barahi :
Substitute:
Vrinda madhava mentions Charmakaraluka as substitute for VarahikandaControversy:
The controversy of Varahi might have started with the word Aaluka. The word Aaluka has been mentioned in Charaka Samhita as well as Sushruta Samhita. Acharya Charaka has told Aluka as ahitatama among the kanda and Acharya Sushruta has mentioned aluka in kanda varga and has given 6 varieties of Aluka. Both the commentators of Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas have given limited information regarding the morphological descriptions about these varieties. Acharya P.V. Sharma has correlated the varieties mentioned in Sushruta and Rajanighantu with different species of DioscoreaCommercial value:
Diosgenin obtained from Dioscorea species is one of the major sources for the commercial production of corticosteroids and steroidal contraceptivesIndustrial uses of Dioscorea species
includes starch, poultry, livestock
feed and production of yam flour.
It contains steroidal sapogenins, diosgenin which is the precussor for the
synthesis of the steroidal hormones
used in contraceptive drugs
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