Plantain/Banana Flower & Stem

Banana/Plantain flower and stem used as vegetables. Banana flower is astringent and used in diarrhea and diabetes. Banana stem is cooling and diuretic. Both are common in South Indian cuisine. Verse: 38.

• Grahi (absorbent)
• Stambhana (binding)

Meat juice (Mamsarasa) which is not very thick, Rasala (curds churned and mixed with pepper powder and sugar), Raga (syrup which is sweet, sour and salty) and Khandava (syrup which has all the tastes, prepared with many substances), Panaka panchasara, (syrup prepared with raisins (draksha), madhuka, dates (karjura), kasmarya, and parushaka fruits all in equal quantities, cooled and added with powder of cinnamon leaves, cinnamon and cardamom etc) and kept inside a fresh mud pot, along with leav

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Ritucharya adhyaya Seasonal

117-118 मोचखजूरपनसना रकेलप षकम ् आ ाततालका मयराजादनमधूकजम ् सौवीरबदरा कोलफ गु ले मातको वम ् वातामा भशुका ोडमक ु ू लक नकोचकम ् उ माणं यालं च बं ृहणं गु शीतलम ् दाह त यहरं र त प त सादनम ् वाद ुपाकरसं ि न धं व टि भ कफशु कृत ् Mocha (plantain), kharjura (dates) panasa (jack fruits) narikela (cocoanut ) parusaka amrataka , tala, kasmarya, rajadana, madhuka, badara, ankola, phalgu, slesmataka, vatama, abhisuka, aksoda, mukulaka, nikocaka, urumanam, and priyala make the body stout, not easily di

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

The hot (cloth) should be placed in a basin and covered with another cloth, or with dry plantain (Musa paradisiaca) leaves -- not too tightly.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 20: Sunstroke (Anshughata)

The hot (cloth) should be placed in a basin and covered with another cloth, or with dry plantain (Musa paradisiaca) leaves -- not too tightly.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 19: Sunstroke (Anshughata)

The Rodhraadi Gana consists of: rodhra, savara-rodhra, palasha, kutannata, ashoka, phanji, katphala, elavalu, kashallaki, jihvini, kadamba, sala, and kadali (plantain) (verse 14).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 38: Dravyasangrahaniya Adhyaya - On the Collection of Drugs

The Rodhraadi Gana consists of: rodhra, savara-rodhra, palasha, kutannata, ashoka, phanji, katphala, elavalu, kashallaki, jihvini, kadamba, sala, and kadali (plantain) (verse 14).

— Sushruta Samhita, Dravyasangrahaniya Adhyaya - On the Collection of Drugs