A decoction of neem, mango, nut grass, patola leaf and sandalwood with jaggery, cooled in the moonlight, is said to relieve burning, thirst and similar distress in blisters, drying, masurika and other diseases arising from pitta.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- निम्बादि क्वाथ
- Hindi
- निंबादि क्वाथ
- English
- Nimbadi decoction
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब) | निंब / निंबु | Not stated |
| Mango (amra)आम (आम्र) | आभ्र / आम | Not stated |
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | अंबुद / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Patola (pointed gourd)परवल (पटोल) | पटोल / पटोलपत्र | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | सुचंदन / चंदन | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Jaggery is mixed into the decoction, which is cooled by keeping it in the moonlight.
निंबु, आम, नागरमोथा, पटोलपत्र, चंदन, इनके कषाय में गुड मिलाकर चाँदनी में रखकर ठणडा करें।
How it is used
The cooled decoction is drunk.
फिर उस कषाय को पीने से पित्तोद्रेक से उत्पौा फफोले, शोष मसूरिका आदि रोगों में यदि दाह तृषा आदि पीडा हो जायें तो सर्व शमन होते हैं, जिससे रोगी सुखी होता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Boils and eruptions (pidaka)(विस्फोट / फफोले)
- Drying (shosha)(शोष)
- Pox disease (masurika)(मसूरिका)
- Burning sensation (daha)(दाह)
- Morbid thirst (trishna)(तृषा)
- Pitta disorders(पित्तोद्रेक से उत्पौा)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
निंबाभ्रमंबुदपटोलसुचंदनानां। क्वाथ गुडेन सहितं हिमशीतलं तम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 127 · v. 14.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse has निंब (neem); the commentary prints निंबु. The commentary is on PDF page 200 (book page 128).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_nimbadi_kwatha_p199