Eladi powder

Powders of cardamom, clove, nut grass, sandalwood, nagakesara, puffed rice, kana (cumin according to the commentary) and amla, drunk with jaggery water, are given after purification by emesis and purgation to calm drying and pitta.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: एलादि चूर्ण
Hindi: एलादि चूर्ण
English: Eladi powder

Ingredients and preparation

Powder (churna)Taken by mouthChapter 9 · p. 127 · v. 13

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला)	एला / इलायची	Not stated
Lavanga (clove)लौंग (लवंग)	लवंग	Not stated
Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता)	घन / नागरमोथा	Not stated
Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)	चंदन	Not stated
Nagakesara (ironwood flower)नागकेसर	नागपुष्प / नागकेसर	Not stated
Laja (parched rice)लाजा	लाजा (खील)	Not stated
Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक)	कणा, (जीरा)	Not stated
Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी)	आमलक / आँवला	Not stated
Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड)	गुडांबु / गुड का पानी	Not stated

Preparation as described

The drugs are powdered and mixed with jaggery water.

इलायची, लवंग, नागरमोथा, चंदन, नागकेसर, लाजा (खील), कणा, (जीरा) आँवला इनके चूणोँ को गुड के पानी के साथ मिलाकर

How it is used

Drunk with jaggery water after the body has been purified by emesis and purgation.

पीने से पित्तोपशमन होता है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Pitta disorders(पित्त)
Drying (shosha)(शोष)

Effect on the doshas, as stated

Pitta: pacifies

Therapies involvedPalliative therapy (shamana)शमन चिकित्सा

एलालवंगघनचंदननागपुष्प-लाजाकणामलकचूर्णगुडांबुपानै:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 127 · v. 13.

Safety

Caution in the text: Given after the body has been purified by emesis and purgation.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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