A medicated ghee matured with sugar candy, bamboo manna and vidanga decoction in a grain heap and licked daily with cow's milk is described as greatly improving intellect, aphrodisiac and life-promoting, calming consumption and pandu, needing no dietary restriction and keeping the user youthful like the Tirthankara.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- महाक्षयरोगांतक घृत
- Hindi
- महाक्षयरोगांतक घृत
- English
- Mahakshayarogantaka ghee
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रिकटुक / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल | Not stated |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | त्रुटि / छोटी इलायची | Not stated |
| Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब) | निंब / नींब | Not stated |
| Aragvadha (golden shower)अमलतास (आरग्वध) | आरग्वध / अमलतास | Not stated |
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | ग्रंथि / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | भÑातक / भिलावा | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | दहन / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Alum (sphatika)फिटकरी (स्फटिका) | सुराष्ट्रोद्धूत / फिटकरी | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | पथया / हरड | Not stated |
| Ajamoda (wild celery seed)अजमोद | अजमोद / अजवायन | Not stated |
| Asana (Indian kino)विजयसार (असन) | विजयसार | Not stated |
| Khadira (cutch tree)खैर (खदिर) | खदिर / खैर | चार1 भाग काढे (1. चार प्रस्थ) · four parts of the decoction (footnote: four prastha) |
| Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी) | धात्री / आंवला | Not stated |
| Shala (sal tree)साल | शाल / सालवृ़ा | Not stated |
| Vit-khadira (foul-smelling khadira)विट्खदिर | गायत्रि / विट्खदिर (दुगँध खैर) | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आजय / घी | एक2 भाग घी (2. एक प्रस्थ); एक प्रस्थ (64 तोले) घृत · one part ghee (footnote: one prastha, 64 tola) |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | सिता / मिश्री | तीस पल (120 तोले ) मिश्री · 30 pala (120 tola) sugar candy |
| Vamshalochana (bamboo manna)वंशलोचन (तबाशीर) | तुगा़ीरी / वंशलोचन | छह पल (24 तोले) वंशलोचन · 6 pala (24 tola) bamboo manna |
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | विडंगक्वाथ / वायविडंग के काढा | दो प्रस्थ (128 तोले) वायविडंग के काढा · 2 prastha (128 tola) vidanga decoction |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Four parts of the decoction (a footnote says four prastha) are cooked with one part ghee (one prastha). To one prastha (64 tola) of this ghee, 30 pala (120 tola) of sugar candy, 6 pala (24 tola) of bamboo manna and 2 prastha (128 tola) of vidanga decoction are added and churned well; it is sealed in the earthen pot described earlier and kept in a heap of grain for fifteen days, then carefully taken out.
पश्चात् इसको पहले कहे हुए मिट्टी के घडे में डालकर मुह बंद करके धान्य की राशि के बीच में रखें पंद्रह दिन बीत जाने के बाद उसे वहाँ से यत्नपूर्वक निकाल कर,
How it is used
One pala (4 tola) is licked every day, followed by a drink of cow's milk; the text says no dietary restriction is needed while taking it.
इसे प्रतिदिन एक-एक पलप्रमाण (4 तोले) चाट कर ऊपर से गाय का दूध पीना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Consumption (rajayakshma)(य़माणं / राजय़मा)
- Anaemia (pandu)(पाणडूरोग / पाणडुरोग)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
घृतमिदमतिमेधयं वृष्यमायुष्यहेतु:। प्रशमयति च य़माणं तथा पाणडूरोगान्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 381 · v. 21-24.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.
Questions and answers
How is the Mahakshayarogantaka ghee matured and taken?
The medicated ghee is mixed with sugar candy, bamboo manna and vidanga decoction, churned, sealed in an earthen pot and kept in a heap of grain for fifteen days; then one pala is licked daily, followed by cow's milk.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Verse 22 also names विषतरु beside vidanga; the commentary mentions only the vidanga decoction. Flagged for supervision because it contains bhallataka.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
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- Chapter 18
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