Ghee and an equal amount of oil are cooked with the decoction and paste of kemuka, ankola fruit, ginger juice, jatamamsi, shigru juice, devadaru, bamboo bark, garlic, asafoetida, rock salt and the three pungents, singly or together, with the eight kinds of urine; filled slightly warm into the ear, it is said to destroy all diseases of the ear.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कर्णरोगान्तक घृत
- Hindi
- कर्णरोगांतक घृत
- English
- Karnarogantaka ghee
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kemukaकेमुक | पेचुका / केमुक | Not stated |
| Ankola (sage-leaved alangium)अंकोल (ढेरा) | अंकोलफल / अंकोल का फल | Not stated |
| Ardraka (fresh ginger)अदरक (आर्द्रक) | आद्र्रकाद्रव / अद्रक का रस | Not stated |
| Jatamamsi (spikenard)जटामांसी (बालछड़) | रहिस्रया (हिंस्रा) / जटामासी | Not stated |
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | शिग्रुरस / सेंजन का रस | Not stated |
| Devadaru (Himalayan cedar)देवदार (देवदारु) | इंद्रदारू / देवदारू | Not stated |
| Vamsha (bamboo)बांस (वंश) | वेणुलेख / बासका त्वचा | Not stated |
| Garlicलहसन | लशुन | Not stated |
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | रामठ / हींग | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिक / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | मूत्रगण / आठ प्रकार के मूत्र | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | घृत व तैल को बराबर लेकर · oil equal in amount to the ghee |
Preparation as described
Decoction and paste of the drugs, singly or mixed, together with the eight urines, are used to cook ghee with an equal part of oil.
अैषधियों के क्वाथ व कल्क अैर आठ प्रकार के मूत्र, इनसे घृत व तैल को बराबर लेकर सिद्द करें।
How it is used
Warmed a little and filled into the ear.
फिर उस तेल को थोडा गरम कर कान में भरें तो, कर्णगत समस्त रोगों को नाश करता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Ear disorders (karnaroga)(कर्णगताखिलामयान् / कर्णगत समस्त रोग)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
केमुक ( पेचुका) अंकोल का फल, अद्रक का रस, जटामासी, सेंजन का रस,Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 263 · v. 20-21.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
- Garlic (लशुनै:) is in the verse but missing from the commentary list; the commentary's बासका त्वचा is read as bamboo bark after the verse's वेणु.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- formulation_karnarogantaka_ghrita_p335