Salt cooked in a decoction of equal parts of karanja, neem, patola leaves, patala, aragvadha pulp, triphala and chitraka, mixed with snuhi latex, is said to remove udara and many other diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- क्वाथसिद्धलवण
- Hindi
- क्वाथ सिद्ध लवण
- English
- Salt cooked in decoction
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | नक्रमाल / करंज | Not stated |
| Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब) | पिचुंमद / नीम | Not stated |
| Patola (pointed gourd)परवल (पटोल) | पटोल / पटोलपत्र (कडवी परवल) | Not stated |
| Patalaपाढल (पाटला) | पाटली / पाढ | Not stated |
| Aragvadha (golden shower)अमलतास (आरग्वध) | नृपतरु / अमलतास का गूदा | Not stated |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | त्रिाफला / त्रिफला | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्नि / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | लवण / सैंधानमक | क्वाथ के बराबर · equal to the decoction |
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | स्नुहिदुग्ध / थोहर का दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A decoction is made from equal parts of the drugs; rock salt equal to the decoction is added and cooked until thick (footnote), and the salt is mixed with snuhi latex.
अैषधियों के क्वाथ में उसके बराबर सैंधानमक डालकर तब तक पकावें कि वह जब तक गाढा न होवे।
How it is used
Used (उपयोग में लेवे) mixed with snuhi latex; the dose is not stated.
नमक में थोहर का दूध मिश्रकर उपयोग में लेवे तो उदरादि
Indicated for, as the text says
- Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(उदरादीन् / उदरादि अनेक रोग)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
क्वाथसिद्दलवणं स्नुहिदुग्धोन्मिश्रितं प्रशमयेदुदरादीन्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 198 · v. 25.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 supervision flag is for snuhi latex, a strong purgative.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_kwatha_siddha_lavana_p270