Decoctions of many cool, sweet drugs, drunk with ghee and sugar, together with milk, foods and drinks prepared with the same drugs, are said always to destroy the pitta-type stone.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पित्ताश्मरीनाशक योग
- Hindi
- पित्ताश्मरी नाशक योग
- English
- Formula that destroys pitta-type stone
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kasha grassकांस (काश) | काश | Not stated |
| Kusha grassकुश | दर्भ | Not stated |
| Utkataरामसर | उत्कट / रामसर (भद्रमुंज) | Not stated |
| Sugarcane (ikshu)गन्ना (इक्षु) | मोरट / इर्ख का जड | Not stated |
| Pashanabhedaपाषाणभेद (पखानभेद) | अशमभित् / पाषाणभेदी | Not stated |
| Gokshura (caltrops)गोखरू (गोक्षुर) | त्रिकणटक / गोखरु | Not stated |
| Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा) | सारिवा / सारिबा (अनंतमूल) | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | चंदन | Not stated |
| Shirisha (lebbek)सिरस (शिरीष) | शिरीष / सिरस | Not stated |
| Dhattura (thorn apple)धतूरा (धत्तूर) | धत्तूर / धतूरा | Not stated |
| Kurantakaपीली कटसरैया | कुरणटक / पीली कटसरैया | Not stated |
| Shamiछौंकरा | शमी / छौंकरा | Not stated |
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | वराह / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Pathaपाठा (पाढ़) | पाठा | Not stated |
| Banana (kadali)केला (कदली) | कदली / केले की जड | Not stated |
| Vidarakaबिदारक | विदारक / बिदारक | Not stated |
| Nagakesara (ironwood flower)नागकेसर | पुष्प / नागकेसर | Not stated |
| Ash gourd (kushmanda)पेठा (कूष्मांड) | कूष्माणड (सफेद कद्दू ) | Not stated |
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | कमल | Not stated |
| Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल) | उत्पल / नीलकमल | Not stated |
| Cucumber and melons (karkati, trapusa)ककड़ी और खीरा (कर्कटी) | उर्वारुक / ककडी का बीज | Not stated |
| Bottle gourd (alabu)लौकी (अलाबू) | तुंबि / तुम्बी (लैकी) | Not stated |
| Ivy gourd (bimbi)कुंदुरु | बिंबिका / कुंदुरू | Not stated |
| Trapushaखीरा | विपPसत्रायुषबीज / पके हुए खीरे का बीज | Not stated |
| Trijata (three aromatics)त्रिजात (दालचीनी, इलायची, तेजपात) | त्रिजातक / दालचीनी, तेजपात, इलायची | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शक्कर | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पयोगण / दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A decoction of these drugs is made and mixed with ghee and sugar; milk, snacks, drinks and meals are also prepared with the same drugs.
इनके कषाय को घी शक्कर मिलाकर पीने से तथा इन्हीं अैषधियों से साधित दूध, भ़य पानक व भोजय पदाथोँ को पीने आदि कायोँ में प्रयोग करने से
How it is used
The decoction is drunk with ghee and sugar, and the medicated milk, snacks, drinks and meals are taken as food.
कृतै: कषायैस्सघृतैस्सशर्करै:।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Urinary stone (ashmari)(पित्तकृताशमरी / पित्त से उत्पौा अशमरी)
प्रयोजितै: पित्तकृताशमरी सदा। विनश्यति श्रीरिव दुष्टमंत्रिभि:॥ 26॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 226 · v. 24-26.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.
Extraction notes
- Supervision flag because the recipe includes dhattura, a toxic plant. The verse words कपज्ञक and प्रतीतक are unclear; the commentary lists कमल and नीलकमल. मोरट is glossed as the root of sugarcane.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 13
- Extraction tasks
- T11
- Record id
- formulation_pittashmari_nashaka_yoga_p298