The piles patient is given no food but only very sour buttermilk to drink; alternatively, water prepared with ginger, kutaja, chitraka and punarnava, or milk cooked with these drugs.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- तक्रकल्प
- Hindi
- तक्र कल्प
- English
- Buttermilk regimen (takra kalpa)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk (takra)छाछ (तक्र) | अत्यम्ल तक्र / अम्ल छाछ | Not stated |
| Ardraka (fresh ginger)अदरक (आर्द्रक) | श्रृंगवेर / अदरख | Not stated |
| Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज) | कुटज / कूट (भावार्थ) | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्नि / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Punarnava (hogweed)पुनर्नवा (सांठी) | पुनर्भू / पुनर्नवा | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | सिद्दतोय / सिद्द जल | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पय / दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Water or milk is cooked with ginger, kutaja, chitraka and punarnava.
पीने को देना चाहिए अथवा अदरख, कूट, चित्रक, पुनर्नवा इनसे सिद्द जल व इन अैषधियों से पकाये
How it is used
Very sour buttermilk alone, without food, or the medicated water or milk, to drink.
अर्श रोगी को अौा खाने को नहीं देकर अर्थात् अौा को छुडाकर केवल अम्ल छाछ
Indicated for, as the text says
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(गुदज / अर्श)
Therapies involvedLightening therapy and fasting (langhana)लंघन (उपवास)
श्रृंगवेरकुटजाग्निपुनर्भू। सिद्दतोयपरिपPपयो वा॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 217 · v. 123.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse names कुटज; the commentary prints कूट.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_takra_kalpa_p289