A physician who knows poisons carefully selects vamyesha that birds have eaten and that is therefore free of poison, and gives it mixed with milk, ghee and sugar. During the course the person eats rice with ghee and milk and avoids vegetables, sour things and leafy vegetables. The text says he then keeps a youthful, sturdy body as long as life lasts, gains strength to overcome all enemies, and excellent qualities and virility.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वाम्येषा कल्प
- Hindi
- वाम्येषा कल्प
- English
- Vamyesha kalpa
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Vamyeshaकवच बीज | वाम्येषा (कवच बीज वा तालमखाना) | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आजय / घी | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शक्कर | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Vamyesha, chosen after checking whether it is poisonous, is mixed with milk, ghee and sugar.
बीज वा तालमखाना) को विचार पूर्वक (सविष है या निविष ?) ग्रहण कर दूध घी, शक्कर के साथ
How it is used
Given mixed with milk, ghee and sugar; during the course rice is eaten with ghee and milk.
मिलाकर सेवन करावें। इसको सेवन काल में घी दूध के साथ भात खाने को देवें अैर शाक अम्ल,
वाम्येषामविषां विचार्य विषवित् संभाि़ातां पि़ाभि:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 25 · p. 587 · v. 24.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
- Contraindication in the text: During its use vegetables, sour things and leafy vegetables are not to be given, as they are forbidden.
- Caution in the text: A physician who knows poisons must consider whether the vamyesha is poisonous; the footnote says that what birds have eaten is known to be free of poison, because birds do not eat the poisonous kind.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
Questions and answers
How does the physician make sure the vamyesha used in its kalpa is not poisonous?
He takes only vamyesha that birds have eaten, since, as the footnote explains, birds do not eat the poisonous kind.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
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Extraction notes
- Supervision flag set because the text itself warns that the drug may be poisonous and has it chosen by a physician who knows poisons.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
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- Chapters
- Chapter 25
- Extraction tasks
- T28
- Record id
- formulation_vamyesha_kalpa_p659