A paste of nut grass, chironji, liquorice, mango bark, shalaparni, priyangu, durva, lotus, white lotus, shatavari, chirata, red sandalwood, kaseru, kushtha and tree turmeric is applied in vatarakta arising from all three doshas.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मुस्तादि लेप
- Hindi
- मुस्तादिलेप
- English
- Mustadi paste
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | मुस्ता / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Chironji (priyala)चिरौंजी (प्रियाल) | प्रियालु / चिरौंजी | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | मधुक / मुलैठी | Not stated |
| Mango (amra)आम (आम्र) | आम्र / आम की छाल | Not stated |
| Shalaparniसरिवन (शालपर्णी) | विदारिगंधा / शातपर्णी | Not stated |
| Priyanguप्रियंगु (फूलप्रियंगु) | पुष्प / प्रियंगु | Not stated |
| Durva (Bermuda grass)दूब (दूर्वा) | दूर्वा / दूब | Not stated |
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | अंबुज, सितपयोज / कमल, श्वेत कमल | Not stated |
| Shatavari (wild asparagus)शतावर (शतावरी) | शतावरी | Not stated |
| Kiratatikta (chirata)चिरायता (किराततिक्त) | भूिंनंब / चिरायता | Not stated |
| Raktachandana (red sanders)लाल चंदन (रक्तचंदन) | चंदन / लालचंदन | Not stated |
| Kaseruकशेरु | कशोरुक / कशोरू | Not stated |
| Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ) | कुष्ठ / कूट | Not stated |
| Daruharidra (tree turmeric)दारुहल्दी (दारुहरिद्रा) | काष्टा / दारु हल्दी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are made into a paste.
सिौापातज वातरक्र में नागरमोथा, चिरौंजी, मुलैठी, आम की छाल, शातपर्णी,
How it is used
Applied as a paste.
भूिंनंबचंदनकशोरुककुष्ठकाष्टा-पुष्पै:प्रलेप इह सर्वजशोणितेषु॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vatarakta (gout-like disorder)(सिौापातज वातरक्र / सर्वजशोणित)
Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना
Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा
मुस्ताप्रियालुमधुकाम्रविदारिगंधा-दूवाँबुजासितपयोजशतावरीभि:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 133 · v. 40.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary's शातपर्णी is read as शालपर्णी (विदारिगन्धा in the verse); the list continues on PDF page 206.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_mustadi_lepa_p205