A medicated ghee made from a paste of tilvaka ground with sour substances, with danti root, kshirakanchuki and trivrit, cooked with curd, triphala decoction and ghee; it is described as a suitable purgative ghee for vata patients.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- तिल्वकादि घृत
- Hindi
- तिल्वकादि घृत
- English
- Tilvakadi ghee
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Tilvakaतिल्बक | तिल्वक | बिल्वमात्रा / कल्क 4 तोले · one bilva measure of paste, given as 4 tola |
| Dantiदंती (दन्ती) | सुदंती / जमालगोटे की जड | अ़ामात्रा / 2 तोले · one aksha measure, given as 2 tola |
| Kshirakanchukiक्षीरकंचुकी | ़ीरकंचुक / ़ीर कंचुकी (़ीरीश वृ़ा) | 2 तोले · 2 tola |
| Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्) | त्रिावृता / निशोध | 2 तोले · 2 tola |
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | दधि / दही | आढक / एक आढक (3 से 16 तोले) · one adhaka |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | फलत्राय / त्रिफला क्वाथ | आढकमथापि / एक आढक क्वाथ · one adhaka of decoction |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत | प्रस्थयुग्म / दो प्रस्थ (डेढ सेर 12 तोला) · two prastha |
Preparation as described
Tilvaka is ground with sour substances into a paste, the other three drugs are powdered and mixed in, and two prastha of ghee is cooked in the usual way with this paste, one adhaka of curd and one adhaka of triphala decoction.
मिलावे यह कल्क, एक आढक (3 से 16 तोले) दही, एक आढक त्रिफला क्वाथ, इन चीजों से दो
How it is used
Used as a purgative ghee for vata patients; the dose is not stated.
प्रस्थ (डेढ सेर 12 तोला) घृत यथाविधि सिद्द करें। यह तिल्वकादि घृत, वातिक रोगियों को विरेचन
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(वातिनां / वातिक रोगी)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
प्रस्थयुग्ममखिलं परिपक्वं। वातिनां हितविरेचनसर्पि:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 197 · v. 15-16.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The printed conversion of one adhaka reads (3 से 16 तोले), apparently garbled. The supervision flag is for purgation.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_tilvakadi_ghrita_p269