Mutravartika suppository

A suppository of purifying drugs, pungent drugs and salts ground with cow urine and snuhi latex, placed in the anus against udara.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: मूत्रवर्तिका
Hindi: मूत्रवर्तिका
English: Mutravartika suppository

Ingredients and preparation

Wick or suppositoryRectalChapter 11 · p. 189 · v. 162

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली)	संशोधनभेषज / पीपल आदि संशोधन अैषधियाँ	Not stated
Panchalavana (five salts)पंच लवण	लवणै: / पंचलवण	Not stated
Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र)	गवां जलै: / गोमूत्र	Not stated
Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही)	महातरु़ीर / थोहर के दूध	Not stated

Preparation as described

All purifying drugs such as pippali (purgative and enema drugs), pungent drugs and the five salts, in equal parts, are ground with cow urine and snuhi latex and made into a wick.

रसयुक्र पंचलवण इनको गोमूत्र व थोहर के दूध के साथ पीसकर बत्ी बनावें, इसका नाम मूत्रवर्तिका

How it is used

Placed in the anus.

है। इसको गुदा में रखने से उदररोग नाश होता है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(महामयघना / उदररोग)

समस्तसंशोधनभेषजैस्समै:। कटुप्रकारैर्लवणैर्गवां जलै:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 189 · v. 162.

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.

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