Oil and ghee for bhagandara

Oil or ghee, or both, cooked with the paste and decoction of some twenty-five drugs, many of them sharp or toxic, used in the bhagandara wound; said to relieve pain and quickly cleanse and heal, and also to benefit malignant tumours, sinus ulcers, piles, breast injuries, boils, purulent ear, prameha, kushtha, kacchu, dadru, worms and apachi.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: भगन्दरघ्न तैलभगन्दरघ्न घृत
Hindi: भगंदरनाशक तेल व घी
English: Oil and ghee for bhagandara

Ingredients and preparation

Medicated oilExternal applicationChapter 13 · p. 235 · v. 65-68

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Sesame (tila)तिल	तिल	Not stated
Dantiदंती (दन्ती)	दंती जड (जमाल गोटे का पेड)	Not stated
Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्)	चित्रावृत् / निसोथ	Not stated
Indravaruni (bitter apple)इन्द्रायण (इन्द्रवारुणी)	इंद्रवारुणी / इंद्रायन	Not stated
Shatavari (wild asparagus)शतावर (शतावरी)	शताव्ह / शतावरी	Not stated
Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ)	कुष्ट / कूठ	Not stated
Karavira (oleander)कनेर (करवीर)	करवीर, अश्वमार / कनेर, कर्णिका से युक्र कनेर	Not stated
Langali (glory lily)कलिहारी (लांगली)	लांगल / कलिहारिकी जड	Not stated
Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा)	निशा / हल्दी	Not stated
Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क)	अर्क / आक	Not stated
Kanjira (unidentified)कांजीर	कांजीर	Not stated
Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज)	करंज / कंजा	Not stated
Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता)	चित्राक / चीता की जड	Not stated
Ingudi (desert date)हिंगोट (इंगुदी)	हिंगुदी (?) / गोंदीवृ़ा अथवा बडी कटेली	Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	सैंधव / सेंधालवण	Not stated
Eranda (castor plant)एरंड (एरण्ड)	चित्राबीज / एरणड बीज; लाल एरणड वृ़ा	Not stated
Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब)	निंब	Not stated
Jatiphala (nutmeg)जायफल (जातीफल)	जाती / जायफल	Not stated
Katuki (kutki)कुटकी (कटुकी)	कटुरोहिणी / कुटकी	Not stated
Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा)	वचा	Not stated
Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)	कटुत्रिाक / त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल)	Not stated
Ankola (sage-leaved alangium)अंकोल (ढेरा)	अंकोल (ढेरा वृ़ा)	Not stated
Girikarnikaसफेद किणिही	गिरीद्रकर्णिका / सफेद किणिही वृ़ा	Not stated
Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही)	महातरु़ीर / थूहर का दूध	Not stated
Kurantakaपीली कटसरैया	करूटिका / पीली कटसरैया	Not stated
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)	तैल / तेल	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	घृत / घी	Not stated

Preparation as described

A decoction is prepared from the paste of these drugs, and oil or ghee, or both, is cooked in it.

अैषधियों के कल्क से कषाय तैयार कर उसमें पकाये हुए तेल या घी अथवा दोनों को भगंदरव्रण में

How it is used

Used in the bhagandara wound; it is said to cleanse and heal the wound and remove the disease.

उससे व्रण का शोधन अैर रोपण हो जाएगा एवं रोग भी दूर होगा।

Indicated for, as the text says

Fistula-in-ano (bhagandara)(भगंदरव्रण)
Tumours (arbuda)(दुष्ट अर्बुदरोग)
Sinus tract (nadivrana)(नाडीव्रण)
Haemorrhoids (arsha)(अर्श)
Wounds and ulcers (vrana)(स्तऩाति)
Boils and eruptions (pidaka)(पिडिका)
Ear disorders (karnaroga)(पूति, कर्णरोग)
Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)(प्रमेह)
Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(कुष्ठ)
Itching disorders (kandu, pama)(कच्छु)
Dadru (a kind of kushtha)(दद्रु)
Cervical lymph node swellings (gandamala)(अपचि)
Worm infestation (krimi)(क्रिमि)

Organs mentionedAnus and rectumगुदा Skinत्वचा

प्रमेहकुष्ठव्रणकच्छुदद्रुषु। क्रिमिष्वपीष्टं प्रथितापचीष्वलम्॥ 68॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 235 · v. 65-68.

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.

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