A smoking wick made by wrapping an eight-angula reed in cloth and coating it with pure guggulu, sarja resin and fat (ghee or oil); smoked by persons whose bodies are very dry, it is called the oleating smoke.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- स्नैहिक धूमस्नेहनधूम
- Hindi
- स्नेहिक धूमस्नेहन धूम
- English
- Oleating smoke (snaihika dhuma)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Guggulu (Indian bdellium)गूगल (गुग्गुलु) | अमलगुग्गुल / निर्मल गुग्गुल | Not stated |
| Sarja (sal resin)राल (सर्जरस) | सर्जनाम्ना / राल | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | स्नेह (घृत) | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | स्नेह (तैल) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A reed eight angulas long is wrapped with cloth (the commentary: linen, hemp or silk; a footnote reads thread) and smeared with a well-mixed paste of guggulu, sarja resin and fat; the commentary adds that it is dried well and the reed drawn out, leaving the smoking wick.
उसके ऊपर निर्मल गुग्गुल, राल, स्नेह, (घृत या तैल ) इनको अच्छी तरह मिलाकर लेप कर दें (पीछे
How it is used
The wick is placed in the smoking pipe and lit, and the smoke is given to persons with very dry bodies.
को धूमपान की नली में रखकर, उस पर आग लगाकर) जिनके शरीर रू़ा हो इनके इस धूम का सेवन
Indicated for, as the text says
- Dry quality (ruksha)(बहुरू़ातर: शरीरे / जिनके शरीर रू़ा हो)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
अष्टांगुलायतशरं परिवेष्ठच्य २वस्त्रेणालेपयेदमलगुग्गुलसर्जनाम्ना।Source wording as converted, Chapter 23 · p. 549 · v. 36.Questions and answers
What are the five kinds of medicated smoke, and how long is the smoking pipe for them?
Oleating, prayogika, emetic, purgative and cough-relieving smoke. The pipe is 48 angulas long for the prayogika smoke, 32 for the oleating smoke and 16 for the purgative and cough-relieving smokes.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Footnote 2 on PDF 621 gives सूत्रेण (with thread) as a variant reading for वस्त्रेण (with cloth).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
- Record id
- formulation_snehana_dhuma_p621