Well-ripened large bhallataka nuts are purified, dried and split, and the kernels taken out; a quarter kernel is eaten on the first day, a half on the second, three quarters on the third, then one, two, three, four and five kernels on days four to eight; after that the number rises by five a day up to a hundred and then falls by five a day back to one. The text says one who eats ten thousand kernels in this way is freed of all disease and becomes ageless.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- भल्लातकास्थि रसायन
- Hindi
- भिलावे की गुठली का रसायन
- English
- Bhallataka seed rasayana
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | भÑातक अस्थि / भिलावे के बीज (गुठली) | पहले दिन चैथाइर्, दूसरे दिन आधा, तीसरे दिन पैन हिस्सा, फिर 1 से 5 बीज; फिर पाँच-पाँच बढाते हुए सै बीज तक, फिर पाँच-पाँच घटाते हुए एक तक · a quarter, a half and three quarters of a kernel on days one to three, one to five kernels on days four to eight, then five more each day up to a hundred, then five fewer each day down to one |
Preparation as described
Ripe large nuts are purified, dried and split to take out the kernels.
अच्छी तरह पके हुए बडे-बडे भिलावों को शुद्द करके सुखाना चाहिए। फिर उनको
How it is used
Eaten on a rising and then falling daily schedule.
व तीसरे दिन पैन हिस्सा भ़ाण करें। चैथे दिन एक बीज, पाँचवे दिन 2 बीज, छठवे दिन 3 बीज,
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
अस्थिपंचकगणै: प्रतिपूर्णे। पंचपंचाभिरत: परिवृद्दिम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 219 · v. 129-131.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
- A traditional rasayana claim, recorded only as the text states it. The supervision flag is for bhallataka.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_bhallatakasthi_rasayana_p291