A salt made by burning powdered vata-reducing drugs with rock salt, boiling the product with six parts of water, straining it and cooking the liquid with equal parts of pungent spices until thick; it is said to destroy vata disorders and to relieve weak digestion, piles, gulma, nodules, worms, hard abdomen, colic, distension, visuchika, diarrhoea and other complaints.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कल्याणलवण
- Hindi
- कल्याण लवण
- English
- Kalyana lavana (Kalyana salt)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanimba (Persian lilac)बकायन (महानिम्ब) | पारिभद्र / बकायन | Not stated |
| Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज) | कुटज | Not stated |
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्क / अकैवा | Not stated |
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | महावृ़ा / थोहर | Not stated |
| Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)चिरचिटा (अपामार्ग) | पमार्ग (अपामार्ग) / लटजीरा | Not stated |
| Nichulaवेत | निचुल | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्नि, चित्राक / चित्रक (दोनों चरणों में) | Not stated |
| Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश) | पलाश, समूलपलाश / पलाश, पलाशमूल | Not stated |
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | शिग्रुशाक / सेंजन | Not stated |
| Brihatidvaya (two nightshades)कंटकारीद्वय (दोनों कटेरी) | बृहतीद्वय / दोनों (छोटी बडी) कटेली | Not stated |
| Nadeya | नादेय | Not stated |
| Vasa (Malabar nut)अडूसा (वासा) | आट - रूषक / अडूसा | Not stated |
| Patalaपाढल (पाटला) | सपाटल / पाढ | Not stated |
| Bilva (bael)बेल (बिल्व) | बिल्व / बेल | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | नक्रमालयुगल / करंज | Not stated |
| Putikaranjaपूतीकरंज | नक्रमालयुगल / पूतीकरंज | Not stated |
| Chavyaचव्य (चाब) | चव्य / चाव (दोनों चरणों में) | Not stated |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | आरुष्कर / भिलावा | Not stated |
| Vaijayantiअगेथु | वैजयंती / अगेथु | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | लवण / सैंधालवण | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | षड्गुणोदक / षड्गुण जल | षड्गुण · six times the quantity |
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | हिंगु / हींग | समांश · equal parts of each added powder |
| Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक) | जीरक / जीरा | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | महैषध / सौंठ | Not stated |
| Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच) | मरिच / कालीमिरच | Not stated |
| Ajamoda (wild celery seed)अजमोद | दीप्यक / अजमोद | Not stated |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पलीत्रिाक / पिप्पली | Not stated |
| Jalapippaliजलपिप्पली | पिप्पलीत्रिाक / जलपिप्पली | Not stated |
| Gajapippali (elephant pepper)गजपीपल (गजपिप्पली) | पिप्पलीत्रिाक / गजपिप्पली | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are powdered, mixed with rock salt and burnt in the manner described before; the product is cooked with six times its quantity of water, strained through a clean thick cloth, and the liquid is cooked with equal parts of powdered asafoetida, cumin, dry ginger, chavya, chitraka, black pepper, ajamoda and the three pippalis until thick.
तदनंतर उसे षड्गुण जल मिलाकर उसको पकावे। फिर अच्छे कपडे से छानकर उस द्रव में हींग, जीरा,
How it is used
The mode of use and dose are not stated.
यह लवण अग्निमांद्य, बवासीर, गुल्म, ग्रंथि, कृमिरोग कठिनोदर, शूल, आधमान,
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(पवनधन / वातविकार)
- Weak digestion (agnimandya)(अग्निमांद्य)
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(गुदजांकुर / बवासीर)
- Abdominal lump (gulma)(गुल्म)
- Nodules (granthi)(ग्रंथि)
- Worm infestation (krimi)(कीट / कृमिरोग)
- Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(कठिनोदर)
- Pain (shula)(शूल)
- Abdominal distension with retention (anaha)(आनाह / आधमान)
- Visuchika (acute gastroenteritis)(विषूची / हैजा)
- Diarrhoea (atisara)(सार / अतिसार)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
चूर्णितैर्बहलपक्वमिदं कल्याणकारुयलवणं पवनधनम्Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 199 · v. 26-30.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
- The first verse of the recipe is unnumbered in the print (inferred as 26). निचुल, नादेय and the word युगलामल are not glossed in the commentary; कुक्षि and परिवर्त in the list of indications are not mapped. Footnote 1 names the three pippalis: पिप्पली, जलपिप्पली, गजपिप्पली. The supervision flag is for bhallataka, snuhi and arka.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_kalyana_lavana_p271