Milk mixed with shilavalka powder is cooked into kheer (payasa); eaten constantly, the text says, it makes even a very weak person very strong within a month.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- बलवर्धक पायस
- Hindi
- बलवर्धक खीर
- English
- Strength-giving milk pudding (payasa)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Stone flower or rock bark (shilavalkala)पत्थर का फूल | शिलोत्थसुवल्कलचूर्ण / शिलावल्क के चूर्ण | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पय: / दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The powder is mixed into milk and cooked into kheer.
शिलावल्क के चूर्ण के साथ दूध का मिश्रण कर उससे पकाये हुए खीर का सतत्
How it is used
Eaten constantly.
सततमेव मिष्ोव्य सुदुर्बलोःप्यतिबलो भवति प्रतिमासत:॥ 16॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Weakness (daurbalya)(सुदुर्बल / अत्यन्त दुर्बल)
Duration as written
within a month · प्रतिमासत: / एक महिने में
अपि शिलोत्थसुवल्कलचूर्णमिश्रितपय: परिपाचितपायसम्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 25 · p. 585 · v. 16.All references
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