Amalaki powder is soaked with amalaki juice and dried (this is called bhāvanā), then well impregnated with milk. The impregnated powder, mixed with an equal amount of khand sugar, is eaten with milk drunk after it, and is said to increase semen greatly.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वृष्यामलक योग
- Hindi
- वृष्यामलक योग
- English
- Aphrodisiac amalaki preparation
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी) | धात्रीचूर्ण / आंवले का चूर्ण, उसी का रस | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | खणड / खांड | भावित चूर्ण के बराबर खांड · khand sugar equal in amount to the impregnated powder |
Preparation as described
The amalaki powder is soaked with its own juice and dried, then impregnated with milk; it is then mixed with an equal amount of khand.
आंवले के चूर्ण में, उसी के रस डालकर सुखावें, इसी को भावना कहते हैं। तत्पशचात् अच्छी तरह दूध की भावना देवें।
How it is used
Eaten mixed with khand, with milk drunk after it.
इस प्रकार भावित चूर्ण के बराबर खांड मिलाकर खावें अैर ऊपर से दूध पीवें, तो अत्यन्त वीर्य की वृद्दि होती है।
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
धात्रीचूणँ तद्रसेनैव सिक्रं। शुष्कं सम्यक़्ीरसंभावितं च॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 6 · p. 80 · v. 32.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The editor's note on the measure of impregnation is recorded under method_bhavana.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 6
- Extraction tasks
- T04
- Record id
- formulation_vrishya_amalaka_yoga_p152