Cucumber

त्रपुषक

Cucumber used as a vegetable in the Shaka Varga context. Cooling, heavy and diuretic. Verse: 22.

What is Cucumber Vegetable (Trapushaka / त्रपुषक)?

Cucumber used as a vegetable in the Shaka Varga context. Cooling, heavy and diuretic. Verse: 22.

Source: Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Varga 9

Therapeutic Actions (Karma)

  • Sheetala (cooling)
  • Mutrala (diuretic)

Source: Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Varga 9

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