Bound siddha mercury (the verse: two pala; the commentary: one pala) is put into a good iron vessel with one pala of ghee prepared with triphala water, cooked on a very mild fire, and two haritaki are added; the commentary says this yields a pure ghee. The text says that drinking this excellent ghee daily makes a man at once as strong and splendid as a rutting elephant; taken with one pala of the mercury it is said to remove even the most severe diseases, and one pala of gold bhasma mixed with this ghee may also be used as nasya.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- सिद्ध रस युक्त त्रिफला घृत
- English
- Ghee with bound mercury, triphala and haritaki
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद) | बद्द सिद्दरस / सिद्द रस | पलद्वयम् (श्लोक) / एक पल प्रमाण (भावार्थ) · two pala in the verse, one pala in the commentary |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत | पलं / एक पल प्रमाण · one pala |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | त्रिफला / त्रिफला जल | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | तोय / जल | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | हरीतकी | द्वे / दो हरीतकी · two |
| Gold (svarna)सोना (स्वर्ण) | कनक / सुवर्णभस्म | एकं पलम् / एक पल प्रमाण सुवर्णभस्म · one pala of gold bhasma for the nasya |
Preparation as described
The mercury and the triphala ghee are cooked together in an iron vessel on a very mild fire, and two haritaki are added.
भावार्थ : बंधन संस्कार से सिद्द रस को एक पल प्रमाण लेकर एक अच्छे लोहे के पात्र में डालें। उसमें एक पल प्रमाण त्रिफला जल से सिद्द घृत को मिलावें।
How it is used
The ghee is drunk daily; taken with one pala of the mercury against very severe diseases; with one pala of gold bhasma mixed in it may also be used as nasya.
उस घृत को प्रतिदिन पीने पर तत़्ाण यह मनुष्य मदोन्मत्त हाथी के समान बलवान् व तेजोयुक्र हो जाता है।
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
बद्दं सिद्दरसे पलद्वयमलं संगृह्य लोभे शुभे।Source wording as converted, Chapter 24 · p. 579 · v. 48-49.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.
Questions and answers
How is the siddha ghee-nectar (siddhaghritamrita) made?
One pala of ghee, two pala of mercury and four pala of milk are cooked in an iron vessel on a mild husk fire until the milk is consumed and only ghee remains.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Verse 48 gives पलद्वयम् (two pala) of mercury where the commentary gives one pala; the verse's लोभे is read by the commentary as an iron (लोहे) vessel.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
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- Chapter 24
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- T27
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