Six aromatic and pungent drugs in rising parts from one to six, powdered with an equal weight of sugar, said to destroy kapha and many diseases including raktapitta, pandu, consumption, cough and heart disease.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- एलादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- एलादि चूर्ण
- English
- Eladi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | एला / इलायची | एकभाग · one part |
| Tvak (cinnamon bark)दालचीनी (त्वक्) | त्वक् / दालचीनी | दो भाग · two parts |
| Nagakesara (ironwood flower)नागकेसर | नागपुष्प / नागकेशर | तीन भाग · three parts |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | मगधजा / पीपल | चार भाग · four parts |
| Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच) | ऊषण / मिरच | पाँच भाग · five parts |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | नागर / सोंठ | छह भाग · six parts |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | सित / शक्कर | सबके बराबर (समसित) · sugar equal to all the other drugs together |
Preparation as described
The six drugs are taken in rising parts, powdered, and mixed with sugar equal to all of them together.
इलायची एकभाग, दालचीनी दो भाग, नागकेशर तीन भाग, पीपल चार भाग मिरच पाँच भाग, सोंठ छह भाग, इनको इस क्रम से लेकर चूर्ण कर सबके बराबर उसमें शक्कर मिलावें।
How it is used
Taken as a powder; no vehicle is named.
इस चूर्ण के सेवन से कफ रोग दूर होता है
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kapha disorders(कफ रोग)
- Bleeding disorder (raktapitta)(पित्तासृक् / पित्तरक्र)
- Anaemia (pandu)(पांडुरोग / पाणडुरोग)
- Alcohol disorders (madatyaya)(मद)
- Consumption (rajayakshma)(़ाय / क्षय)
- Loss of appetite (arochaka)(अरोचक / अरुचि)
- Indigestion (ajirna)(अजीर्ण)
- Cough (kasa)(महाकास / खाँसी)
- Heart disorders (hridroga)(ह्द्रोग / ह्दयरोग)
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(गुदज (श्लोक))
- Abdominal lump (gulma)(गुल्म (श्लोक))
- Nodules (granthi)(ग्रंथि (श्लोक))
- Breathlessness and asthma (shvasa)(श्वास (श्लोक))
- Hiccup (hikka)(उरुहिक्वा (श्लोक))
- Fever (jvara)(जवर (श्लोक))
- Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(जठर (श्लोक))
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
इलायची एकभाग, दालचीनी दो भाग, नागकेशर तीन भाग, पीपल चार भाग मिरच पाँच भाग, सोंठ छह भागSource wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 152 · v. 14.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The parts follow the commentary. The verse lists black pepper (ऊषण) before long pepper (मगधजा), so by the verse's order pepper would take four parts and long pepper five.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- formulation_eladi_churna_p224