Jambu, kadamba, both nightshades, neem, banana, bimbi, lotus, blue water lily, pippalimula and prishniparni, ground in ghee, sugarcane juice and milk, are applied cold in vatarakta with strong vata.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- जम्ब्वादि लेप
- Hindi
- जम्ब्वादिलेप
- English
- Jambvadi paste
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Java plum (jambu)जामुन (जम्बू) | जंबू / जामुन | Not stated |
| Kadambaकदंब (कदम्ब) | कदंब / कंदबवृ़ा | Not stated |
| Brihatidvaya (two nightshades)कंटकारीद्वय (दोनों कटेरी) | वृहतीद्वय / दोनों (छोटी बडी) कटेली | Not stated |
| Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब) | निंब / नीम | Not stated |
| Banana (kadali)केला (कदली) | रम्भा / केला | Not stated |
| Ivy gourd (bimbi)कुंदुरु | बिंबी / कुंदरु | Not stated |
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | अंबज / कमल | Not stated |
| Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल) | उत्पल / नील कमल | Not stated |
| Pippalimula (long pepper root)पीपलामूल (पिप्पलीमूल) | सुगंधि / पिप्पली मूल | Not stated |
| Prishniparniपिठवन (पृश्निपर्णी) | सृगालविौा / पृस्नपर्णी | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Sugarcane (ikshu)गन्ना (इक्षु) | इ़ुरस | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दुग्ध / दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are ground in ghee, sugarcane juice and milk.
जामुन, कंदबवृ़ा, दोनों (छोटी बडी) कटेली, नीम, केला, कुंदरु, कमल, नील कमल, पिप्पली मूल, पृस्नपर्णी, इन सबको घी, इ़ुरस, दूध में पीसकर
How it is used
The paste is applied cold.
इस कल्क को ठणडा ही लेपन करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vatarakta (gout-like disorder)(वात प्रबल वातरक्र / अधिकमारुतशोणित)
Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना
Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा
जंबूकदंबवृहतीद्वयनिंबरम्भा। बिंब्यंबजोत्पलसुगंधिसृगालविौा॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 133 · v. 39.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- सुगंधि is glossed पिप्पली मूल by the commentary, so the mapping is marked uncertain.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_jambvadi_lepa_p205