An enema of triphala decoction with pungent drugs, alkali and cow urine, a paste of drugs of the ushakadi group and the salt group, called the scraping enema because the text says it scrapes the doshas out of the body.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- लेखन बस्ति
- Hindi
- लेखन बस्ति
- English
- Scraping enema
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | त्रिाफ लाPाथ / त्रिाफला के क्वाथ | Not stated |
| Alkali preparations (kshara)क्षार (खार) | ़ार | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | मूत्रा / गोमूत्रा | Not stated |
| Ushakadi group of drugsऊषकादि गण | ऊषकादि / उषकादिगणोक्र औषधियों के कल्क | Not stated |
| Salt (lavana)नमक (लवण) | लवण / लवणवर्ग | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Pungent drugs, alkali, cow urine, a paste of the ushakadi group and salts are added to triphala decoction.
भावार्थ : त्रिाफला के क्वाथ में कटु औषधि व ़ारगोमूत्रा उषकादिगणोक्र औषधियों के कल्क,
How it is used
As a scraping enema.
शरीर के दोषों को खरोंचकर निकालती है।
Therapies involvedDecoction enema (niruha basti)निरूह बस्ति
ऊषकादिलवणैरपि युक्रा बस्तयस्तनुविलेखनका: स्यु:॥ vz{॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 537 · v. 156.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.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T25
- Record id
- formulation_lekhana_basti_p609