Punnaga-seed paste

A paste for kushtha with markedly raised patches, applied after the patches are rubbed down.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: पुन्नागबीजादि लेप
Hindi: पुन्नागबीजादि लेप
English: Punnaga-seed paste

Ingredients and preparation

External paste (lepa)External applicationChapter 11 · p. 176 · v. 92

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Punnagaपुन्नाग	पुौागबीजै: / पुौागवृ़ा के बीज	Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	सैंधव / सैंधानमक	Not stated
Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क)	अर्क / अकैबा	Not stated
Black salt (sauvarchala)काला नमक (सौवर्चल)	सैवर्चलै: / कालानमक	Not stated
Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज)	कुटजकल्क / कुरैया की छाल	Not stated
Samudraphena (sea foam)समुद्रफेन	सफेन / समुद्रफेन (used for rubbing)	Not stated

Preparation as described

Made into a paste (kalka).

कुरैया की छाल इनके कल्क को लेपन करना चाहिए।

How it is used

The raised patches are first rubbed with a knife, samudraphena or a sharp brick, then the paste is applied.

जिस कुष्ठ में अत्यधिक उठे हुए मणडल (चकते) हों तो उनको शस्त्र से, समुद्रफेन

Indicated for, as the text says

Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(अत्युच्छ्रितान्यत्रा हि मणडलानि / अत्यधिक उठे हुए मणडल (चकते))

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना

Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा

पुौागबीजै: सह सैंधवार्कैस्सैवर्चलै: कुटजकल्कयुतै: प्रिंलपेत्॥ 92॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 176 · v. 92.

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.

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