Very cold water of kasha grass, sugarcane, sandalwood and sariva with good sugar, mixed with a paste of kankola, nutmeg, nagakesara and clove, is drunk to remove the heat produced by pitta.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- काशादि क्वाथ
- Hindi
- कासादि क्वाथ
- English
- Kashadi decoction
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kasha grassकांस (काश) | कास | Not stated |
| Sugarcane (ikshu)गन्ना (इक्षु) | इ़ु / इर्ख | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | मलयोद्धव / चंदन | Not stated |
| Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा) | शारिवा / अनंतमूल | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | वरशर्करा / शक्कर | Not stated |
| Kankolaकंकोल | कर्कोल / कंकोल | Not stated |
| Jatiphala (nutmeg)जायफल (जातीफल) | जातिफल / जायफल | Not stated |
| Nagakesara (ironwood flower)नागकेसर | नाग / नागकेसर | Not stated |
| Lavanga (clove)लौंग (लवंग) | लवंग | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Sugar is added to the very cold water of kasha, sugarcane, sandalwood and sariva, and a paste of kankola, nutmeg, nagakesara and clove is mixed in.
कास, इर्ख, चंदन, अनंतमूल के ठणडे पानी मे शक्कर मिलाकर उसमंे कंकोल, जायफल, नागकेसर व लवंग के कल्क मिलाकर
How it is used
Drunk to remove the heat of pitta.
पीने से पित्तोद्रेक से उत्पौा संताप दूर होता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Pitta disorders(पित्तोद्रेक से उत्पौा संताप / अधिकताप)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Pitta: pacifies
कासे़ुखंडमलयोद्धवशारिवाणां। तोयं सुशीतलतरं वरशर्कराढच्यं॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 127 · v. 10.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Called क्वाथ in the heading, though the text speaks of the very cold water of the drugs.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_kashadi_kwatha_p199