Oil cooked a hundred times (by the shatapaka method) with the decoction and paste of bala is given as an oil enema to childless women and men who have been prepared by oleation, sweating, emesis and purgation; the text says they then have many excellent sons.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- बलाशतपक्व तैल
- Hindi
- वन्ध्यात्वनाशक बस्तिबला तैल
- English
- Bala oil enema for childlessness
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Bala (country mallow)खरैटी (बला) | बला / खरैटी | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | सुतैल / तैल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Oil is cooked a hundred times with the decoction and paste of bala.
भावार्थ : खरैटी के क्वाथ, कल्क से सौ बार1(शतपाकविधान से)पकाये हुए तैल से (बला
How it is used
As an oil enema after oleation, sweating, emesis and purgation.
तैल से) संतानरहित स्त्री पुरुषों को (जिनको के स्नेहन, स्वेदन वमन विरेचन से संस्कृत किया है)स्नेह
Indicated for, as the text says
- Infertility (vandhyatva)(अनपत्य / संतानरहित स्त्री पुरुष)
यद्वलाशतविपक्वसुतैलंस्नेहबस्तिरनपत्यSource wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 538 · v. 162.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Footnote 1 says the hundred-fold cooking (shatapaka) method was described earlier in the book.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T25
- Record id
- formulation_bala_taila_basti_p610