Khadira heartwood powder impregnated with khadira juice, dried and drunk with khadira decoction, called an excellent medicine for kushtha.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- खदिर चूर्ण
- Hindi
- खदिर चूर्ण
- English
- Khadira powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Khadira (cutch tree)खैर (खदिर) | सारद्रुम / खैर के वृ़ा के सारभूत चूर्ण | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The heartwood powder is impregnated with khadira juice and dried.
खैर के वृ़ा के सारभूत चूर्ण को खैर के रस से भावना देकर फिर उसे सुखावें, पुन:
How it is used
The dried powder is mixed with khadira decoction and drunk.
उस शुष्कचूर्ण को खैर के वृ़ा के कषाय के साथ मिलाकर पीवें, तो कुष्ठ रोग के लिए उत्तम अैषध
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(सारमहामय / कुष्ठ रोग)
सारांघ्रिपक्वाथयुतं प्रतीतं। सारैषधं भवति सारमहामयघनम्॥ 118॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 180 · v. 118.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- formulation_khadira_churna_p252