Talisa, black pepper, dry ginger, long pepper and cinnamon with cardamom in parts of one to five, powdered and bound with jaggery into balls the size of an amalaki, eaten for cough, upward breathlessness, hiccup, fever, vomiting, intoxication and kapha diseases.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- तालीसादि मोदक
- Hindi
- तालीसादि मोदक
- English
- Talisadi modaka (pills)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Talisapatraतालीसपत्र | तालीस | एक भाग · one part |
| Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच) | मरिच / मिरच | दो भाग · two parts |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | शुंठी / सोंठ | तीन भाग · three parts |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पली / पीपल | चार भाग · four parts |
| Tvak (cinnamon bark)दालचीनी (त्वक्) | त्वक् / दालचीनी | दालचीनी इलायची ये दोनों मिलकर पाँच भाग · cinnamon and cardamom together five parts |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | इलायची (टीका) | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are powdered in the stated parts, mixed with jaggery and formed into balls (modaka) the size of an amalaki.
किए हुए चूर्ण में गुड मिलाकर आँवले के बराबर गोली बनावें (इसे तालीसादि मोदक कहते हैं)
How it is used
The balls, each the size of an amalaki fruit, are eaten.
उस मोदक को भ़ाण करने से खाँसी, ऊधर्व श्वास, हिचकी जवर, वमन, मद व शलेष्म रोग नाश होते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Cough (kasa)(कास / खाँसी)
- Breathlessness and asthma (shvasa)(ऊधर्वश्वास / ऊधर्व श्वास)
- Hiccup (hikka)(हिक्वा / हिचकी)
- Fever (jvara)(जवर)
- Vomiting (chhardi)(वमथु / वमन)
- Alcohol disorders (madatyaya)(मद)
- Kapha disorders(शलेष्मरोग)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
एक भाग तालीस, दो भाग मिरच, तीन भाग सोंठ, चार भाग पीपल, दालचीनी इलायची ये दोनों मिलकर पाँच भागSource wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 153 · v. 15.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Footnote 1 records the variant reading तुंगमवि बहुलां, under which vamshalochana would replace cinnamon; see ingredient_vamshalochana.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- formulation_talisadi_modaka_p225