupīlu is kulaka, kākatinduka, kākapīluka,
kākendu, viṣatindu, and likewise markaṭatinduka.

7.68

Kupīlu is cold, bitter, increases vāta, produces intoxication, and is light;
it is pre-eminent in relieving pain, is bowel-binding, and destroys kapha, pitta, and bleeding disorders.

7.69

Phalendrā is called nandī, rājajambū, mahāphalā,
and surabhipatrā, and is also remembered as mahājambū.
The fruit of rājajambū is sweet, causes constipation, is heavy, and stimulates the appetite.

7.70

Kṣudrajambū is sūkṣmapatrā, nādeyī, and jalajambukā.
Jambū is bowel-binding, dry, and conquers kapha, pitta, bleeding disorders, and burning sensations.

7.71

In the masculine and feminine genders are karkandhū, badarī, and kola.

7.72

Sauvīra is large badara, phenila, kuvala, and ghoṇṭā;
kolī is ajapriyā, kuhā, viṣamā, and ubhayakaṇṭakā.

7.73

The large badara called sauvīra is very sweet when ripening.
Sauvīra badara is cold, bowel-cleaving, heavy, and increases semen,

7.74

Nourishing, and dispels pitta, burning sensations, bleeding disorders, wasting, and thirst.
Sauvīra that is light, fully ripe, and sweet is called kola.

7.75

Kola badara is bowel-binding, relish-promoting, hot, and removes vāta;
it is also stated to produce kapha and pitta, to be heavy, and to be laxative.

7.76

Karkandhū is stated by ancient scholars to be the small badara.
The small badara is sour, astringent, and slightly sweet,

7.77

Unctuous, heavy, and bitter, and is remembered as dispelling vāta and pitta.
Dried, it is all bowel-cleaving, stimulates digestive fire, is light, and conquers thirst, exhaustion, and bleeding disorders.

7.78

Prācīnāmalaka is known in the world as pānīyāmalaka.
Prācīnāmalaka conquers all three doshas and destroys fever.

7.79

Lavalī is sugandhamūlā, pāṇḍu, and komalavalkalā.

7.80

The fruit of lavalī cures urinary calculus, hemorrhoids, kapha, and pitta, and is heavy;
it is non-slimy, appetite-stimulating, dry, and sweet, sour, and astringent in taste.

7.81

Karamarda is suṣeṇa and kṛṣṇapākaphala;
the one which has smaller fruit than that should be known as karamardikā.

7.82

Both unripe karamardas are sour, heavy, and remove thirst;
they are declared to be hot, appetite-promoting, and productive of bleeding disorders and kapha.
Ripe, it is sweet, appetizing, light, and conquers pitta and vāta.

7.83

Priyāla is kharaskandha, cāra, and bahulavalkala;
rājādana, tāpaseṣṭa, sannakadru, and dhanuṣpaṭa.

7.84

Cāra destroys pitta, kapha, and bleeding disorders; its fruit is sweet, heavy,
unctuous, laxative, and dispels vāta, pitta, burning sensations, fever, and thirst.

7.85

The kernel of priyāla is sweet, aphrodisiac, dispels pitta and vāta,
is good for the heart, very difficult to digest, unctuous, causes constipation, and increases āma.

7.86

Rājādana is phalādhyakṣa, rājanyā, and kṣīrikā.

7.87

The fruit of kṣīrikā is aphrodisiac, strength-giving, unctuous, cold, and heavy;
it conquers thirst, fainting, intoxication, dizziness, wasting, all three doshas, and bleeding disorders.

7.88

Vikaṅkata is sruvāvṛkṣa, granthila, and svādukaṇṭaka;
it is also yakṣavṛkṣa, kaṇṭakī, and vyāghrapād.
The ripe fruit of vikaṅkata is sweet and conquers all doshas.

