Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Grass-nut in English is the name of a plant defined with Arachis hypogaea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Arachis nambyquarae Hoehne) (The Nambiquara tribe, also spelled Nambikwara, reside in the southwestern part of the Brazilian Amazon. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Revue de Botanique Appliquée et d’Agriculture Tropicale (1933)
· International Journal of toxicology (2001)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Bulletin of the Hiroshima Agricultural College (1989)
· The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (1996)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Grass-nut, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Partial matches: Grass, Nud.

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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)

Chapter 6 - The therapeutics of Urinary disorders (prameha-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]

Chapter 8 - The Treatment of Disease (roga-bhishaj-jiti-vimana) < [Vimanasthana (Vimana Sthana) — Section on Measure]

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