A powder of sarjika alkali, rock salt, asafoetida, cumin, both karanjas, shravani and trikatu taken with milk; it is said to make the scrotum firm like an elephant's.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सुवर्चिकादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- सुवर्चिकादि चूर्ण
- English
- Suvarchikadi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Natron alkali (sarjikshara)सज्जीखार (सर्जिक्षार) | सुवर्चिका / सज्जीखार | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | हिंगु / हींग | Not stated |
| Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक) | जीरक / जीरा | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | करंजयुग्म / छोटी-बडी करंजा | Not stated |
| Shravaniश्रवणी | श्रवणाह्व / श्रवणी | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिाक / त्रिकटू | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पय / दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
All the drugs are powdered.
इन सब अैषधियों को चूर्णकर दूध के साथ पीवें
How it is used
Taken with milk.
तो अणडकोश हाथी के अणडकोश के समान सुदृढ बनता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Scrotal swelling (vriddhi)(मुष्क / अणडकोश)
Organs mentionedTestes and male reproductive organsअंडकोष और पुरुष जननांग
कटुत्रिाकैश्चूर्णकृतै: पय: पिबेत्। करोति मुष्कं करिमुष्क्वसािौाभम्॥ 89॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 240 · v. 89.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Here the commentary glosses सुवर्चिका as सज्जीखार; in verse 22 it glossed it as यवक्षार.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 13
- Extraction tasks
- T11
- Record id
- formulation_suvarchikadi_churna_p312