Chitraka root and bhallataka seeds pounded with sesame and jaggery and eaten daily; the text says even piles from all three doshas with complications subside.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- चित्रकादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- चित्रकादि चूर्ण
- English
- Chitrakadi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | चित्राक / चित्रक की जड | Not stated |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | भरूष्करबीज / भिलावे के बीज | Not stated |
| Sesame (tila)तिल | सत्तिल / तिल | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are pounded together with sesame and jaggery.
चित्रक की जड व भिलावे के बीज के साथ तिल व गुड को कूटकर जो रोज भ़ाण
How it is used
Eaten daily.
करता है, वह सिौापातज व उपद्रव सहित अर्श को भी जीत लेता है अर्थात् वे उपशम होते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(सर्वजदुर्नामानि उपद्रवयुतानि / सिौापातज व उपद्रव सहित अर्श)
Organs mentionedAnus and rectumगुदा
भ़ायन् जयति सर्वजर्दुर्नामान्युपद्रवयुतान्यपि मत्र्य:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 217 · 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 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_chitrakadi_churna_p289