Aluka

शालुक

Shaluk and similar tuber/root vegetables grouped together. These are aquatic tubers including lotus root and similar water plant tubers. They are heavy, cooling and nourishing. Verse: 59.

What is Aluka (Vegetable Root / शालुक)?

Shaluk and similar tuber/root vegetables grouped together. These are aquatic tubers including lotus root and similar water plant tubers. They are heavy, cooling and nourishing. Verse: 59.

Source: Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Varga 9

Therapeutic Actions (Karma)

  • Brimhana (nourishing)
  • Sheetala (cooling)

Source: Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Varga 9

References in Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan

91-92 कल बना लकामाषकु ट जरकुतु बकम ् च ल ल वाकलोणीकाकु टकवेधक ु म् जीव तझ ु वे डकजयवशाकसुवचलाः वाद ु ं सलवणं वात ले मकरं ग ु आलक ु ा न च सवा ण तथा सू या न ल णम ् शीतलम ् स ृ ट व मू ं ायो व ट य जीय त ि व नं न पी डतरसं नेहा यं ना तदोषलम ् Kalamba, Nalika – (kapotacarana), marsa, kutinjara, kutumbaka, cilli (vastuka), latvaka, lonika, karutaka, gavedhuka, jivanta, jhun jhu, edagaja, yavasaka (yavanisaka), suvarchala and aluka of different kinds, leaves of legumes used for soup and of laksm

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Source: Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

References in Sharangadhara Samhita

Nishpava (flat beans), Aluka (Dioscorea), leafy vegetables, salt, irregular eating, pungent and sour items, and suppression of natural urges should be given up by a smallpox patient.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 60: Diet for Smallpox (Masurika Pathyapathyam)

Nishpava (flat beans), Aluka (Dioscorea), leafy vegetables, salt, irregular eating, pungent and sour items, and suppression of natural urges should be given up by a smallpox patient.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 49: Diet for Smallpox (Masurika Pathyapathyam)

Source: Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 60: Diet for Smallpox (Masurika Pathyapathyam); Parishishtam, Chapter 49: Diet for Smallpox (Masurika Pathyapathyam)

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