Triphala, chitraka and the other drugs named in verse 40 are cooked by the stated decoction-cooking method; the commentary adds that phanita or sugar and aromatics are mixed in and that it is prepared like the chitraka kalpa. The patient who takes it, the text says, lives three hundred years free of all diseases, becomes very strong even if he was weak, very steadfast and handsome like Kamadeva, and lives happily.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- त्रिफलादि कल्प
- Hindi
- त्रिफलादि कल्प
- English
- Triphaladi kalpa
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | सत्त्रिफला / त्रिफला | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | सुचित्रकगण / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Phanitaफाणित | फाणित (भावार्थ) | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शक्कर (भावार्थ) | Not stated |
| All the fragrant drugs (sarvagandha)सर्व गंधौषध | गंधद्रव्य (भावार्थ) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Cooked by the decoction-cooking method stated before and finished like the chitraka kalpa.
अैषधियों को उक्र कषायपाक विधान से पकाकर (फाणित या शक्कर, गंधद्रव्य आदि मिलाकर
How it is used
Taken by the patient.
चित्रक कल्प के समान सिद्द करके) रोगी सेवन करें तो वह मनुष्य तीन सै वर्ष पयँत सम्पूर्ण रोगों
एवं सत्त्रिफलासुचित्रकगणाद्युक्रोरुसद्धेषजा-।Source wording as converted, Chapter 25 · p. 594 · v. 45.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary refers back to the drugs of verse 40 (kshara, triphala, chitraka group, white ashvagandha, guduchi, punarnava and others); only triphala and the chitraka group are named in this verse.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
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- Chapters
- Chapter 25
- Extraction tasks
- T28
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