Garahari ghrita (ghee that removes poison)

Ghee cooked with sārivā, citraka, the three pungents, pāṭhā, pāṭalā, kiṇihī (apāmārga), turmeric, pīlu, guḍūcī and śirīṣa is said to destroy every kind of poison.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: गरहारी घृत
Hindi: गरहारी घृत
English: Garahari ghrita (ghee that removes poison)

Ingredients and preparation

Medicated gheeOtherChapter 19 · p. 421 · v. 63

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा)	सारिबा / सरिवा	Not stated
Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता)	अग्निक / चित्रक	Not stated
Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)	कटुत्रिक / त्रिकटु (सोंठ मिर्च, पीपल)	Not stated
Pathaपाठा (पाढ़)	पाठा	Not stated
Patalaपाढल (पाटला)	पाटली / पाढल	Not stated
Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)चिरचिटा (अपामार्ग)	किणिही / चिरचिरा	Not stated
Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा)	हरिद्रा / हल्दी	Not stated
Pilu (toothbrush tree)पीलू	पीलुक / पीलुवृ़ा	Not stated
Guduchi (giloy)गिलोय (गुडूची)	अमृतलता / अमृतबेल	Not stated
Shirisha (lebbek)सिरस (शिरीष)	शिरीष	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	घृत	Not stated

Preparation as described

Ghee is cooked with these drugs.

इनके द्वारा पकाया हुआ घृत

How it is used

The mode of use is not stated.

पाचितं घृतमरं गरहारी॥ 63॥

Indicated for, as the text says

Poisoning (visha)(समस्त प्रकार के विषों)
Compound poisons (garavisha)(गर)

सरिवा, चित्रक, त्रिकटु (सोंठ मिर्च, पीपल) पाठा, पाढल, चिरचिरा, हल्दी, पीलुवृ़ा, अमृतबेल, शिरीष इनके द्वारा पकाया हुआ घृत समस्त प्रकार के विषों को नाश करता है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 421 · v. 63.

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.

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