Ghee cooked with a decoction and paste of seven drugs and cow-dung juice, licked for liver and spleen enlargement, distension, mahodara, cough, gulma, upward-moving vata and udavarta.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- षट्पल सर्पिषट्पल घृत
- Hindi
- षट्पल घृत
- English
- Shatpala ghee
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पली / पीपल | पलषट्कसंमितै: / छह पल (24 तोला) कषाय व छह पल कल्क · six pala (24 tola) of decoction and six pala of paste of the seven drugs |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | नागर / सोंठ | Not stated |
| Gajapippali (elephant pepper)गजपीपल (गजपिप्पली) | हस्तिपिप्पली / गजपीपल | Not stated |
| Shati (spiked ginger lily)कचूर (शटी) | शटी / कचोर | Not stated |
| Salt (lavana)नमक (लवण) | समुद्र / समुद्रलवण | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्नि / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Barley alkali (yavakshara)जवाखार (यवक्षार) | यवोद्धवै: / यव़ार | Not stated |
| Cow dung (gomaya)गोबर (गोमय) | गोमयम् / गोबर का रस | प्रस्थसमांशगोमयम् / एक प्रस्थ (64 तोला) गोबर का रस · one prastha (64 tola) of cow-dung juice |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृतं / घृत | एक प्रस्थ घृत · one prastha of ghee |
Preparation as described
Six pala (24 tola) of decoction and six pala of paste of the seven drugs and one prastha (64 tola) of cow-dung juice are cooked with one prastha of ghee.
तोला) कषाय व छह पल कल्क अैर एक प्रस्थ (64 तोला) गोबर का रस डालकर एक प्रस्थ घृत
How it is used
Licked.
सिद्द करें। इसे षट्पलसर्पि कहते हैं। इस उत्तम घृत को सेवन करने से यकृत, प्लीहा, आधमान, महोदर,
Indicated for, as the text says
- Liver enlargement (yakridudara)(यकृत्)
- Splenic enlargement (plihodara)(प्लिहा / प्लीहा)
- Bloating (adhmana)(आधमान)
- Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(महोदर)
- Cough (kasa)(कास)
- Abdominal lump (gulma)(गुल्म)
- Udavarta (upward movement of vata)(उदावर्त, ऊधर्ववात)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
सपिप्पली नागरहस्तिपिप्पली। शटीसमुद्राग्नियवोद्धवै: शुभै:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 190 · v. 170-171.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
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- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
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