An oil named Mithuna, prepared with the ashtavarga (jivaka, rishabhaka, kakoli, kshirakakoli, meda, mahameda, riddhi, vriddhi), is to be used like the vata-reducing oil for nasal therapy, head tarpana, affusion, massage and enemas in akshepaka, apatanaka and the major vata diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मिथुन तैल
- Hindi
- मिथुन तैल
- English
- Mithuna oil
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ashtavarga (eight rejuvenating herbs)अष्टवर्ग | अष्टवर्ग | Not stated |
| Jivaka and Rishabhaka (ashtavarga herbs)जीवक और ऋषभक | जीवक श्रषभक, काकोली ़ीरकाकोली, मेदा, महामेदा, श्रद्दि, वृद्दि | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
An oil prepared (siddha) with the eight ashtavarga herbs; no further details are given.
मेदा, महामेदा, श्रद्दि, वृद्दि इन अष्टवर्ग से सिद्द किए हुए मिथुन नामक तैल को उपरोक्र कायोँ में
How it is used
Used for the same purposes as the vata-reducing oil: nasya, head tarpana, affusion, massage and enemas.
पापतानकमहानिलरोगेष्वष्टवर्गसहितं मिथुनारुयम्॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Convulsive disorder (akshepaka)(आ़ोप)
- Apatantraka (spasmodic disorder)(अपतानक)
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(महानिलरोग)
पापतानकमहानिलरोगेष्वष्टवर्गसहितं मिथुनारुयम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 200 · v. 36.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 its use in enemas.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_mithuna_taila_p272