Ghee cooked with long pepper and the salt group is said to calm very old shvasa.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पिप्पल्यादि घृत
- Hindi
- पिप्पल्यादि घृत
- English
- Pippalyadi ghee
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पली / पीपल | Not stated |
| Salt (lavana)नमक (लवण) | लवणवर्ग | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | सर्पि / घी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Ghee is cooked with long pepper and the salt group.
पिप्पलीलवणवर्गविपक्वं। सर्पिरेव
How it is used
Use is stated without further detail.
सर्पिरेव शमयत्यतिजीणँ
Indicated for, as the text says
- Breathlessness and asthma (shvasa)(अत्यन्त पुराने शवास)
पीपल व लवण वर्ग से सिद्द किया हुआ घी अत्यन्त पुराने शवास को शमन करता है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 325 · v. 10.Questions and answers
How does the text treat a strong and a weak shvasa patient differently?
The strong patient first gets emesis and then oil enema and other purifications; the weak patient gets pacifying medicines only.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
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- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
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