Palasha alkali paste

An alkali paste made from palasha ash water with turmeric, house soot, kushtha, black salt and the three pungents, said to remove kushtha.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: पलाशक्षार लेप
Hindi: पलाशक्षार लेप
English: Palasha alkali paste

Ingredients and preparation

External paste (lepa)External applicationChapter 11 · p. 176 · v. 93

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश)	पालाशभस्म / पलाश (ढाक) भस्म	Not stated
Water (jala)जल (पानी)	उदक / पानी	Not stated
Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा)	हरिद्रां / हलदी	Not stated
House soot (grihadhuma)घर का धुआँ	गृहधूम / घर के धुंआ	Not stated
Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ)	कुष्ट / कूट	Not stated
Black salt (sauvarchala)काला नमक (सौवर्चल)	सैवर्चल / कालानमक	Not stated
Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)	त्रिाकटुकान् / त्रिकटुक	Not stated

Preparation as described

Palasha ash is stirred into water and filtered well; the filtrate is boiled again and the other drugs are added.

पलाश (ढाक) भस्म को पानी में घोलकर अच्छी तरह छानना चाहिए।

How it is used

Applied as a paste.

पकाकर उसमें हलदी, घर के धुंआ, कूट, कालानमक, त्रिकटुक इनको डालें व लेपन करें, जिससे कुष्ठ

Indicated for, as the text says

Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(कुष्ठ रोग)

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना Caustic therapy (kshara karma)क्षार कर्म

Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा

पालाशभस्मन्युदकाश्रिते तत्। सम्यक्परिस्रुतमिहापि पुनर्विपक्वम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 176 · v. 93.

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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