A powder of vriddhadaru (vidhara), dry ginger, bhallataka and chitraka mixed with jaggery is eaten daily by the piles patient; the text says all diseases subside and comfort follows.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वृद्धदारुकादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- वृद्धदारुकादि चूर्ण
- English
- Vriddhadarukadi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Vriddhadaru (elephant creeper)विधारा (वृद्धदारु) | वृद्ददारूक / विधारा | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | महैषध / सोंठ | Not stated |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | भÑात / भिलावा | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्नि / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are powdered and mixed with jaggery.
अर्श रोगी को उचित है की वह विधारा, सोंठ, भिलावा व चित्रक इनके चूर्ण को
How it is used
Eaten daily.
गुड मिलाकर प्रतिनित्य खावें, जिससे सर्वरोग शमन होकर सुख की प्राप्ति होती है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(गुदगदांकुररोगी / अर्श रोगी)
वृद्ददारूकमहैषधभÑाताग्निचूर्णमसकृद्गुडमिश्रम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 219 · v. 134.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
- The verse is on PDF 291 and the commentary on PDF 292. The supervision flag is for bhallataka.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_vriddhadarukadi_churna_p291