7.89

The lotus seed is padmākṣa, gāloḍya, and padmakarkaṭī.
The lotus seed is cold, sweet, astringent, slightly bitter, and heavy;

7.90

It causes constipation, is aphrodisiac, dry, and pre-eminent in sustaining the fetus;
it produces kapha and vāta, is strength-giving, bowel-binding, and destroys pitta, bleeding disorders, and burning sensations.

7.91

Makhānna resembles a lotus seed and is also called pānīyaphala;
one should indicate makhānna as equal in properties to the lotus seed.

7.92

Śṛṅgāṭaka is jalaphala and also trikoṇaphala.

7.93

Śṛṅgāṭaka is cold, sweet, heavy, aphrodisiac, and astringent;
it is bowel-binding, produces semen, vāta, and kapha, and destroys pitta, bleeding disorders, and burning sensations.

7.94

The seed of the kumuda (white water lily) is called kairaviṇīphala by the wise;
the seed of the kumudvatī is sweet, dry, cold, and heavy.

7.95

Madhūka is guḍapuṣpa, madhupuṣpa, and madhusrava;
vānaprastha, and madhuṣṭhīla; the water-growing one here is madhūlaka.

7.96

The flower of madhūka is sweet, cooling, heavy, and nourishing;
it is declared to produce strength and semen, and to destroy vāta and pitta.

7.97

The fruit is cold, heavy, sweet, increases semen, and removes vāta and pitta;
not beneficial to the heart, it cures thirst, bleeding disorders, burning sensations, asthma, chest-wounds, and wasting.

7.98

Parūṣaka is paruṣa, alpāsthi, and parāpara.
Unripe parūṣaka is astringent and sour, produces pitta, and is light.

7.99

Ripe, it is sweet in post-digestive taste, cold, causes constipation, and is nourishing;
beneficial to the heart, it removes pitta, burning sensations, bleeding disorders, fever, wasting, and vāta.

7.100

Tūta is tūla, pūga, kramuka, and brahmadāru.
Ripe tūta is heavy, sweet, cold, and removes pitta and vāta;
that very same fruit, unripe, is heavy, laxative, sour, hot, and causes bleeding disorders.

7.101

Dāḍima is karaka, dantabīja, and lohitapuṣpaka.
Its fruit is of three kinds: sweet, sweet-sour, and purely sour.

7.102

The sweet one pacifies all three doshas, destroys thirst, burning sensations, and fever,
removes foul odor of the heart, throat, and mouth, is gratifying, increases semen, and is light;

7.103

It has an astringent secondary taste, is bowel-binding, unctuous, and brings intellect and strength.

7.104

The sweet-sour is a digestive stimulant, relish-promoting, slightly increases pitta, and is light;
the sour one produces pitta; unripe, it removes vāta and kapha.

7.105

Now bahuvāra, vernacularly called lisoḍā; its names:
bahuvāra is śīta, uddāla, and bahuvāraka;
śelu, śleṣmātaka, picchila, and bhūtavṛkṣaka.

7.106

Bahuvāra cures poison, skin eruptions, ulcers, erysipelas, and obstinate skin diseases;
it is sweet, astringent, bitter, beneficial to the hair, and removes kapha and pitta.

7.107

The unripe fruit causes constipation, is dry, and conquers pitta, kapha, and bleeding disorders;
ripe, it is sweet, unctuous, produces kapha, and is cooling and heavy.

7.108

Kataka is payaḥprasādī; kataka is also its fruit.
The fruit of kataka is beneficial to the eyes and makes water clear;
it removes vāta and kapha, is cold, sweet, astringent, and heavy.

7.109

Drākṣā is declared to be svāduphalā, and also madhurasā;
it is also celebrated as mṛdvīkā, hārahūrā, and gostanī.

7.110

Ripe drākṣā is laxative, cold, beneficial to the eyes, nourishing, and heavy;
it is sweet in post-digestive taste and taste, beneficial to the voice, astringent, and produces free passage of urine and stool.

7.111

It produces wind in the bowels, is an aphrodisiac, and imparts kapha, nourishment, and relish.

