An alkali made from the ash of many plants cooked with six parts of cow urine, with spice and mineral powders added during cooking, used as nasya, collyrium and paste against all poisons.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- क्षारागद
- Hindi
- क्षारागद
- English
- Ksharagada (alkali antidote)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्क / आक | Not stated |
| Ankola (sage-leaved alangium)अंकोल (ढेरा) | अंकोल | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्निक / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Karavira (oleander)कनेर (करवीर) | अश्वांतक / सफेद कनेर, (श्वेतकरवीर) | Not stated |
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | घन / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Nichulaवेत | निचुल / हिज्जालवृ़ा, (समुद्रफल) | Not stated |
| Pragrahaकिरमाला | प्रग्रह / किरमाला | Not stated |
| Ashmantakaअश्मंतक | अशमंतक | Not stated |
| Shleshmatakaलिसोड़ा | शलेष्मातकी / लिसोडा | Not stated |
| Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी) | आमलकी / आंवला | Not stated |
| Arjunaअर्जुन | अर्जुन / अर्जुनवृ़ा, (कुहा) | Not stated |
| Aragvadha (golden shower)अमलतास (आरग्वध) | नृप / अमलतास | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुक / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल | Not stated |
| Wood apple (kapittha)कैथ (कपित्थ) | श्रीकपित्थ / कैथ | Not stated |
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | स्नुही / थूहर | Not stated |
| Ghonta (a kind of jujube)घोंटा | घोंटा / (श्रृगालकोलि-एक प्रकार का बेर) | Not stated |
| Gopaबोल | गोपा / बोल | Not stated |
| Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)चिरचिटा (अपामार्ग) | अपमार्ग / चिरचिरा | Not stated |
| Guduchi (giloy)गिलोय (गुडूची) | अमृत / गिलोय | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | सित / चंदन | Not stated |
| Brihati (Indian nightshade)बड़ी कटेरी (बृहती) | बृहती / बडी कटेली | Not stated |
| Kantakari (yellow-berried nightshade)छोटी कटेरी (कंटकारी) | कंटकारी / छोटी कटेली | Not stated |
| Shamiछौंकरा | शमी / शमीवृ़ा | Not stated |
| Aparajita (butterfly pea)अपराजिता (कोयल) | आस्फोता / अपराजिता (कोयल) | Not stated |
| Patalaपाढल (पाटला) | पाटली / पाढल | Not stated |
| Nirgundi (five-leaved chaste tree)निर्गुंडी (संभालू) | सिंधुक / सम्हालू | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | तरुचिरिबिल्व / करंज | Not stated |
| Arimeda (foul-smelling khadira)अरिमेद | अरिमेद / (दुगँधयुक्र खैर) | Not stated |
| Gojihvaगोजिह्वा | गोजी / गोजिव्हा | Not stated |
| Sarja (sal resin)राल (सर्जरस) | सर्ज / सर्जवृ़ा, (रालका वृ़ा) | Not stated |
| Bhurja (birch bark)भोजपत्र | भूर्ज / भोजपत्र वृ़ा | Not stated |
| Asana (Indian kino)विजयसार (असन) | असनतरु / विजयसार | Not stated |
| Tilaka treeतिलक वृक्ष (एक पुष्पवृक्ष) | तिलक / तिलकवृ़ा, (पुष्पवृ़ाविशोष) | Not stated |
| Plaksha (white fig)पाकड़ (प्लक्ष) | प्ल़ा / अश्वत्थवृ़ा | Not stated |
| Somalataसोमलता | सोम / सोनलता | Not stated |
| Anghrika (unidentified tree)अंघ्रिक वृक्ष | अंघ्रिक / अंघ्रिकवृ़ा | Not stated |
| Shyonaka (Indian trumpet tree)सोनापाठा (श्योनाक) | टुंटूक | Not stated |
| Ashokaअशोक | अशोक | Not stated |
| Gambhari (white teak)गंभारी (गम्भारी) | काशमर्य / कंभारी | Not stated |
| Devadaru (Himalayan cedar)देवदार (देवदारु) | अमरतरु / देवदारु | Not stated |
| Shirisha (lebbek)सिरस (शिरीष) | शिरीष / सिरस | Not stated |
| Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा) | उग्रा / बच | Not stated |
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | शिग्रुद्वय / शिग्रु, (सेंजन) मधुशिग्रु | Not stated |
| Ushnikaranja (a karanja kind)उष्णीकरंज | उष्णीकारंज / उष्णीकरंज | Not stated |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | आरुष्कर / भिलावा | Not stated |
| Saralaधूपसरल | सरल / सरलवृ़ा, (धूपसरल) | Not stated |
| Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश) | पलाशद्वय / दोनों प्रकार के पलाश, (सफेद लाल) | Not stated |
| Langali (glory lily)कलिहारी (लांगली) | नक्राह्व / कलिहारी | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | षड्गुण मूत्र / छह गुना गोमूत्र | छह गुना गोमूत्र · cow urine six times the ash |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | रजनी / हलदी | Not stated |
| Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ) | कुष्ट / कूट | Not stated |
| Manjishtha (Indian madder)मंजीठ (मञ्जिष्ठा) | मंजिष्ठक / मंजीठ | Not stated |
| Vega (unidentified drug)बेग | वेग / बेग | Not stated |
| House soot (grihadhuma)घर का धुआँ | आगारोत्थधूम / गृहधूम | Not stated |
| Tagara (Indian valerian)तगर | तगर | Not stated |
| Black salt (sauvarchala)काला नमक (सौवर्चल) | रुचक / कालानमक | Not stated |
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | हिंगु / हींग | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The roots, bark, leaves and other parts of the listed plants are burnt to ash; the ash is mixed well with six times as much cow urine, strained through clean white cloth and cooked by the alkali method; during cooking cloth-sieved powders of the three pungents, turmeric, kushtha, manjishtha, vacha, bega, house soot, tagara, black salt and asafoetida are added.
इन अैषधों के मूल छाल पत्रादिक को जलाकर भस्म करें। इस भस्म को छह गुना गोमूत्र में अच्छी तरह मिलाकर साफ सफेद वस्त्र से छानकर ़ारविधि के अनुसार पकावें।
How it is used
Used as nasya, collyrium, external paste and in similar ways.
इस प्रकार सिद्द ़ारागद को नस्य, अंजन, आलेपन आदि कायोँ में प्रयोग करने पर सर्वप्रकार के विषों को नाश करता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Poisoning (visha)(सर्वप्रकार के विषों)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
नक्राह्वानां च भस्माखिलमिह विपचेत् षX‰णैर्मूत्रभागै:॥ 142॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 440 · v. 141-143.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
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
- Commentary continues on PDF 513. The verse word प्लक्ष is rendered अश्वत्थवृक्ष in the commentary; the verse has an extra उरु in गोजीसर्जोरुभूर्जासन that the commentary does not render.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T21
- Record id
- formulation_kshara_agada_p512