ɖura haser

Devanagari Script

डुरा हासेर

Phonetic

[ɖura haser]

English: Translation

Dioscorea alata L.

Hindi: Translation

पाहादकंदा, छुपरी आउ

Semantic Domain

Plants, trees and other vegetation

Health, well-being and sickness

Notes

Medicinal values for: wounds, skin diseases, abdominal pains

Tuber: Paste prepared from tuber (da) is applied on wounds and in skin diseases. The paste is applied on the infected part of the body.
Root: The roots (rehet) are cut (gedai-mi) into pieces (kʰeʧaʔ) and after proper washing (ʧapi-kam) one piece (mijaʔ kʰeʧaʔ) is given on an empty stomach (eken-te laiʧ) for curing abdominal pain due to worms in the stomach.

Culinary use:

Tuber: Tubers (da) are boiled (hõɽeʧ) first, and then cooked with other vegetables and served with rice.

Source

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