1. Names:

Sanskrit:	Tamalapatra		Enlarge photo
English:	Bay Leaf
Botanical:	Laurus nobilis
Hindi:	Tejpat
Telugu:	Biryani aku
Common names:	Apollo’s Bay Leaf, Bay, Bay Laurel, Grecian Laurel, Indian Bay, Laurel, Nobel Laurel, Poet’s Laurel, Roman Laurel, Royal Laurel, Sweet Bay, Sweet Laurel, Wreath Laurel
Family name:	Lauraceae

2. Parts used:

• Leaf

3. Properties and Action According to Indigenous Medical Systems:

• Rasa: Spicy and sweet.
• Veerya: Ushna veerya.
• Vipaka: Katu.

4. Uses:

(Culinary)

• It is used in soups, sauces.
• Seasoning for fish, meat and poultry.
• It also used as pickle.

(Medicinal)

• It is astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, diuretic, emetic and stomachic in nature.

5. Names due to Physical properties:

• Surabhi valkala: With good smell.

6. Names due to Medical properties:

• Balya: Gives strength.

7. Reference:

Vasthu guna deepika, Vasthu guna prakashika, Chakradatta, Susrutam,
Basabarajeezam, Bhavaprakashika, Vangacena, Charakasamhita, Vagvatamu, Hareetasamhita, Srijanakalpavalli.

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