Barks ground with thick rice water are wrapped in banana leaves and cooked by putapaka; the fragrant red juice squeezed out is cooled, mixed with liquorice paste and drunk, and is said to overcome all diarrhoea.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- त्वगादि पुटपाक
- Hindi
- त्वगादि पुटपाक
- English
- Tvagadi putapaka
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Tvak (cinnamon bark)दालचीनी (त्वक्) | त्वक् / दालचीनी | Not stated |
| Shyonaka (Indian trumpet tree)सोनापाठा (श्योनाक) | दीर्घवृंत / अरलु | Not stated |
| Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज) | कुटज | Not stated |
| Mango (amra)आम (आम्र) | आम्र / आम | Not stated |
| Kadambaकदंब (कदम्ब) | कदंब | Not stated |
| Java plum (jambu)जामुन (जम्बू) | जांबू / जामुन | Not stated |
| Rice (shali)शालि चावल (शालि) | बहुलतणडुलतोय / चावल के माणड | Not stated |
| Banana (kadali)केला (कदली) | रंभादल / केले के पत्ो (लपेटने के लिए) | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | मधुककल्क / मुलैठी का कल्क | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The barks are ground with thick rice water, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked by the putapaka method; squeezing then gives a fragrant red juice.
दालचीनी, अरलु, कुटज, आम, कदंब, जामुन वृ़ाों की छाल को चावल के माणड के साथ पीसकर केले के पत्ो से लपेटकर पुटपाक विधि से पकाना चाहिए। फिर उसे निचोडने पर उससे सुगंध लाल रस निकलता है।
How it is used
The juice is cooled, mixed with liquorice paste and drunk.
उस शीतल रस मंे मुलैठी का कल्क मिलाकर पीने से सर्व अतिसार रोग दूर होते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Diarrhoea (atisara)(कु़यामय / सर्व अतिसार रोग)
त्वग्दीर्घवृंतकुटजाम्रकदंबजांबू - वृ़ाोद्धवा बहुलतणडुलतोयपिष्टा:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 146 · v. 96-97.Questions and answers
How is the Tvagadi putapaka juice made and taken?
Barks of cinnamon, aralu, kutaja, mango, kadamba and jambu are ground with thick rice water, wrapped in banana leaves, cooked by putapaka and squeezed; the cooled red juice is drunk with liquorice paste.
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Extraction notes
- Putapaka juice: the paste is cooked wrapped in leaves and then squeezed. The commentary reads त्वक् as cinnamon and takes the bark of each of the other trees; the banana leaf is only the wrapping.
Quick facts
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- Formulation
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- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_tvagadi_putapaka_p218