Oil, or likewise ghee, cooked in snuhi latex and mixed with plenty of salt (rock salt in the commentary) is applied with a leaf bound over; the text says this too calms valmikapada.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- स्नुहीपय:सिद्ध तैल या घृत
- Hindi
- थूहर के दूध में पका तेल या घी
- English
- Oil or ghee cooked in snuhi latex
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | स्नुहि पयसि / थूहर के दूध | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | लवणाढच्य / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Oil or ghee is cooked in snuhi latex and rock salt is added.
थूहर के दूध में पकाये हुए तैल या घी में सैंधानमक मिलाकर लेपन करें
How it is used
Applied as a paste with leaves bound over it.
शमयति लवणाढच्यं पत्राबंधेन सार्धम्॥ 14॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Valmikapada (anthill foot)(वल्मीकपाद)
स्नुहि पयसि विपक्वंतैलमेवं घृतं वा।Source wording as converted, Chapter 14 · p. 244 · v. 14.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
- Supervision flag because snuhi latex is marked irritant in the lexicon.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- formulation_snuhi_ksheera_taila_p316