Chantu and Chicago Bull,

Can you guys list most dals (lentils) available in Nepal with their English equivalent? Most dals are good source of fiber that I know of.  Some Nepali dals I know are:

Mans

Mugi

Musuro

Rahar

Thanks.

-Jyapoo

I was told that gahat ko daal is good for gollstones.  I just find out that I have goll stones.  Hoping that by consuming gahat ko daal might desolve the gollstones, if not in few months I will be able to have surgery to get rid of those little stones.

Mans-  Black lentil

Mugi-- mung

Musuro-  red lentil

Rahar-  I do not know but when I got to stores it says ( Toor daal).

Gahat ko dal... also good if you make any gals pregnant by mistake....
I thought dalli resham bro did something similar...

Best of luck with gahat ko dal ... I also heard it works

Thank you everyone to helping me out with gahat ko dal.

Dalli Resham   sister is definatley pregnant and that is the reason I cannot have surgery now.  Trying home remedy might help for few more months, until the baby is born. 

Thanks folks on dal info. I used to have dal soup back in ktm very long ago but forgot name for it. It is not any as listed above, but had thick barks (skins) and when cooked still retained individual grain rather than being slurry like that of moong dal or red lentils. i was told that it was expensive.

red lentils when cooked turns yellow even without application of turmeric,.which is quite interesting; but how red lentils still looks red in most indian restuartents wonders me, though.

Properties
Horse gram is sharp, bitter and hot. It is
beneficial in cough breathing problem due to phlegms, flatulation, hicups,
stones and fever. It also eliminates germs and worms. It causes impurities of
bile and blood. It also causes inflammation and checks
sweating.

Uses

1. Drinking semi liquid solution of horse gram powder cures
   flatulation.
   
   
   
2. If horse beans mixed with powdered dry ginger, asafoetida and "veed salt" is
   taken it cures the pain of the stomach.
   
   
   
3. If it is used in food it cures disease of the stomach.
   
   
   
4. If the water in which horse gram had been soaked for the whole night (and is
   mashed in the same water in the morning) is taken daily, taken twice then it
   cures "stones".
   
   
   
5. The use of horse gram in the diet relieves the pain of dry piles.
   
   
   
6. Drinking the semi liquid mixture of powdered horse gram and powdered black
   pepper cures sore throat.
   
   
   
7. Its use in the diet is good for women as their menstruation is
   purified.

गहतको आयुर्शास्त्रिय परिचय:

Dolichos biflorus Linn.

Synonym _ Vigna unquiculata (L.)Walp. (also: Macrotyloma uniflorum, most common)

Family _ Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.

English _ Horsegram.

Ayurvedic _ Kulattha, Kulittha, Khalva, Vardhipatraka.

Unani _ Kulthi.

Siddha/Tamil _ Kollu, Kaanam.

Action _ Plant—used in measles,

smallpox, adenitis, burns, sores.

Seeds—astringent, antipyretic,

diuretic. Decoction or soup is used

in affections of the liver and spleen,

intestinal colic, in leucorrhoea

and menstrual dissorders, urinary

discharges. A valuable protein

supplement.

The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of

India recommends the decoction

of dry seeds in calculus (पत्थरी) and

amenorrhoea (स्थगित रजस्वला)

The seeds contain crude protein

20.8, pentosan 10.8 and water-soluble

gum 2.8%. The presence of antinutritional

components such as haemagglutinin

and a protease inhibitor has

been reported. The inhibitor activity

decreased during germination.

The mean protein value of the seeds

is 25.47% which is more or less equivalent

to soybean,winged bean and gram.

Nutritionally, the horsegram seeds are

richer in lysine content when compared

to Cajanus cajan (Arhar) pulse

and gram pulse.

Presence of vitamin A in the green

pods makes them a valuable diet for

children; green leaves may be used in

vitamin C deficiency syndrome, due to

the presence of ascorbic acid and calcium.

The seeds contain several common

phytosterols.

Strepogenin—several times higher

than in casein.

A decoction of seeds (soaked or

boiled in water) is prescribed as diuretic

and antilithiatic and has been

clinically established.

Diuretic activity of a dipeptide (pyroglutamylglutamine)

has been found

to be 2-3 times that of acetazolamide

in albino rats.

Globulin fraction of the seeds

showed hypolipidaemic effects in rats.

A lectin-like glycoprotein from

stems and leaves possesses carbohydrate-

binding activity.

Dosage _ Seed— 6 g powder;

decoction 50-100 ml. (CCRAS.)

Source: CP Khare, Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary, 2007

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