7.112

It destroys thirst, fever, dyspnea, vāta, gout, jaundice, / dysuria, bleeding disorder, stupor, burning sensation, emaciation, and alcoholism.

7.113

Unripe, it has lesser virtues, is heavy, sour, and causes bleeding disorder. / The gostanī grape is an aphrodisiac, heavy, and alleviates kapha and pitta.

7.114

Another seedless kind is much smaller, yet equal in properties to the gostanī. / The mountain-grown grape is light, sour, and produces kapha and acid gastritis; / as the mountain-grown grape is, so is the karamardikā.

7.115

Bhūmikharjūrī is sweet, difficult to climb, soft-leaved, / and also trunk-fruited; it is known as kākakarkaṭī, with a sweet crown.

7.116

Piṇḍakharjūrikā is another, which grows in the western country; / the kharjurī resembling a cow's udder came here from another island.

7.117

It is produced in the western country, and is called chohārā. / The trio of dates is cold, and sweet in taste and post-digestive taste.

7.118

It is unctuous, appetite-stimulating, wholesome for the heart, relieves chest injury and wasting, is heavy, / satiating, pacifies bleeding disorder, and grants nourishment, constipation, and semen.

7.119

It cures wind in the bowels, gives strength, alleviates vomiting, vāta, and kapha, / and wards off fever, diarrhea, hunger, thirst, cough, and dyspnea.

7.120

It puts an end to intoxication, fainting, disorders caused by vāta, pitta, and liquor. / The small date is stated to be lesser in virtues than the two large ones.

7.121

The sap of the date tree produces intoxication and pitta; / it removes vāta and kapha, stimulates relish, is a digestive stimulant, and yields strength and semen.

7.122

The sulemānī date is soft and its fruit lacks lobes; / sulemānī removes fatigue, dizziness, burning sensation, fainting, and bleeding disorder.

7.123

Vātāda is 'enemy of vāta' and has an eye-like fruit; / vātāda is hot, very unctuous, pacifies vāta, produces semen, and is heavy.

7.124

The kernel of the vātāda is sweet, an aphrodisiac, destroys pitta and vāta, / is unctuous and hot, produces kapha, and is not desirable for those suffering from bleeding disorder.

7.125

The fist-sized badara fruit is the seva or sivitikā fruit.

7.126

The seva fruit pacifies vāta and pitta, is bulk-promoting, produces kapha, and is heavy; / sweet in taste and post-digestive taste, cool, and produces relish and semen.

7.127

The amṛtaphala is light, an aphrodisiac, very sweet, and removes the three doshas; / it is found in abundance by people in the country of the Mughals.

7.128

Pīlu is [also called] guḍaphala, sraṃsī, and śītaphala. / Pīlu pacifies kapha and vāta, increases pitta, is a purgative, and cures abdominal lump; / that pīlu which is sweet and bitter is not very hot and pacifies all three doshas.

7.129

The mountain-born pīlu is called akṣoṭa and karparāla; / akṣoṭaka also is similar to the almond, and produces kapha and pitta.

7.130

Bījapūra is [also called] mātuluṅga, rucaka, and phalapūraka. / The bījapūra fruit is sweet [and] sour in taste, a digestive stimulant, and light.

7.131

It relieves bleeding disorder, purifies the throat, tongue, and heart, / cures dyspnea, cough, and anorexia, is wholesome for the heart, and is traditionally known to alleviate thirst.

7.132

Another variety of bījapūra is taught to be sweet, namely the madhukarkaṭī.

7.133

Madhukarkaṭikā is sweet, appetite-stimulating, cooling, and heavy; / it removes bleeding disorder, phthisis, dyspnea, cough, hiccups, and dizziness.

7.134

Jambīra is [also called] dantaśaṭha, jambha, jambhīra, and jambhala. / Jambīra is hot, heavy, sour, and relieves constipation due to vāta and kapha.

