A decoction of wood apple, bael, asana, prishniparni, turmeric, haritaki, bibhitaki, amla and arjuna bark, drunk by a self-controlled patient, is said to overcome all pramehas with their complications.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कपित्थादि क्वाथ
- Hindi
- कपित्थादि क्वाथ
- English
- Kapitthadi decoction
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Wood apple (kapittha)कैथ (कपित्थ) | कपिस्थ / कैथ | Not stated |
| Bilva (bael)बेल (बिल्व) | बिल्व / बेल | Not stated |
| Asana (Indian kino)विजयसार (असन) | असन / विजयसार | Not stated |
| Prishniparniपिठवन (पृश्निपर्णी) | धावनी / पिठवन | Not stated |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | निशा / हलदी | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | हरीतका / हरड | Not stated |
| Bibhitaki (belleric myrobalan)बहेड़ा (बिभीतक) | अ़ा / बहेडा | Not stated |
| Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी) | आमलक / आँवला | Not stated |
| Arjunaअर्जुन | अर्जुनांघ्रिप / अर्जुनवृ़ा की छाल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A decoction is made of the drugs, taking the bark of the arjuna tree.
कपिस्थबिल्वासनधावनीनिशा। हरीतका़ामलकार्जुनांघ्रिपै:।
How it is used
Drunk by a patient who has mastered his senses.
कैथ, बेल, विजयसार, पिठवन, हलदी, हरड, बहेडा, आँवला, अैर अर्जुनवृ़ा की छाल से बनाये हुए कषाय को पीने से जितेन्द्रिय रोगी प्रमेह रोग को उपद्रव के साथ-साथ जीत लेता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)(प्रमेहानखिलानुपद्रवै: / प्रमेह रोग उपद्रव के साथ)
श्रितं कषायं प्रपिबेत् जितेन्द्रियो। जयेत्प्रमेहानखिलानुपद्रवै:॥ 37॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 165 · v. 37.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Bark is named for arjuna only, in the commentary.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T08
- Record id
- formulation_kapitthadi_kwatha_p237