A decoction of vacha, musta, ativisha and liquorice reduced to one eighth is strained and drunk with ambashthika; it is said to check even a torrential diarrhoea.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- उग्रगन्धादि क्वाथ
- Hindi
- उग्रगंधादि क्वाथ
- English
- Ugragandhadi decoction
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा) | उग्र / वचा | Not stated |
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | अंबुद / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Ativisha (Indian atees)अतीस (अतिविषा) | अतिविष / अतीस | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | यष्टि / मुलैठी | Not stated |
| Ambashthikaअंबाडा | अम्बष्टिका / अंबाडा | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A decoction of vacha, musta, ativisha and liquorice is boiled down to one eighth and strained.
वचा, नागरमोथा, अतीस, मुलैठी इनका अष्टभागावशोष कषाय बनाकर फिर उसको छान लेवें।
How it is used
Drunk with ambashthika added.
उस कषाय में अंबाडा डालकर पीवें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Diarrhoea (atisara)(अतिसार / गंगा नदी के बाड के समान बहने वाला अतिसार)
उग्रांबुदातिविषयष्टिकषायमष्ट-भागावशिष्टमतिगाल्य विशिष्टमिष्टं॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 146 · v. 100.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- उग्र(गन्धा) is read as vacha following the commentary. The commentary ends on PDF page 219.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_ugragandhadi_kwatha_p218