Ghee cooked with the decoction and paste of some two dozen drugs, given after purification by emesis and purgation as soon as a stone appears; it is said to break the great vata-type stone.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वाताश्मरीनाशक घृत
- Hindi
- वाताश्मरी नाशक घृत
- English
- Ghee that destroys vata-type stone
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Pashanabhedaपाषाणभेद (पखानभेद) | पाषाणभेदी | Not stated |
| Shilajit (shilajatu)शिलाजीत (शिलाजतु) | शिलाजीत | Not stated |
| Shatavari (wild asparagus)शतावर (शतावरी) | शशतावरी / शतावरी | Not stated |
| Gokshura (caltrops)गोखरू (गोक्षुर) | गो़ुर, त्रिकंटक / गोखरू | Not stated |
| Patalaपाढल (पाटला) | पाटलीद्रुम / पाढल | Not stated |
| Ushira (vetiver)खस (उशीर) | उशीर / खस | Not stated |
| Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश) | पलाश | Not stated |
| Shaka treeशोगुण वृक्ष | शाकज / शोगुन | Not stated |
| Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज) | वृ़ाक / कूडा की छाल | Not stated |
| Tagara (Indian valerian)तगर | तगर | Not stated |
| Bala (country mallow)खरैटी (बला) | बला / खिरैंटी | Not stated |
| Mahabalaसहदेई | महाबला / सहदेइर् | Not stated |
| Brahmi (water hyssop)ब्राह्मी | कपोतवंक / ब्राह्ी | Not stated |
| Brihatidvaya (two nightshades)कंटकारीद्वय (दोनों कटेरी) | बृहतीद्वय / छोटीकटेली, बडीकटेली | Not stated |
| Barley (yava)जौ (यव) | यव / जै | Not stated |
| Horse gram (kulattha)कुलथी (कुलत्थ) | कुलुत्थ / कुलथी | Not stated |
| Kataka (clearing nut)निर्मली (कतक) | कतकोद्धव फल / निर्मली बीज | Not stated |
| Jujube (badara)बेर (बदर) | कोल / बदरीफल (बेर) | Not stated |
| Bilva (bael)बेल (बिल्व) | बिल्व / बेल | Not stated |
| Varuna (three-leaved caper)वरना (वरुण) | वरण / वरना | Not stated |
| Agnimanthaअरणी (अग्निमंथ) | अग्निमंथ / अगेथु | Not stated |
| Barley alkali (yavakshara)जवाखार (यवक्षार) | सुवर्चिका / यव़ार | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | संेधव / सेंधालोण | Not stated |
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | हिंगु / हींग | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | चित्रक / चीता की जड | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Ghee is cooked with the decoction and paste (kashaya and kalka) of all these drugs.
इनके कषाय व कल्क से सिद्द किए हुए घृत को पिलावें।
How it is used
Given to drink after the patient has first been purified by emesis, purgation and the like at the onset of the stone.
उस मनुष्य को वमन विरेचन आदि से शोधन करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Urinary stone (ashmari)(वातज महा अशमरी (पथरी))
कषायकल्कै: परिपाचितं घृतं। भिौात्ति तद्वातकृतां महाशमरीम्॥22॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 225 · v. 20-22.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 because the ghee follows purificatory emesis and purgation. The commentary glosses सुवर्चिका as यवक्षार and lists gokshura twice (गोक्षुर and त्रिकण्टक).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 13
- Extraction tasks
- T11
- Record id
- formulation_vatashmari_nashaka_ghrita_p297