A fragrant ghee cooked with a paste of fifteen herbs, cow milk and jaggery; the text says taking it daily makes a man virile, increases strength and lifespan and keeps him free of disease, and lets a woman conceive and bear a son.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मूत्रामयघ्न घृत
- Hindi
- मूत्रामयघ्न घृत
- English
- Mutramayaghna ghee
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kapikacchu (velvet bean)कौंच (कपिकच्छू) | कपि / कौंच के बीज | Not stated |
| Bala (country mallow)खरैटी (बला) | बला / खरेंटी | Not stated |
| Atibala (Indian mallow)कंघी (अतिबला) | अतिबला / गंगेरेन | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | मधुक / मुलैठी | Not stated |
| Kokilaksha (marsh barbel)तालमखाना (कोकिलाक्ष) | इ़ुर / तालमखाना | Not stated |
| Gokshura (caltrops)गोखरू (गोक्षुर) | गो़ुर / गोखुर | Not stated |
| Shatavari (wild asparagus)शतावर (शतावरी) | शतावरी | Not stated |
| Prabhu (unidentified)प्रभु | प्रभृ / प्रभु (?) | Not stated |
| Lotus stalkकमलनाल | मृणाल / कमलनाल | Not stated |
| Kaseruकशेरु | कशोरूक / कसेरू | Not stated |
| Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल) | उत्पल / नीलोत्पल | Not stated |
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | अंबुज / कमल | Not stated |
| Jatiphala (nutmeg)जायफल (जातीफल) | फल / जायफल | Not stated |
| Shalaparniसरिवन (शालपर्णी) | अंशुमती / शालपर्णी (सरिबन) | Not stated |
| Prishniparniपिठवन (पृश्निपर्णी) | विौाया / पृशनपर्णी (पिठवन) | Not stated |
| Cow milk (go-ksheera)गाय का दूध (गोक्षीर) | पयस् / गाय का दूध | चतुर्गुण गाय के दूध · four times cow milk |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | तुला / 5 सेर · one tula (5 ser) of jaggery |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत | आढक / चार सेर (64 तोले का एक सेर) · one adhaka (4 ser, a ser being 64 tola) of ghee |
Preparation as described
Equal parts of the herbs are finely powdered and mixed with four parts water into a paste (a footnote says the paste is a quarter of the ghee); with four times cow milk and 5 ser of jaggery, 4 ser of fragrant ghee is cooked.
कल्क1, व चतुर्गुण गाय के दूध, 5 सेर गुड के साथ चार सेर, (यहाँ 64 तोले का एक सेर जानना) सुगंध घृत को सिद्द करें।
How it is used
Taken daily, with meals eaten only with milk.
घृतमिदं सततं पिबतां नृणां।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Urinary disorders (mutraroga)(मूत्ररोग (प्रकरण))
- Infertility (vandhyatva)(भवति गर्भवती वनिता प्रजा)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
घृतमिदं सततं पिबतां नृणां। अधिकवृष्यबलायुररोगता॥ भवति गर्भवती वनिता प्रजा। प्रतिदिनं पयसैव सुभोजनं॥ 57॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 358 · v. 55-57.Safety
- Caution in the text: While taking this ghee, meals are eaten daily only with milk, without chilli, salt, spices or sour things.
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 heading is garbled (मूत्रामपधA); read as मूत्रामयघ्न. Identities follow the commentary.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- formulation_mutramayaghna_ghrita_p430