A ghee cooked with a decoction of sixteen drugs, snuhi latex and a paste of haritaki, sea salt or devadaru and chavya is said to cure consumption, abdominal enlargement, all urinary disorders, vata diseases and severe glandular swellings.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- क्षयरोगांतक घृत
- Hindi
- क्षयरोगांतक घृत
- English
- Kshayarogantaka ghee
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Khadira (cutch tree)खैर (खदिर) | खदिर / खैर की छाल | काढा छह भाग · six parts of the decoction of khadira and the other drugs |
| Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज) | कुटज / कूडा की छाल | Not stated |
| Pathaपाठा (पाढ़) | पाठा | Not stated |
| Patalaपाढल (पाटला) | पाटली / पाढल | Not stated |
| Bilva (bael)बेल (बिल्व) | बिल्व / बेल | Not stated |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | भÑातक / भिलावा | Not stated |
| Aragvadha (golden shower)अमलतास (आरग्वध) | नृप / अमलतास | Not stated |
| Brihati (Indian nightshade)बड़ी कटेरी (बृहती) | बृहती / बडी कटेली | Not stated |
| Eranda (castor plant)एरंड (एरण्ड) | एरणड | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | कारंजयुग्म / करंज | Not stated |
| Putikaranjaपूतीकरंज | कारंजयुग्म / पूतिकरंज | Not stated |
| Barley (yava)जौ (यव) | यव / जै | Not stated |
| Jujube (badara)बेर (बदर) | बदर / बेर | Not stated |
| Horse gram (kulattha)कुलथी (कुलत्थ) | कुलत्थ / कुलथी | Not stated |
| Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा) | उग्रा / बच | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अगिA / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | एक भाग घी · one part ghee |
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | स्नुहिपयस / थोहर का दूध | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | हरीतकी / हरड | Not stated |
| Salt (lavana)नमक (लवण) | समुद्र नमक | Not stated |
| Devadaru (Himalayan cedar)देवदार (देवदारु) | सुराह्व / [अथवा देवदारू] | Not stated |
| Chavyaचव्य (चाब) | चव्य / चाव | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Six parts of the decoction, cooked on a low fire, are cooked with one part ghee, snuhi latex and the paste.
इनका मंदाग्नि से पकाया हुआ काढा छह भाग, एक भाग घी अैर थोहर का दूध, हरड, समुद्र नमक [अथवा देवदारू] चाव, इनके कल्क से सिद्द किया गया घृत
How it is used
Taken as a medicated ghee; no vehicle is stated.
Indicated for, as the text says
- Consumption (rajayakshma)(शोषरोग / राजय़मा)
- Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(जठर / उदर)
- Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)(अखिलमेह / सर्व प्रकार के प्रमेह)
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(वातरोग / सर्वविध वातरोग)
- Nodules (granthi)(विषमोग्रोपद्रवगं्रथिबंध / अति उपद्रव युक्र विषम गं्रथि रोग)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
यवबदरकुलत्थोग्रागिAमंदागिAकै: स्वै:। क्वथितजलविभागै: षड्भिरेको घृतस्य॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 380 · v. 19-20.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
- The verse names सुराह्व (devadaru); the commentary gives sea salt with devadaru in brackets. Flagged for supervision because it contains bhallataka and snuhi latex.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
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- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 18
- Extraction tasks
- T19
- Record id
- formulation_kshayarogantaka_ghrita_p452