Vidanga powder impregnated many times with horse-dung juice and mixed with sesame oil and sugar is said to destroy worms when used.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- विडंग चूर्ण
- Hindi
- विडंग चूर्ण
- English
- Vidanga powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | विडंग / वायविडंग | Not stated |
| Horse dungघोड़े का मल | अश्वशकृद्रस / घोडे की लीद का रस | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तिलज / तिल का तेल | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शक्कर | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The powder is given repeated impregnations (bhavana) with horse-dung juice, then mixed with sesame oil and sugar.
वायविडंग के चूर्ण को अच्छी तरह कइर् बार घोडे की लीद के रस से भावना देकर
How it is used
Used mixed with sesame oil and sugar; the text does not state the route.
तिल का तेल व शक्कर के साथ मिलाकर उपयोग करने पर
Indicated for, as the text says
- Worm infestation (krimi)(क्रिमिकुल)
कृतविडंगविचूर्णमनेकश:। पुनरिहाश्वशकृद्रसभावितम्॥ तिलजशर्करया च विमिश्रितं। क्रिमिकुलप्रलयावहकारणम्॥ 15॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 350 · v. 15.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- formulation_vidanga_churna_p422