Ghee and oil cooked with a paste, ground in the eight urines, and a decoction of about forty plant, mineral and animal substances in equal parts are used in graha disease for drinking, massage, nasal drops and the like.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- ग्रहामयघ्न घृत-तैल
- Hindi
- ग्रहामयघ्न घृत-तैल
- English
- Grahamayaghna ghee and oil
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Garlicलहसन | लशुन / लहसन | Not stated |
| Tagara (Indian valerian)तगर | तगर | Not stated |
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | हिंगु / हींग | Not stated |
| Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा) | उग्रा / वच | Not stated |
| Samudraphena (sea foam)समुद्रफेन | जलोर्मी / समुद्रफेन | Not stated |
| Durva (Bermuda grass)दूब (दूर्वा) | गोलोमी / सफेद दूव (श्वेतदूर्वा) | Not stated |
| Guduchi (giloy)गिलोय (गुडूची) | अमृत / गिलोय | Not stated |
| Katutumbi (bitter bottle gourd)कड़वी तुम्बी (कटुतुम्बी) | कटुकतुंबी / कडवी तुंबी (कडवी लैकी) | Not stated |
| Ivy gourd (bimbi)कुंदुरु | बिंब / बिंबफल | Not stated |
| Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब) | निंब / नीम | Not stated |
| Langali (glory lily)कलिहारी (लांगली) | इंद्रपुष्पी / कलिहारी | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रिकटुक / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | पटु / संेधानमक | Not stated |
| All the fragrant drugs (sarvagandha)सर्व गंधौषध | अशेषगंध / समस्त गंधद्रव्य | Not stated |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | एला / इलायची | Not stated |
| White girikarniश्वेतकिणिही | सितगिरिवरकर्णी / श्वेतकिणिही वृ़ा | Not stated |
| Bhutakeshiभूत केशतृण | भूतकेशी / भूत केशतृण | Not stated |
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्कमूल / अकैवा की जड | Not stated |
| Talisapatraतालीसपत्र | ताली / तालीस पत्र | Not stated |
| Tejapatra (Indian bay leaf)तेजपात (तेजपत्र) | तमालदल / तमालपत्र | Not stated |
| Shala (sal tree)साल | साल | Not stated |
| Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश) | पलाश | Not stated |
| Saralaधूपसरल | धूप सरल | Not stated |
| Ingudi (desert date)हिंगोट (इंगुदी) | इंगुदी / इंगुली | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | मधुकसार / मुलैठी | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | करंजयुग्म / छोटी करंज, बडी करंज | Not stated |
| Putikaranjaपूतीकरंज | करंजयुग्म / छोटी करंज, बडी करंज | Not stated |
| Sulphur (gandhaka)गंधक (गन्धक) | गंधाशम / गंधक | Not stated |
| Orpiment (haratala)हरताल (हरिताल) | तालक / हरताल | Not stated |
| Realgar (manahshila)मैनसिल (मनःशिला) | शिला / मैनशिल | Not stated |
| Mustard seed (sarshapa)सरसों (सर्षप) | सितसर्षप / सफेद सरसों | Not stated |
| Kantakari (yellow-berried nightshade)छोटी कटेरी (कंटकारी) | कटेली | Not stated |
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | लाल संैजन (रक्रशींग्रु) | Not stated |
| Sarja (sal resin)राल (सर्जरस) | राल | Not stated |
| Madanaphala (emetic nut)मैनफल (मदनफल) | मैनफल वृ़ा | Not stated |
| Cat dungबिल्ली का मल | बिडालविट् / बिल्ली का मल | Not stated |
| Hair, skin, teeth, horns and dung of cattle, horse, camel, donkey and dogगाय, घोड़ा, ऊँट, गधा और कुत्ते के रोम, चर्म, दाँत, सींग व मल | गाय घोडा, ऊंट, गधा, कुत्ता इनके रोम, चर्म, दांत, सींग व मल | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | अष्टप्रकार मूत्र / आठ प्रकार के मूत्र | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
All the substances, taken in equal parts, are ground well in the eight kinds of urine (a footnote names those of cow, goat, sheep, buffalo, horse, donkey, camel and elephant) into a paste; a decoction of the same drugs is made, and ghee and oil are cooked with the paste and decoction.
इन सबको समभाग लेकर आठ प्रकार2 के (गाय, बकरा, भेड, भैंस, घोडा, गधा, ऊंट, हाथी इनके)मूत्र में अच्छी तरह पीसकर कल्क तैयार करें
How it is used
Used for drinking, massage, nasal drops and similar purposes in graha disease; verse 135 adds old ghee cooked with the same drugs for massage, nasya, eye salve and drinks, a bath in water boiled with them, and fumigation and pastes from their powder and paste.
इन कल्क क्वाथ से सिद्द घृत तैल को इस गृहामय में पान अमयंजन नस्यादि कायोँ में उपयोग करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Graha and bhuta afflictions(ग्रहामय / गृहामय)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
अष्टप्रकारवरमूत्रसुपिष्टकल्कै:। क्वाथैर्विपक्वघृततैलमिह प्रयोजयम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 404 · v. 132-135.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
- Flagged for supervision because it contains orpiment, realgar, sulphur, kalihari and arka. Where the verse is unclear the commentary's list is followed in as_written.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 18
- Extraction tasks
- T19
- Record id
- formulation_grahamayaghna_ghrita_taila_p476