Purified chitraka root is boiled by the decoction method; into the decoction pure best sugar and burnt shankhanabhi are put at once, it is quickly strained and phanita is added. When it has cooled, the paste of all the fragrant drugs is mixed in, and it is filled into a prepared pot, buried in a heap of grain and taken out after a month. This fragrant, handsome, tasty chitraka rasayana, which destroys all diseases and gives happiness, taken always by rule is said to destroy strong rajayakshma (kshaya), dreadful piles and all diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- चित्रक कल्पचित्रक रसायन
- Hindi
- चित्रक कल्प
- English
- Chitraka kalpa (chitraka rasayana)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | शुद्दं चित्रकमूल / शुद्द किए हुए चित्रक के मूल | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | सच्छकर्रा / निर्मल श्रोष्ठ शर्करा | Not stated |
| Conch shell (shankha)शंख (शङ्ख) | शंखना-भी / शंखनाभि (जलाकर) | Not stated |
| Phanitaफाणित | फाणित | Not stated |
| All the fragrant drugs (sarvagandha)सर्व गंधौषध | सर्वग-न्धद्रव्यै: / सम्पूर्ण गंध द्रव्यों के कल्क | Not stated |
| Limeचूना | चूने के पानी (पादटिप्पणी, चित्रक शोधन) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The purified root is boiled into a decoction; sugar and burnt shankhanabhi are put in at once and it is strained; phanita is added; when cool, the paste of all fragrant drugs is mixed in; it is filled into a prepared pot and buried in a heap of grain for a month.
में शीघ्र ही निर्मल श्रोष्ठ शर्करा व शंखनाभि को जलाकर डालें अैर शीघ्र ही उसे छानकर के उसमें
How it is used
Taken (drunk) always by rule.
समूह को नाश करने वाले व सैरुयदायक इस चित्रक रसायन को विधि प्रकार हमेशा सेवन करें तो
Indicated for, as the text says
- Consumption (rajayakshma)(य़माणं / राजय़मा (़ाय))
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(अत्यशाँसि / भयंकर बवासीर)
शुद्दं चित्रकमूलमुक्रविधिना निष्क्वाथय तस्मिन्कषा-।Source wording as converted, Chapter 25 · p. 594 · v. 43-44.Safety
- Caution in the text: The chitraka root is used purified; the footnote says it is purified by keeping it in lime water.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
Questions and answers
Against which diseases is the chitraka rasayana said to work, and how is chitraka root purified?
It is said to destroy strong rajayakshma (kshaya), dreadful piles and all diseases; the footnote says the root is purified by keeping it in lime water.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The month in the grain heap is part of the preparation. The text also says it destroys all diseases.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 25
- Extraction tasks
- T28
- Record id
- formulation_chitraka_kalpa_p666