A strained root decoction of blue lotus, lotus, kaseru and water chestnut, mixed with sandal, khas, camphor and netrabala and kept overnight in the moonlight, is given cold with raisins and sugar for severe burning and thirst; the text says it makes the patient comfortable.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- उत्पलादि कषाय
- Hindi
- उत्पलादि कषाय
- English
- Utpaladi decoction
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल) | उत्पल / नीलकमल | Not stated |
| Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म) | अंबुज / कमल | Not stated |
| Kaseruकशेरु | कशोरुक / कसेरु | Not stated |
| Water chestnut (singhara)सिंघाडा | श्रंृगाटक / सिंघाडे | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | चंदन | Not stated |
| Ushira (vetiver)खस (उशीर) | अंबु / खस | Not stated |
| Karpura (camphor)कपूर (कर्पूर) | घन / कपूर | Not stated |
| Hribera (fragrant sweet-scented root)सुगंधबाला (ह्रीबेर) | वालक / नेत्रबल | Not stated |
| Grapes and raisins (draksha)मुनक्का और अंगूर (द्राक्षा) | द्रा़ा | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | सिता / शक्कर | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A decoction is made from the roots of the first four, strained, mixed with sandal, khas, camphor and netrabala, and kept overnight under the open sky.
नीलकमल, कमल, कसेरु, सिंघाडे, इनके जड से सिद्द किए हुए क्वाथ (काढा) में चंदन, खस, कपूर, नेत्रबल को मिलाकर रात्रि में चाँदनी से रखें।
How it is used
The cold fragrant water is given with raisins and sugar.
द्रा़ा व शक्कर के साथ अत्यधिक दाह व तृषा सहित रोगी को पिलावें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Morbid thirst (trishna)(अत्यधिक दाह व तृषा)
- Burning sensation (daha)(दाह)
Duration as written
kept overnight · रात्रि में
उत्पलांबुजकशोरुकश्रंृगाटांघ्रिभि: क्वथितगालिततोयम्॥ चंदनांबुघनवालकमिश्रं। स्थापयेिौाशि नभस्थलदेशो॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 330 · v. 36-37.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The bhavartha continues on PDF 403. Ingredient readings of अंबु, घन and वालक follow the commentary.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- formulation_utpaladi_kashaya_p402