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Carakasaṃhitā: Ausgewählte Texte aus der Carakasaṃhitā / übersetzt und erläutert von Alois Payer <1944 - >. -- Anhang A: Pflanzenbeschreibungen. -- Nymphaea pubescens Willd. -- Fassung vom 2007-06-27. -- URL: http://www.payer.de/ayurveda/pflanzen/nymphaea_pubescens.htm
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"NELUMBIUM SPECIOSUM. NYMPHAEA LOTUS ETC.
These beautiful aquatic plants had attracted the attention of the ancient Hindus from a very, remote period, and obtained a place in their religious ceremonies and mythological fables ; hence they are described in great detail by Sanskrit writers. The flowers of Nelumbium speciosum, called Padma or Kamala, are sacred to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. The white variety of this plant is called Pundarîka, the red, Kokanada and the blue, Indivara. The entire plant including root, stem and flower is called Padmini. The torus or receptacle for the seed is, called Karnikāra, and the honey formed in the flowers, Mukaranda. The filaments round the base of the receptacle, pass by the name of Kinjalka and the leaf stalk by that of Mrināla. The species of Nymphaea described, are as follows:—
Nymphaea Lotus. Kumuda, Sans. Sāluka. Beng. Koi. Hind.
Nymphaea stellata. Nilotpala, Sans. Nilsaphalā, Beng.
Nymphaea rubra. Raktotpala, Sans, Ratakambal, Beng.
The root-stocks of these water plants contain a sort of starch, and are eaten by the pooper classes. During the famine of 1866 in Orissa, they were much sought after by the starving people.
The seeds of Nelumbium speciosum are eaten raw. The small leads of Nymphaea Lotus, called bheta, are fried in heated sand and used as a light easily digestible food. The seeds of Euryale ferox called makhānna in Sanskrit, are also used in the same manner, and are regarded as light, invigorating food suited for sick people.
The filaments of these plants are used medicinally.. They are considered astringent and cooling, and useful in burning of the body, bleeding piles and menorrhagia. In bleeding piles the filaments of the lotus are given with honey and fresh butter or with sugar. In menorrhagia the filaments of Nymphaea stellata are given with the addition of sonchal salt, nigella seeds, liquorice powder, curdled milk and honey. A compound decoction is thus prepared.
Utpalādi sritam. Take of the filaments of Nymphaea Lotus, N. stellata and N. rubra, of the white variety of Nelumbium speciosum and liquorice root, equal parts, in all, two tolas, and prepare a decoction in the usual way. This decoction is said to be useful in thirst, burning of the body, fainting, vomiting, hemorrhage from the internal organs, and bleeding from the womb during gestation.
A cooling application for external use is prepared as follows. Take of the filaments and leaf-stalks of Nelumbium speciosum, Nymphaea stellata, and Nymphaea Lotus and of red sandal wood, equal parts, and rub them together into a thin paste with cold water. This is applied to the forehead in cephalalgia. A paste made of emblic myrobalans and the filaments of the lotus is also used for the same purpose. Similar compositions are recommended for external inflammations, erysipelas etc.
The large leaves of Nelumbium speciosum. are used as cool bed-sheets, in high fever with much heat and burning of the skin."
[Quelle: Dutt, Uday Chand: The materia medica of the Hindus / Uday Chand Dutt. With a glossary of Indian plants by George King. -- 2. ed. with additions and alterations / by Binod Lall Sen & Ashutosh Sen. -- Calcutta, 1900. - XVIII, 356 S. -- S. 109ff.]