An antidote powder of eleven drugs mixed with cow ghee and kept in a horn, used for nasya, collyrium, paste and other uses against all poisons.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सर्वविषारि अगद
- Hindi
- सर्वविषारि अगद
- English
- Sarvavishari antidote (first)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Pathaपाठा (पाढ़) | पाठा / पाढ | Not stated |
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | हिंगु / हींग | Not stated |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | फलत्रयं / त्रिफला | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रिकटुकं / त्रिकुटु | Not stated |
| Parpatakaपित्तपापड़ा (पर्पटक) | वक्र / पित्तपापडा | Not stated |
| Ajamoda (wild celery seed)अजमोद | अजमोदा / अजवाइर्न | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्निकं / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सिंधूत्थं / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Vida salt (vida lavana)बिड नमक (विड लवण) | विडं / विडं नमक | Not stated |
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | विडंग / बायविडंग | Not stated |
| Black salt (sauvarchala)काला नमक (सौवर्चल) | सैवर्चलं / काला नमक | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Powdered well, mixed with cow ghee and kept in a horn.
सवँ गव्यघृतेन मिश्रितमिदं श्रृंगे निधाय स्थितं।
How it is used
Used for nasya, collyrium, paste and all other applications.
तदनंतर इसका उपयोग नस्य, अंजन, लेपन आदि सर्व कायोँ में करने से सर्व प्रकार के विष नाश को प्राप्त होते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Poisoning (visha)(सर्वाणयेव विषाणि)
पाढ, हींग, त्रिफला, त्रिकुटु, पित्तपापडा, अजवाइर्न, चित्रक, सैंधानमक, विडं नमक, बायविडंग व काला नमक इन सबको अच्छी तरह चूर्ण कर गाय के घृत के साथ मिलावें एवं सींग में रखें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 432 · v. 118.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
- The verse writes अजमोदा; the commentary renders it अजवाइन.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T21
- Record id
- formulation_sarvavishari_agada_p504