A powder of equal parts of pippali, rock salt, chitraka and yavakshara, licked daily with shigru juice for liver and spleen udara.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पिप्पल्यादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- पिप्पल्यादि चूर्ण
- English
- Pippalyadi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पली / पीपल | समम् / समांश · equal parts of the four drugs |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | चित्राक / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Barley alkali (yavakshara)जवाखार (यवक्षार) | यवोद्धवं / यव़ार | Not stated |
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | सैभांजनक / सेंजन के रस | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Equal parts of the four are finely powdered.
पीपल, सैंधानमक, चित्रक व यव़ार को समांश चूर्ण करके उसे सेंजन के रस में
How it is used
Mixed with shigru juice and licked daily.
मिलाकर रोज चाटें तो यकृत व प्लीहोदर की शांति होती है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Liver enlargement (yakridudara)(यकृत्)
- Splenic enlargement (plihodara)(प्लीह्युदर / प्लीहोदर)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
सपिप्पलीसैंधवचित्राकान्वितं। यवोद्धवं साधु विचूर्णितं समम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 190 · v. 169.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- formulation_pippalyadi_churna_p262