A paste of the three myrobalans, the three pungents, turmeric, chakramarda, aparajita, neem, karanja, bhallataka and the five salts ground with sour gruel and buttermilk, rubbed on firmly or applied for dadru, itching, kilasa, sidhma, kachchhu and other kapha diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- धात्र्यादि लेप
- Hindi
- धात्र्यादि लेप
- English
- Dhatryadi paste
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी) | धात्री / आँवला | Not stated |
| Bibhitaki (belleric myrobalan)बहेड़ा (बिभीतक) | अक्ष (य़ा) / बहेडा | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | अभया / हरड | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रिाकटुक / त्रिकटु | Not stated |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | रजनी / हल्दी | Not stated |
| Chakramarda (sickle senna)चकवड़ (चक्रमर्द) | चक्रमर्द / चकोंदा | Not stated |
| Aparajita (butterfly pea)अपराजिता (कोयल) | अद्रिकर्णी / कोइल | Not stated |
| Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब) | निंब / नीम | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | व्याघातक / करंज | Not stated |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | अग्निद्रुम / भिलावा | Not stated |
| Panchalavana (five salts)पंच लवण | लवणगण / पाँचों लवण | Not stated |
| Sour fermented gruel (kanjika)कांजी (काञ्जिक) | कांजिका / कांजी | Not stated |
| Buttermilk (takra)छाछ (तक्र) | तक्र / छाछ | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are ground with sour gruel and buttermilk.
इनको कांजी व छाछ में पीसकर अवलेपन करने से दद्रु, कंडू किलास सिधमारोग, उग्रकच्छू आदि अनेक शलेष्म रोग उपशम होते हैं।
How it is used
Rubbed on firmly (udvartana) and applied as a paste.
गाढाज्ञावर्तनालेपनयुतविधिना
Indicated for, as the text says
- Dadru (a kind of kushtha)(दद्रु)
- Itching (kandu)(कंडू)
- Leucoderma (shvitra)(किलास)
- Sidhma (a skin disease)(सिधम / सिधमारोग)
- Itching disorders (kandu, pama)(उग्रकच्छू)
- Kapha disorders(शलेष्मरोगान् अशोषान् / अनेक शलेष्म रोग)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
आँवला, बहेडा, हरड, त्रिकटु, हल्दी, चकोंदा, कोइल, नीम, करंज, भिलावा, पाँचों लवणSource wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 152 · v. 12.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
- Supervision flag set because the paste contains bhallataka. गाढाज्ञावर्तन in the verse is read as गाढोद्वर्तन (firm rubbing); the commentary glosses अग्निद्रुम as भिलावा and व्याघातक as करंज.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- formulation_dhatryadi_lepa_p224