Tiladi alkali

Alkaline water from the ash of sesame, apamarga, gokshura, tala, mushkaka, aragvadha and kimshuka, drunk with shilajit and bida salt, said to conquer stone.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: तिलादिक्षार
Hindi: तिलादि क्षार
English: Tiladi alkali

Ingredients and preparation

Alkali (kshara)Taken by mouthChapter 13 · p. 227 · v. 33

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Sesame (tila)तिल	तिल	Not stated
Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)चिरचिटा (अपामार्ग)	अपामार्ग / चिरचिरा	Not stated
Gokshura (caltrops)गोखरू (गोक्षुर)	इ़ुर / गोखुरू	Not stated
Palmyra palm (tala)ताड	ताल	Not stated
Mushkakaमोखा	मुष्कक / मोखा	Not stated
Aragvadha (golden shower)अमलतास (आरग्वध)	ि़ातीश्वरारुयांघ्रिप / अमलतास	Not stated
Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश)	किंशुक	Not stated
Shilajit (shilajatu)शिलाजीत (शिलाजतु)	शिलाजतु / शिलाजीत	Not stated
Vida salt (vida lavana)बिड नमक (विड लवण)	द्राविल / बिडनमक	Not stated

Preparation as described

The plants are burnt thoroughly to ash; the ash is stirred into water and strained, and shilajit and bida salt are mixed into this alkaline water.

तरह भस्म कर उसको पानी में घोलकर छान लेवें। उस ़ारजल में शिलाजीत अैर बिडनमक मिलाकर

How it is used

The alkaline water is drunk.

पीवंे, तो यह अशमरी रोग को जीत लेता है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Urinary stone (ashmari)(अशमरी)

Organs mentionedKidneys and urinary systemगुर्दे और मूत्र तंत्र

सुभस्मानिश्राव्य पिबेत्तदशमरीं। शिलाजतुद्राविलमिश्रितं जयेत्॥ 33॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 227 · v. 33.

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.

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