Bharangi decoction with iron ash and jaggery is kept in a pot buried in grain for a month, perfumed with camphor and drunk repeatedly; the text says it quickly calms apasmara.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- भार्ङ्ग्याद्यरिष्ट
- Hindi
- भार्ङ्ग्यादि अरिष्ट
- English
- Bharangyadi arishta
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Bharangi (blue fountain bush)भारंगी (भार्ङ्गी) | भाडंीर्कषाय / भारंगी के कषाय | Not stated |
| Iron (loha)लोहा (लोह) | आयसचूर्ण / लोहभस्म | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | इ़ुविकार / गुड | Not stated |
| Karpura (camphor)कपूर (कर्पूर) | कपूर आदि | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Iron ash and jaggery are mixed into bharangi decoction, filled into a pot, kept in a heap of grain for a month, taken out and perfumed with camphor and the like.
भारंगी के कषाय में लोहभस्म व गुड मिलाकर एक घडे में भर देवें। फिर उसे धान्यों की राशि में एक महीने तक रख कर निकाल लेवें।
How it is used
Drunk again and again.
भाडंर्यादि अरिष्ट को बार-बार पीवंे
Indicated for, as the text says
- Epilepsy (apasmara)(अपस्मार)
भाडंीर्कषाययुतमायसचूर्णभाग - म़िाोर्विकारकृतसन्मधुरं सुगंधि॥ कुंभे निघाय निहितं बहुधान्यमधयेःपस्मारमाशु शमयत्यसकृिौापीतम्॥119॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 375 · v. 119.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
- The month in the grain heap is the preparation time, not a course of treatment. Supervision flag set because it contains iron ash.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- formulation_bharangyadi_arishta_p447