A powder of asafoetida, cardamom, cumin, chavya, the three pungents, yavakshara and black salt, taken with warm water or ghee, is said to destroy kapha.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- हिंग्वादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- हिंग्वादि चूर्ण
- English
- Hingvadi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | हिंगु / हींग | Not stated |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | एला / इलायची | Not stated |
| Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक) | अजाजि / जीरा | Not stated |
| Chavyaचव्य (चाब) | चव्य / चाब | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रिाकुटक / त्रिकटुक | Not stated |
| Barley alkali (yavakshara)जवाखार (यवक्षार) | यवज़ार / यव़ार | Not stated |
| Black salt (sauvarchala)काला नमक (सौवर्चल) | सैवर्चल / कालानमक | Not stated |
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are powdered.
हींग, इलायची, जीरा, चाब, त्रिकटुक, यव़ार, कालानमक
How it is used
Drunk with warm water or mixed with ghee.
इनको चूर्ण करके गरम पानी या घृत में मिलाकर पीने से कफ को नाश करता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kapha disorders(कफघन / कफ को नाश)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Kapha: pacifies
हिंग्वेलाजाजिचव्यत्रिाकुटक - यवज़ारसैवर्चलं वा।Source wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 151 · v. 9.All references
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- formulation_hingvadi_churna_p223