ON ONION - IN CHARAK SAMHITA Courtesy : Shri Bryan Hill From the charaka - saMhitA, sUtrasthAna, adhyAya 27, shlokas 175 - 176 on palANDu and lashuna: श्लेष्मलो मारतुघ्नश्च पलाण्डुर्न च पित्तनुत् । आहारयोगी बल्यश्च गुरुर्वृष्योऽथ रोचनः ॥१७५॥ क्रिमिकुष्ठकिलासघ्नो वातघ्नो गुल्मनाशनः । स्निग्धश्चोष्णश्च वृष्यश्च लशुनः कटुको गुरुः ॥१७६॥ " The palANDu (onion) aggravates kapha, alleviates vAta and not pitta, is useful in diet, strengh - promoting, heavy, aphrodisiac and relishing. The lashuna (garlic) alleviates worms, leprosy, leucoderma, vAta and gulma and is unctuous, hot, aphrodisiac, pungent and heavy. " Onion and garlic should be consumed only when one is diseased, otherwise the nishhedhas forbidding their consumption are correct due to the effects of the items, such as vR^ishhya (aphrodisiac). Certainly celibate brahmacharis, vanaprasthas and sannyAsis cannot be eating these items as a regular part of their diet!
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:34:35 +0000
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