Job's tears: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Job's tears in English is the name of a plant defined with Coix lacryma-jobi in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sphaerium lacryma Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1792)
· Eclogae Graminum Rariorum (1820)
· Cytologia (1993)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1989)
· Current Science (1989)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4 (1805)
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Full-text: Punaccippul, Nerpul, Kurattippaci, Nenmani, Gavedhuka.
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Search found 1 books and stories containing Job's tears; (plurals include: Job's tearses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 27a - The group of awned cereals (Shukadhanya—monocotyledons) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 2 - The Seeds of Rough chaff (apamarga-tanduliya) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 20 - The therapeutics of Vomiting (chardi-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]