khubakalam :

General Use:

Immature leaves - raw or cooked. Used as greens. A famine food, it is only eaten when better foods are in short supply

Seed - raw or cooked. The seed can be eaten as piñole. It can also be dried, ground into a powder then mixed with water and used as a gruel. The seed can be mixed with water to make a drink.

Therapeutic Uses:

Svasa, Jvara, Kasa, Vatajanya Vikara, Svarabheda, Daurbalya, Kaphavikara.

Systemic Use:

The seeds are expectorant, restorative and stimulant. They are used in the treatment of asthma. Externally, they are used as a stimulating poultice. The seeds have been placed under the lids of sore eyes in order to cause weeping and thereby wash foreign matter out of the eye. An infusion of the leaves is used in treating affections of the throat and chest

Administration:

Seed powder

Pharmacological:

Balya, Vatahara, Kaphahar, Svedakara, Sothahara

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