Mangifera, Mango
Mango
Amra, Rasaal, Sahakar (Ayurveda)
Aam, Anba, Ambaj (Unani)
Mango kernel:
Khasta Aam (Unani)
a bras ཨ་འབྲས (Tibetan)
Amra, Rasaal, Sahakar (Ayurveda)
Aam, Anba, Ambaj (Unani)
Mango kernel:
Khasta Aam (Unani)
a bras ཨ་འབྲས (Tibetan)
Flora Sinensis, Boym, 1653
Flore d’Amérique, Denisse, 1843-1846
Mango kernel for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016)
Botanical name:
Mangifera indica
Parts used:
Kernel
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Sweet, Sour
Mangifera indica
Parts used:
Kernel
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Sweet, Sour
Uses:
KERNEL:
1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:
-increases strength and Semen
-urinary diseases with deficiency
-Diabetes
2. Strengthens Stomach, Increases Qi:
-increases Digestive Heat
-Vomiting, Diarrhea (decoction with Honey)
-good for Constipation
-weakness; strengthens the Immune system
-increases weight
3. Strengthens the Heart
4. Kills Worms:
-20–30 grains are given for Worms
5. Externally:
-topically for Dandruff
-paste with Honey and Camphor for relaxed vagina
FRUIT:
-unripe fruit is astringent and Sour, used for Obesity, Hemoptysis (Sushruta)
-juice of ripe fruit with Honey for Spleen swelling and to promote digestion; it is refrigerant
DOSE:
Seed in Powder: 1–2 grams (API)
SUBSTITUTE:
Seeds of Millettia pachycarpa have been used as a substitute in Tibetan Medicine.
Seed in Powder: 1–2 grams (API)
SUBSTITUTE:
Seeds of Millettia pachycarpa have been used as a substitute in Tibetan Medicine.
Main Combinations:
Three Seeds (Tibetan Medicine)
Mango kernel, Eugenia jambolana (Sra Bras) and Caesalpinia (Jam Bras) are the Three Seeds of Tibetan Medicine. Together, they warm and strengthen the Kidneys.
1. Kidney weakness:
i. Mango kernel with Lesser Cardamon (Eletarria), Ginger, Eugenia jambolana (Sra Bras) and Caesalpinia (Jam Bras); used for obstructed or frequent urination, urinary calculi or tumors (as in Cardamon 10 of Tibetan Medicine)
ii. more chronic Kidney disease, to the above add Juniper, Aconite, Shilajit, Safflower (as in Cardamon 18 of Tibetan Medicine)
2. Heat of the Kidneys with deficiency, combine Mango kernel with Chebula, Juniper, Mucuna, Madder, Caesalpinia (Jam Bras), Swertia, Safflower (as in Chebula 18 of Tibetan Medicine)
3. Uterine diseases, and to promote Fertility, Mango kernel with Woodfordia, Licorice, Cyperus rotundus, Sandalwood (Ayurveda)
4. Severe Vomiting, decoct Mango kernel with Citron leaf and Cumin (Ayurveda)
5. Diarrhea, Mango kernel with Emblic Myrobalan
6. Dandruff, Mango kernel topically with Chebula
Cautions:
1. Not used in Fever or Inflammation
Main Preparations used:
1. Not used in Fever or Inflammation
Main Preparations used: