Milk cooked with tuntuka, pilu, both nightshades, patala, agnimantha, ashvagandha, sushavi, liquorice and hribera, with ghee and jaggery, is drunk to destroy all kinds of raktapitta and vatarakta.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- टुण्टुकादि दुग्ध
- Hindi
- टुंटुकादि दुग्ध
- English
- Tuntukadi milk
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Shyonaka (Indian trumpet tree)सोनापाठा (श्योनाक) | टुंटूक / टुंटूक (टैंटू) | Not stated |
| Pilu (toothbrush tree)पीलू | पीलु | Not stated |
| Brihatidvaya (two nightshades)कंटकारीद्वय (दोनों कटेरी) | वृहती द्वय / दोनों कटेली | Not stated |
| Patalaपाढल (पाटला) | पाट ल / पाढ | Not stated |
| Agnimanthaअरणी (अग्निमंथ) | अग्निमंथ / अगेथु | Not stated |
| Ashvagandha (winter cherry)असगंध (अश्वगंधा) | अश्वगंध / असगंध | Not stated |
| Krishnajiraka (black cumin)काला जीरा (कृष्णजीरक) | सुषवी / काला जीरा | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | मधुक / मुलैठी | Not stated |
| Hribera (fragrant sweet-scented root)सुगंधबाला (ह्रीबेर) | अंबु / नेत्र वाला | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Milk is cooked with the drugs and ghee and jaggery are mixed in.
टुंटूक, पीलु,(टैंटू) दोनों कटेली, पाढ, अगेथु, असगंध, काला जीरा, मुलैठी, नेत्र वाला, इनसे पकाये हुए दूध में घी गुड मिलाकर थोडा ठणडा करके पीना चाहिए।
How it is used
Drunk lukewarm according to the verse; the commentary says slightly cooled.
़ीरं पिबेत् घृतगुडान्बितमीषदुष्णं। सर्वास्रपित्तपबनामयनाशनार्थम्॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Bleeding disorder (raktapitta)(सर्वास्रपित्त / सर्व रक्रपित्त)
- Vatarakta (gout-like disorder)(पवनामय / वातरक्र)
टुंटूकपीलु वृहती द्वय पाट लाग्नि-मंथाश्वगंधसुषवीमधुकांबुपक्वम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 134 · v. 43.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- टुंटूक is mapped to shyonaka (टुण्टुक); the gloss टैंटू follows पीलु in the print. सुषवी is glossed काला जीरा by the commentary; the lexicon lists सुषवी under bitter gourd, so the mapping is marked uncertain.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_tuntukadi_dugdha_p206