A powder of cinnamon, the three pungents, the three fruits, bharangi and nrityakandaka fruit, licked with sugar and ghee, is said to remove long-standing shvasa quickly.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- त्वगादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- त्वगादि चूर्ण
- English
- Tvagadi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Tvak (cinnamon bark)दालचीनी (त्वक्) | त्वक् / दालचीनी | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिक / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल | Not stated |
| Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला | फलत्रय / हरड, बहेडा, आंवला | Not stated |
| Bharangi (blue fountain bush)भारंगी (भार्ङ्गी) | भाडंीर् / भारंगी | Not stated |
| Nrityakandakaनृत्यकांडक | नृत्यकाणडकफल / नृत्यकांडक (?) का फल | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शक्कर | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आजय / घी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The ingredients are powdered well.
इनको अच्छी तरह चूर्णकर
How it is used
Licked with sugar and ghee.
शक्कर अैर घी सहित चाटंे
Indicated for, as the text says
- Breathlessness and asthma (shvasa)(बहुत दिन के पहले खूब बढा हुआ भी शवासरोग)
दालचीनी, सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल, हरड, बहेडा, आंवला व भारंगी नृत्यकांडक (?) का फल इनको अच्छी तरह चूर्णकर शक्कर अैर घी सहित चाटंेSource wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 325 · v. 12.Questions and answers
How does the text treat a strong and a weak shvasa patient differently?
The strong patient first gets emesis and then oil enema and other purifications; the weak patient gets pacifying medicines only.
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- formulation_tvagadi_churna_p397