Buttermilk cooked with tulasi, bandhura, kandala and kandaka is mixed into warm sour gruel with ghee and drunk for three days; the text says it destroys all worms living in the abdomen.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सुरसादि योग
- Hindi
- सुरसादि योग
- English
- Surasadi preparation
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Tulasi (holy basil)तुलसी | सुरस / तुलसी | Not stated |
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | बंधुर / वायविडंग | Not stated |
| Khadira (cutch tree)खैर (खदिर) | कंदल / सफेद खैर | Not stated |
| Elephant foot yam (surana)जिमीकंद (सूरण) | कंदक / वनसूरण | Not stated |
| Buttermilk (takra)छाछ (तक्र) | सुतक्र / छाछ | Not stated |
| Sour fermented gruel (kanjika)कांजी (काञ्जिक) | अम्लिका / कांजी | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Buttermilk is cooked with the four plants and mixed into warm sour gruel with ghee.
इन से पकायी हुइर् छाछ से मिश्रित गरम कांजी में घी मिलाकर
How it is used
Drunk warm for three days.
अशिशिरां सघृतां त्रिादिनं पिबे-
Indicated for, as the text says
- Worm infestation (krimi)(उदरसर्प / उदर में रहने वाली कृमि)
Duration as written
three days · त्रिादिनं / तीन दिन
Organs mentionedAbdomenउदर (पेट)
सुरसबंधुरकंदलकंदकै:। परिविपक्वसुतक्रमयाम्लिकाम्॥ अशिशिरां सघृतां त्रिादिनं पिबे-दुदरसर्पविनाशनकारिकाम्॥ 18॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 350 · v. 18.All references
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Extraction notes
- Plant identities follow the commentary.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- formulation_surasadi_yoga_p422