Naracha ghee cooked again with a decoction of four purgative drugs and a paste of seven others; it acts quickly as a purgative and is called the best purgative for mahodara, ashthila, kushtha, gulma, epilepsy, severe insanity and delirium.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- महानाराच घृत
- Hindi
- महानाराच घृत
- English
- Mahanaracha ghee
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्) | त्रिावृत् | Not stated |
| Dantiदंती (दन्ती) | सदंती / जमालगोटे की जड | Not stated |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | त्रिाफला / त्रिफला | Not stated |
| Shankhiniयवतिक्ता | शंखिनी (यवतिक्रा, चोरपुष्णी, पुौागवृ़ा) | Not stated |
| Aragvadha (golden shower)अमलतास (आरग्वध) | नृपवृ़ासत्फलै: / अमलतास का गूदा | Not stated |
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | महातरु़ीर / थोहर का दूध | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | चित्राकै: / चीता की जड | Not stated |
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | विडंग / वायविडंग | Not stated |
| Chavyaचव्य (चाब) | चव्य | Not stated |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | ़ाणदा / हल्दी | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिाकै: / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | नाराचघृतं | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The naracha ghee is cooked with the decoction of trivrit, danti, triphala and shankhini and a paste of the other drugs.
पीपल, इनके कल्क से घृत सिद्द करना चाहिए। इसका नाम महानाराच घृत है। इसके सेवन से, शीघ्र
How it is used
Taken as a quick-acting purgative.
विरेचन होता है। इसलिए सर्व उदररोग, अष्टीलीका, कुष्ठ गुल्म, अपस्मार भयंकर उन्माद अैर प्रलाप
Indicated for, as the text says
- Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(महोदर / सर्व उदररोग)
- Ashthila(अष्टीलक / अष्टीलीका)
- Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(कुष्ठिनाम् / कुष्ठ)
- Abdominal lump (gulma)(गुल्मिका / गुल्म)
- Epilepsy (apasmara)(अपस्मरण / अपस्मार)
- Insanity (unmada)(उद्दतोन्मद / भयंकर उन्माद)
- Delirium (pralapa)(प्रलापिनां / प्रलाप)
पचेत्सनाराचघृतं महारुयं। महोदराष्टीलकनिष्ठकुष्ठिनाम्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 188 · v. 160-161.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 naracha ghee prepared, and how long is it taken?
Cow milk four times the snuhi latex is boiled with it, set into curd with buttermilk and churned; the butter is cooked again with snuhi latex. It is drunk for half a month or a month.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary (continuing on PDF 261) begins its list with जमालगोटे की जड and does not name trivrit separately, and glosses shankhini with three names. Supervision flag: strong purgative with danti, trivrit and snuhi latex.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- formulation_mahanaracha_ghrita_p260