Cinnamon, cardamom, long pepper, vamshalochana and white sugar, each double the one before, powdered and mixed, are eaten for raktapitta, consumption, thirst, breathlessness, hiccup, fever, intoxication, cough, loss of taste and severe burning.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- त्वगादि चूर्णसितोपलादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- त्वगादि चूर्णसीतोपलादि चूर्णसितोपलादि चूर्ण
- English
- Tvagadi powder (Sitopaladi powder)Sitopaladi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Tvak (cinnamon bark)दालचीनी (त्वक्) | त्वक् / दालचीनी | v भाग · one part (garbled numeral, read from the verse's doubling rule) |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | एला / इलायची | २ भाग · two parts |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पलीका / पीपल | y भाग · four parts (garbled numeral, read from the verse's doubling rule) |
| Vamshalochana (bamboo manna)वंशलोचन (तबाशीर) | तुगा / वंशलोचन | } भाग · eight parts (garbled numeral, read from the verse's doubling rule) |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा अतिशुक्ला / शPर | v{ भाग · sixteen parts (garbled numeral, read from the verse's doubling rule) |
Preparation as described
The drugs are taken in these parts, dried and powdered, and all are mixed.
भाग प्रमाण लेकर सुखाकर चूर्ण करें। फि र सबको मिलाकर खाने से
How it is used
The mixed powder is eaten.
व्यामिश्रं भ़ायित्वा जयति नरवरो रक्रपित्त़ायासृ-।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Bleeding disorder (raktapitta)(रक्रपित्त)
- Consumption (rajayakshma)(़ाय / क्षय)
- Morbid thirst (trishna)(असृक्तृष्णा / रक्रतृष्णा)
- Breathlessness and asthma (shvasa)(शवास / श्वास)
- Hiccup (hikka)(उरुहिPा / हिचकी)
- Fever (jvara)(ज्वर)
- Alcohol disorders (madatyaya)(मद)
- Cough (kasa)(कसन / खाँसी)
- Loss of appetite (arochaka)(अरोचक / अरुचि)
- Burning sensation (daha)(अत्यंतदाह / अत्यन्त दाह)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
दालचीनी v भाग, इलायची २ भाग, पीपल y भाग, वंशलोचन } भाग, शPर v{Source wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 155 · v. 22.Questions and answers
By what name is Tvagadi churna known in practice, according to the footnote?
Sitopaladi churna.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Four of the five numerals are garbled in the commentary (v, y, }, v{); the verse says each item is double the one before (द्विगुणगुणयुता), which with cardamom's legible 2 gives 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 parts. Footnote 1 says the powder is called सीतोपलादि चूर्ण in practice.
- Partial record from footnote 1 on PDF 227 (layer footnote, attached to the heading त्वगादि चूर्ण, verse 22): the commentary says this powder is called Sitopaladi churna in practice. Printed as सीतोपलादि.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- formulation_tvagadi_churna_p227