Witnessed by: Unani
Lime (Citrus aurantifolia), of the Rutaceae family. Small thorny evergreen tree with small green fruit; native range: South-East Asia; cultivated throughout the tropics. Globally recognized as limun in Arabic, kaghzi nimbu · limu in Urdu, and lime, key lime, sour lime in English. The part used is fruit juice. Small green fruit yielding a sharply sour, fragrant juice.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
LIME
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- lime
- Scientific name
- Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle
- Family
- Rutaceae
Form
- Part used
- fruit juice
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Unani
- sour
Temperature
- Unani
- cold & dry (2nd degree)
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- Unani
- stomach · liver
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Unani
- musakkin-e-hararat (refrigerant), kasir-e-safra (cuts bile), muqawwi-e-meda (stomachic), habis (checks vomiting), antiscorbutic
Cautions
- Contraindications
- cold constitutions and cough with cold, being cooling and sour
- Toxicity
- no serious toxicity; excess may set the teeth on edge
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