The decoction described above (of ginger, kutaja, chitraka and punarnava) is boiled down into a phanitaka, a paste of chitraka, trikatu, cumin, ajwain, pippalimula and chavya is added, and the piles patient eats it daily.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- अर्शोघ्न फाणितक
- Hindi
- अर्शनाशक पाणितक
- English
- Phanitaka (thickened decoction) for piles
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ardraka (fresh ginger)अदरक (आर्द्रक) | तत्कषाय (श्रृंगवेर) | Not stated |
| Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज) | तत्कषाय (कुटज) | Not stated |
| Punarnava (hogweed)पुनर्नवा (सांठी) | तत्कषाय (पुनर्भू) | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्निक / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रिाकटु / त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल) | Not stated |
| Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक) | जीरक | Not stated |
| Yavani (ajwain, carom)अजवायन (यवानी) | दीप्य / अजवाइर्न | Not stated |
| Pippalimula (long pepper root)पीपलामूल (पिप्पलीमूल) | ग्रंथि / पीपलामूल | Not stated |
| Chavyaचव्य (चाब) | चव्य / चाव | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The decoction is made into phanitaka and the paste of the spices is added.
उपर्युक्र कषाय को पाणितक बनाकर उसमें चित्रक, त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल)
How it is used
Eaten daily by the piles patient.
जीरक, अजवाइर्न, पीपलामूल, चाव इनका कल्क डालकर अर्श रोगी प्रतिनित्य भ़ाण करें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(गुदगदांकुररोगी / अर्श रोगी)
ग्रंथिचव्यविहितप्रतिवाप्यं। भ़ायेद्गुदगदांकुररोगी॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 218 · v. 124.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The decoction is taken to be that of verse 123. The commentary reads दीप्य as अजवाइन here (in Kalyana lavana it read दीप्यक as अजमोद) and ग्रंथि as पीपलामूल.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_panitaka_p290