Kapotakadi preparation

Milk cooked with four times water and kapotaka, long pepper root, gokshura and gridhranakha root, or the same drugs ground in milk, is drunk for mutrakricchra.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: कपोतकादि योग
Hindi: कपोतकादि योग
English: Kapotakadi preparation

Ingredients and preparation

OtherTaken by mouthChapter 17 · p. 360 · v. 66

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Kapotaka (white surma, per the commentary)सफेद सुरमा	कपोतक / सफेद सुर्मा	Not stated
Pippalimula (long pepper root)पीपलामूल (पिप्पलीमूल)	मूल / पीपलामूल	Not stated
Gokshura (caltrops)गोखरू (गोक्षुर)	त्रिाकंटक / गोखरू	Not stated
Gridhranakhiकंटकपाली	गृध्रनखांघ्रि / कंटकपाली वृ़ा की जड	Not stated
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)	पय / दूध	कुडुबयुग्म · two kuduba of milk
Water (jala)जल (पानी)	अंबु / पानी	चतुर्गुण · four times as much water

Preparation as described

Two kuduba of milk with four times water are cooked with the drugs; alternatively the drugs are ground with milk.

चतुर्गण पानी डालकर सिद्द किए हुए दूध को अथवा उपरोक्र अैषधियों को दूध के साथ पीसकर

How it is used

Drunk.

प्रतिपिबेत्सपय: परिपेषितम्

Indicated for, as the text says

Painful urination (mutrakricchra)(मूत्रकृच्छ्र)

Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.

Organs mentionedKidneys and urinary systemगुर्दे और मूत्र तंत्र

अपि कपोतकमूलयुतत्रिाकंटकसुगृध्रनखांघ्रिगणै: श्रितम्॥ कुडुबयुग्मपयोंबुचतुर्गुणं प्रतिपिबेत्सपय: परिपेषितम् ॥ 66॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 360 · v. 66.

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.

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