A powder of nine drugs with an equal amount of iron, taken with sugar and ghee, said to relieve pandu, prameha, piles, severe kushtha, sinuses and worm disease.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- नवायस चूर्णनवायस
- Hindi
- नवायस चूर्ण
- English
- Navayasa powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | भुस्ता / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | विडंगं / वायुविडंग | Not stated |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | त्रिफला | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्निकै: / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | व्योषं / त्रिकटु | Not stated |
| Iron (loha)लोहा (लोह) | अय: / लोहभस्म | नवभाग समं / नै भाग · nine parts, equal to the nine drugs together |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | सिता / शक्कर | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आजय / घी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are powdered in equal parts and iron (bhasma) equal to the nine parts is added; the commentary says nine parts of iron bhasma and does not list triphala.
नै भाग लोहभस्म मिलावें फिर उसे शक्कर व घी के साथ मिलाकर खाने से शीघ्र ही पाणडु आदि अनेक
How it is used
Mixed with sugar and ghee and eaten, used by the proper method in various ways.
चूणँ सिताजयेन विमिश्रितं तत्। संभ़य मं़ु शययत्यधिकान्विकारान्॥ 123॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Anaemia (pandu)(पाणडु)
- Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)(प्रमेह)
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(गुदजांकुर / बवासीर)
- Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(दुष्टकुष्ठ / दुष्ट कुष्ठ)
- Sinus tract (nadivrana)(नाडीव्रण)
- Worm infestation (krimi)(क्रिमिरुज: / क्रिमिरोग)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
पाणडुप्रमेहगुदजांकुरदुष्टकुष्ठ- नाडीव्रणक्रिमिरुज: शमयेन्मनुष्य:॥ 124॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 181 · v. 123-124.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.
Questions and answers
What is navayasa made of and which diseases is it said to relieve?
Musta, vidanga, triphala, chitraka and the three pungents with an equal amount of iron, taken with sugar and ghee; it is said to relieve pandu, prameha, piles, severe kushtha, sinuses and worm disease.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Supervision flag: a metal preparation.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- formulation_navayasa_churna_p253