The juice of kasha grass, sugarcane, kaivarta-musta and jasmine, with a paste of liquorice, old jaggery and buffalo milk, drunk after a cold bath while wearing the wet cloth, is said to destroy raktapitta quickly.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- काशादि स्वरस
- Hindi
- कासादि स्वरस
- English
- Kashadi fresh juice
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 |
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | पुट / केवटी मोथा (कैवर्तमुस्त) | Not stated |
| Jati (jasmine)चमेली (जाती) | जाति / चमेली | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | यष्ठच्याह्वकल्क / मुलैठी का कल्क | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड (पुराना) | Not stated |
| Buffalo milk (mahisha-ksheera)भैंस का दूध (माहिषक्षीर) | माहिषदुग्ध / भैंस का दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A paste of liquorice, old jaggery and buffalo milk are mixed into the juice of the four plants.
कास, इर्ख, केवटी मोथा, (कैवर्तमुस्त) चमेली इनके रस में मुलैठी का कल्क, गुड (पुराना) अैर भैंस का दूध मिलाकर
How it is used
Drunk after a bath in cold water while still wearing the wet cloth.
ठणडे पानी से स्नान कर गीली धोती पहने हुए ही पीने से रक्रपित्त रोग शीघ्र नाश होता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Bleeding disorder (raktapitta)(अस्रपित्त / रक्रपित्त)
कासे़ुखडपुटजातिरसं विगृह्य।Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 129 · v. 20.All references
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Extraction notes
- कास is read as काश grass. पुट is glossed by the commentary as केवटी मोथा (कैवर्तमुस्त), a kind of musta; mapped to musta.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_kashadi_svarasa_p201