Trikatukadi poultice

Trikatu, garlic, asafoetida, vacha, ingudi and langali are applied daily as a paste with warm leaves bound over it; the text says this calms aggravated shlipada.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: त्रिकटुकादि उपनाह
Hindi: त्रिकटुकादि उपनाह
English: Trikatukadi poultice

Ingredients and preparation

External paste (lepa)External applicationChapter 14 · p. 243 · v. 13

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)	त्रिाकटु / त्रिकटु	Not stated
Garlicलहसन	लशुन / लहसन	Not stated
Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु)	हिंगू / हींग	Not stated
Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा)	उग्रा / बच	Not stated
Ingudi (desert date)हिंगोट (इंगुदी)	इंगुदी / हिंगोट	Not stated
Langali (glory lily)कलिहारी (लांगली)	लांगली / कलिहारी	Not stated

Preparation as described

The drugs are made into a paste; no further method is given.

त्रिकटु, लहसन, हींग, बच, हिंगोट, कलिहारी इन अैषधियों का प्रतिदिन लेपनकर

How it is used

Applied daily as a paste with leaves of hot quality bound over it.

उष्ण गुणयुक्र पत्ो को उस से उपर बांधने पर

Indicated for, as the text says

Elephantiasis (shlipada)(उद्दतं शलीपदारुयं / उद्रिक्र शलीपद)

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना Poultice (upanaha)उपनाह (पुल्टिस)

त्रिाकटुलशुनहिंगूग्रेंगुदीलांगलीकै:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 14 · p. 243 · v. 13.

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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