After emesis with neem decoction, a powder of equal parts of khadira, kutaja, patha, patola leaf, turmeric and the three pungents is taken daily with warm water for kushtha, piles, kitaka disease, kachchhu and kapha diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- खदिरादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- खदिरादि चूर्ण
- English
- Khadiradi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Khadira (cutch tree)खैर (खदिर) | खदिर / खैर | समांशं / समांश: · equal parts of all the drugs |
| Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज) | कुटज | Not stated |
| Pathaपाठा (पाढ़) | पाठा | Not stated |
| Patola (pointed gourd)परवल (पटोल) | पटोल / पटोलपत्र | Not stated |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | निशा / हलदी | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | व्योष / त्रिकटु | Not stated |
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Equal parts of the drugs are powdered.
तदनांतर खैर, कुटज, पाठा, पटोलपत्र, हलदी, त्रिकटु, इनके समांश: चूर्ण को गरम पानी के साथ प्रतिदिन पिलाने से कुष्ठ, बवासीर, कीटकरोग, कच्छुरोग एवं कफोत्थ सर्व रोगों की उपशांति होती है।
How it is used
Taken daily with warm water, after the emesis.
चूणँ व्योषप्रगाढे प्रतिदिनमहिमेनांभसातत्पिबन्स:।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(कुष्ठ)
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(अर्श / बवासीर)
- Worm infestation (krimi)(कीट / कीटकरोग)
- Itching disorders (kandu, pama)(कच्छु / कच्छुरोग)
- Kapha disorders(कफसंभूतमातंकजातम् / कफोत्थ सर्व रोग)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
छदिँ कृत्वा समांशं खदिरकुटजपाठापटोलानिशानाम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 150 · v. 7.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- कीटकरोग is mapped to worm disease with uncertainty; the text does not explain the term.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- formulation_khadiradi_churna_p222