Siddharthadi paste

A paste of mustards, rock salt, vacha, kushtha, realgar, orpiment and a sharp poison with black mushkaka ash and arka latex, applied in kushtha.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थादि लेप
Hindi: सिद्धार्थादि लेप
English: Siddharthadi paste

Ingredients and preparation

External paste (lepa)External applicationChapter 11 · p. 176 · v. 95

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Mustard seed (sarshapa)सरसों (सर्षप)	सिद्दार्थकै: सर्षप / सफेद सरसों, सरसों	Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	सैंधव / सैंधा नमक	Not stated
Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा)	उग्र / वचा	Not stated
Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ)	कुष्ट / कूट	Not stated
Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क)	अर्कदुग्ध / अकैवा के दूध	Not stated
Realgar (manahshila)मैनसिल (मनःशिला)	मनशिशला / मेनशिला	Not stated
Orpiment (haratala)हरताल (हरिताल)	आल / हरताल	Not stated
Vatsanabha (Indian aconite)बच्छनाग (वत्सनाभ)	ती़णसुधा / ती़णविष (वत्सनाभ आदि)	Not stated
Mushkakaमोखा	असितमुष्ककभस्म / काला मोखा वृ़ा का भस्म	Not stated

Preparation as described

The drugs are powdered and mixed with the ash of black mushkaka and arka latex.

(वत्सनाभ आदि) इनको चूर्णकर इसमें काला मोखा वृ़ा का भस्म व अकैवा के दूध मिलाकर, कुष्ठ

How it is used

Applied as a paste in kushtha.

रोग में लेपन करना चाहिए।

Indicated for, as the text says

Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(कुष्ठ रोग)

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना

Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा

सिद्दार्थकै: सर्षपसैंधवोग्र-कुष्टार्कदुग्धसहितैस्समनशिशलालै:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 176 · v. 95.

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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