A cooled enema of the decoction of milky-sap trees, lotus, blue water lily and the kakolyadi group, mixed with sugar, ghee and milk, said to be beneficial in disorders of aggravated pitta.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पित्तघ्न निरूह बस्ति
- Hindi
- पित्तघ्न निरूह बस्ति
- English
- Pitta-removing niruha enema
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Panchavalkala (five barks)पंचवल्कल | ़ीरवृ़ा / दूधिया वृ़ा | Not stated |
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | कमल | Not stated |
| Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल) | उत्पल / नीलकमल | Not stated |
| Kakolyadi groupकाकोल्यादि गण | काकोल्यादि / काकोल्यादिगण | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शPर | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पय: / दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are boiled into a decoction, cooled, and mixed with sugar, ghee and milk.
़ीरवृ़ाकमलोत्पलकाकोल्यादिनिक्वथित
How it is used
As an enema in pitta disorders.
से तैयार किए हुए क्वाथ में शPर, घी व दूध को मिलाकर बस्ति देवें तो हितकर होता है।
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Pitta: pacifies
Therapies involvedDecoction enema (niruha basti)निरूह बस्ति
भावार्थ : पित्तप्रकोप से उत्पौा विकारों में दूधिया वृ़ा, कमल, नीलकमल एवं काकोल्यादिगण1Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 536 · v. 153.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.
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 22
- Extraction tasks
- T25
- Record id
- formulation_pittaghna_niruha_basti_p608