DADIMA (Fresh Fruit)
Dadima consists of fresh fruit of Punica granatum Linn. (Fam. Punicacem), a large deciduous shrub or a small tree; found growing wild in the valley and outer hills of Himalayas, between 900 and 1800 m and cultivated in many parts of the country.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Dantabija, Lohitapuspa
Assamese : Dalim
Bengali : Dadima, Dalimgach, Dalim
English : Pomenagrate
Gujrati : Dadam, Dadam phala
Hindi : Anar, Anar-ke-per
Kannada : Dalimba, Dalimbe haonu
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Mathalam
Marathi : Dalimba
Oriya : Dalimba
Punjabi : Anar
Tamil : Madulam Pazham
Telugu : Dadimbakaya, Dadimma
Urdu : Anar
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Fruit a balausta, globose, 4 to 8 cm diam; depressed, bluntly 5 to 8 angled and tipped with persistent calyx alongwith withered stamens; coriaceous, smooth; yellowish brown or red; odour, not distinct; carpel four to five, with papery, thin-walled, fused in 2 whorls, seeds numerous, compressed with a whitish-pink or bright red, transparent, fleshy testa; taste, sour to sweet; seed appears hard, angular, white to buff with an astringent taste.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Madhura, Amla, Kasaya
Guna : Laghu, Snigdha
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Madhura
Karma : Balya, Dipana, Hrdya, Kaphahara, Medhya, Pittahara, Vatahara, Pacana, Rucya, Mukhagandhahara, Sramahara, Sukrala, Tarpaka, Varcovibandhaniya, Grathi
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Dadhika Ghrta, Dadimastaka Curna, Bhaskaralavana Curna, Brhacchagaladya Grta
THERAPEUTIC USES – Arocaka, Atisara, Daha, Amavata, Jvara, Kasa, Raktapitta, Trsna
DOSE – 15-30 ml.
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