Black pepper, dry ginger, bhallataka and surana tuber in successively doubled parts are ground with an equal weight of jaggery into fragrant modakas; eaten daily, they are said to remove even the most stubborn piles, and the text says no dietary restriction is needed while taking them.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सूरण मोदक
- Hindi
- सूरण मोदकसूरण के लड्डू
- English
- Surana modaka (elephant foot yam sweet balls)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच) | मरिच / मिरच | 1 तो∂ा का∂ी मिरच · 1 tola |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | नागर / सोंठ | 2 तो∂ा सौंठ · 2 tola |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | विरुयाताग्निक / भिलाया | 4 तो∂ा भि∂ावा · 4 tola |
| Elephant foot yam (surana)जिमीकंद (सूरण) | सूरणकन्द / सूरणकंद (जमीकंद) | 8 तो∂ा सूरणकंद · 8 tola |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | समगुड / गुड की चासनी | 15 तो∂ा गुड की चासनी · 15 tola of jaggery syrup |
Preparation as described
Each drug is taken in double the quantity of the one before, all are ground together, and an equal weight of jaggery is added to make modakas; the footnote says the powders are mixed into jaggery syrup to make laddus or barfi.
मिरच, सोंठ, भिलाया व सूरणकंद इनको क्रम से द्विगुणांश1 लेकर सबको एक साथ
How it is used
Eaten daily; no dietary restriction is needed.
प्रकार की परहेज करने की जरूरत नहीं है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(दुर्जयानपि अर्शसां सकलरोगसमूहान् / कठिन से कठिन अर्श)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
उत्तरोत्तरकृतद्विगुणांशान्। मर्दितान् समगुडेन विचूर्णान्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 217 · v. 121-122.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
- Amounts are from footnote 1 on PDF 289 (printed with ∂ for ल). The commentary reads विख्याताग्निक as भिलावा. The supervision flag is for bhallataka.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_surana_modaka_p289