A poultice of oil, milk, ghee, rock salt and vata-reducing drugs cooked to the thickness of rice pudding, bound over the bhagandara wound with leaves and cloth.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- भगन्दरघ्न उपनाह
- Hindi
- भगंदरनाशक पुल्टिस
- English
- Poultice for bhagandara
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | सुतैल / तेल | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दुग्ध / दूध | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आजय / घी | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सेंधानमक | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Oil, milk, ghee, rock salt and vata-reducing drugs are cooked together until thick like rice pudding.
तेल, दूध, घी, सेंधानमक अैर वातहर अैषधि इनको एकत्र डालकर तब तक पकावें, जब तक खीर के समान गाढा नहीं होवें।
How it is used
Bound over the bhagandara wound with leaves and cloth, as is comfortable.
इस पुलटिश को, इस भगंदर व्रण पर पत्ो अैर वस्त्र के साथ जैसा सुख होवे वैसा बांधें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Fistula-in-ano (bhagandara)(भगंदर व्रण)
Therapies involvedBandaging (bandhana)बंधन (पट्टी बांधना)
Organs mentionedAnus and rectumगुदा
सपत्रावस्त्रैर्निहितं यथासुखं। भगंदरस्याहुरिहोपनाहनम्॥ 62॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 234 · v. 62.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- An upanaha (poultice), filed under lepa.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 13
- Extraction tasks
- T11
- Record id
- formulation_bhagandaraghna_upanaha_p306