7.135

It overcomes colic pain, cough, nausea caused by kapha, vomiting, thirst, and āmadoṣa; / it removes bad taste in the mouth, heart distress, sluggish digestion, and worms. / The small jambīra acts likewise, and wards off thirst and vomiting.

7.136

Nimbū is feminine, nimbuka is neuter, and nimbūka is also mentioned. / The nimbūka is sour, destroys vāta, is a digestive stimulant, a digestant, and light.

7.137

Nimbuka destroys colonies of worms, is sharp, sour, and removes abdominal stiffness; / it is beneficial to one suffering from colic pain of vāta, pitta, and kapha, and is pre-eminent in reviving severely lost taste.

7.138

Sages say that it should be administered in cholera, for those afflicted by all three doshas, loss of digestive fire, and vāta diseases, those distressed by poison, / in sluggish digestive fire, and in constipation.

7.139

The sweet lemon fruit is sweet, heavy, and alleviates vāta and pitta.

7.140

It destroys throat diseases and poisons, excites kapha, alleviates bleeding, / relieves emaciation, anorexia, thirst, and vomiting, and provides strength and bulk.

7.141

Karmaraṅga is [also called] śirāla, bṛhadamla, and rujākara. / Karmaraṅga is cold, astringent (bowel-binding), sweet-sour, and removes kapha and vāta.

7.142

Amlikā is [also called] cukrikā, amlī, cukā, and dantaśaṭhā, / amlā, ciñcikā, ciñcā, tintiḍīkā, and tintiḍī.

7.143

Unripe tamarind is sour, heavy, pacifies vāta, and increases pitta, kapha, and blood; / but ripe, it is a digestive stimulant, dry, laxative, hot, and removes kapha and vāta.

7.144

Amlavetasa is [also called] cukra, śatavedhi, and sahasranut. / Amlavetasa is extremely sour, purgative (bowel-cleaving), light, and a digestive stimulant.

7.145

It destroys heart disease, colic pain, and abdominal lumps, increases pitta, causes horripilation, / is dry, destroys disorders of the feces and urine, and removes splenomegaly and upward movement of vāta.

7.146

It dispels hiccups, abdominal distension, anorexia, dyspnea, cough, indigestion, and vomiting; / it destroys disorders of kapha and vāta, and liquefies goat meat; / the property of the acid of chickpeas is known to liquefy iron needles.

7.147

Vṛkṣāmla is [also called] tintiḍīka, cukra, and amlavṛkṣaka. / Raw vṛkṣāmla is sour, hot, destroys vāta, and increases kapha and pitta.

7.148

When ripe, however, it is heavy, astringent (bowel-binding), pungent, astringent, and light.

7.149

It is sour, hot, appetizing, dry, a digestive stimulant, and produces kapha and vāta; / it conquers thirst, hemorrhoids, sprue, abdominal lumps, colic pain, heart disease, and parasites.

7.150

By amlavetasa, vṛkṣāmla, large jambīra, and nimbuka, / the 'four acids' are formed; together with bījapūra, they become the 'five acids'.

7.151

Among fruits, that which is fully ripe is pronounced superior in quality; / except for the bael fruit, which should be known to have superior qualities when raw; / among fruits, whatever is juicy is pronounced to be superior in quality.

7.152

The dried fruit of grapes, bael, āmalakī, and others has superior virtues; / the marrow [of any fruit] is declared to have virtues equal to the fruit.

7.153

One should not eat a fruit spoiled by frost, sun, harsh wind, wild animals, insects, or the like, / or one produced out of season, grown in bad soil, or overripe.

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Thus, in the Bhāvaprakāśa composed by Śrī Miśra Bhāva, son of Śrī Miśra Laṭakana, in the section of miscellaneous topics,
the seventh section, beginning with mango and other fruits, is completed.

Linked texts (1)

Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu — Bhāvamiśra 1550, Sanskrit

Glossary of Materia Medica of the Bhāvaprakāśa 7

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