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• Anagha U
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• 25 Jan 19

Coconut and ayurveda

coconut oil has an indispensable part in our socio cultural fabric. It is widely used in traditional culinary preparations. The popularity of coconut oil as the new super food has been growing immensely over the years.

some quotes regarding coconut from books etc

Among āyurvedic treatises, foremost reference about the properties of coconut oil among Taila varga is in Suśruta saṃhita . Madhura rasa, sīta vīrya ,madhura vipāka, vāta pitta śamana, sṛṣṭa vinmūtrata etc. are attributed to it.6 Ācarya Vāghbhaṭa mentioned the qualities of coconut oil as vāta pitta hara, sleṣmala, guru , sītala and keśya.12 Coconut oil in nighanḍu Among the nighanḍukāras, Kayyadeva nighanḍu elaborately narrated about coconut oil. Coconut oil is madhura rasa, madhura vipāka and sīta vīrya , bṛmhana and balavardhana. here is link.

Coconut oil in kerala text books The pervasive use of different parts of coconut in various medicinal formulation itself is an assertion to the fact that use of coconut was prevalent among kerala physicians.

Ayurveda auṣadhaguṇa candrika, a votarious work of Aṣtanga samgraha explicit the characteristics of coconut oil as bṛmhana, balavardhana, keśya, danta rogajit and vāta-pittahara and the copra (dried coconut kernel, from which oil is