After first purifying body and self, by emesis and the like and by restraining the passions (kashaya), a person cooks the excellent kharpari, a kind of upadhatu, in water with the triphala rasayana described before, and drinks that water (decoction) many times over six months. The text says even a very weak person becomes strong and a very fat one becomes of medium build; during the course fine rice with ghee and milk is always eaten.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- खर्परी कल्प
- Hindi
- खर्परी कल्प
- English
- Kharpari kalpa
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sasyaka (copper ore)खपरिया (सस्यक) | खर्परी (उपधातुविशोष) | Not stated |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | फलत्रययुतं / पूर्वोक्र त्रिफला रसायन | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | पानीयं / पानी | Not stated |
| Rice (shali)शालि चावल (शालि) | वरशालिजं / उत्तम चावल के भात | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Kharpari is cooked in water together with triphala, and the water (decoction) is used.
शुद्दि करके पश्चात् वह पूर्वोक्र त्रिफला रसायन के साथ श्रोष्ठ खर्परी (उपधातुविशोष) को पानी के
How it is used
The decoction is drunk many times over six months; meanwhile fine rice with ghee and milk is always eaten.
साथ पकाकर उस पानी (क्वाथ) को कइर् बार बराबर छह महिने तक पीवें, तो अत्यन्त दुर्बल मनुष्य
Indicated for, as the text says
- Weakness (daurbalya)(अतिदुर्बल / अत्यन्त दुर्बल)
- Obesity (medoroga)(स्थूल / अत्यन्त स्थूल (मोटा))
Duration as written
six months · षणमासात् / छह महिने तक
षणमासादतिदुर्बलोःपि बलवान् स्थूलस्तथा मधयम:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 25 · p. 589 · v. 31.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
- Caution in the text: Body and self are first purified by emesis and the like and by restraining the passions.
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
- Kharpari is mapped to ingredient_sasyaka, whose lexicon aliases include खर्पर, as the glossary task T18 did; the commentary calls it only a kind of upadhatu. Supervision flag set for the mineral and the prior emesis. The commentary ends on PDF 662.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 25
- Extraction tasks
- T28
- Record id
- formulation_kharpari_kalpa_p661