Bakuchi seed powder with jaggery is put with great care into an iron pot and kept in grain in the ground for seven nights. Then, with the doshas removed (the commentary: purified by emesis, purgation and the like), a dose the size of a bibhitaki fruit is eaten daily with cold water after it, following the rasāyana diet (the commentary: milk, ghee, rice) once it is digested. It is said to make one free of disease, with a charming body and great strength, living a hundred years.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वाकुची रसायन
- Hindi
- बाकुची रसायन
- English
- Vākucī (bakuchi) rasāyana
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Bakuchi (babchi)बावची (बाकुची) | वाकुचिबीजचूर्ण / बाकुची बीज के चूर्ण | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The seed powder with jaggery is put in an iron pot and kept in a heap of grain in the ground, or in a pit dug in the ground and filled with grain; the verse says for seven nights.
गुड से युक्र बाकुची बीज के चूर्ण को लोहे के घडे मंे बहुत यत्नपूर्वक रखकर धान की राशि व भूमि में, अथवा जमीन में गडुा खोदकर, उसमें धान भरकर, उसके बीच में रखे।
How it is used
After purification, a dose the size of a bibhitaki fruit is taken daily with cold water drunk after it; the rasāyana diet of milk, ghee and rice follows digestion.
तदनंतर शुद्द शरीर होकर (वमन विरेचनादि से शुद्द होकर) वह बहेडा के फल के बराबर रोज लेवें व ऊपर से ठणडा पानी पी लेवंे।
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
गुडान्वितं वाकुचिबीजचूर्ण-मयोघटन्यस्तमतिप्रयत्नात्॥ निधाय धान्ये भुवि सप्तरात्रां।Source wording as converted, Chapter 6 · p. 84 · v. 52-53.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Supervision flag set because the commentary requires purification by emesis, purgation and the like before use. The verse gives seven nights in the grain, which the commentary leaves out. The number of verse 52 is missing in the conversion; the passage ends with ॥ 53॥.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 6
- Extraction tasks
- T04
- Record id
- formulation_vakuchi_rasayana_p156