A thick paste of ground green gram, pigeon pea, sesame, peas, lentils, black gram, wheat, rice and barley with very cool ghee, jaggery, sugarcane juice and milk is applied in vatarakta with strong pitta.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मुद्गादि लेप
- Hindi
- मुद्रादिलेपमुद्गादि लेप
- English
- Mudgadi paste
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Green gram (mudga)मूंग (मुद्ग) | मुद्ग / मूंग | Not stated |
| Pigeon pea (adhaki)अरहर (आढकी) | आढकी / अरहर | Not stated |
| Sesame (tila)तिल | तिल | Not stated |
| Pea (kalaya)मटर (कलाय) | कलाय / मटर | Not stated |
| Lentil (masura)मसूर (मसूर) | मसूर | Not stated |
| Black gram (masha)उड़द (माष) | माष / उडद | Not stated |
| Wheat (godhuma)गेहूं (गोधूम) | गोधूम / गेहँू | Not stated |
| Rice (shali)शालि चावल (शालि) | शालि / धान | Not stated |
| Barley (yava)जौ (यव) | यव | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
| Sugarcane (ikshu)गन्ना (इक्षु) | इ़ुरस | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The grains and pulses are ground and mixed with very cool ghee, jaggery, sugarcane juice and milk.
मूंग, अरहर, तिल, मटर, मसूर, उडद, गेहँू, धान, यव इनके पिष्ट में घी, गुड, इ़ुरस दूध इन अत्यन्त ठणडे पदाथोँ का मिलाकर
How it is used
Applied as a thick paste.
फि र गाढा लेपन करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vatarakta (gout-like disorder)(पित्त प्रबल वातरक्र)
Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना
Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा
आलेपयेत् घृतगुडे़ुरसातिशीतै:। ़ीरान्वितैरसृजि पित्तयुते प्रगाढम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 133 · v. 37.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 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_mudgadi_lepa_p205