A cloth-sieved powder of equal parts of the three pungents, the three aromatics, nut grass and amla, mixed with sugar and taken with cold water as the after-drink, is said to calm even severe pitta disorders.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- व्योषादि चूर्ण
- Hindi
- व्योषादि चूर्ण
- English
- Vyoshadi powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | व्योष / त्रिकटु | समांशै: / समभाग · equal parts of the three pungents, the three aromatics, nut grass and amla |
| Trijata (three aromatics)त्रिजात (दालचीनी, इलायची, तेजपात) | त्रिाजातक / त्रिजातक (दालचीनी, इलायची, पत्रज) | Not stated |
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | घन / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी) | आमलक | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | शर्करा / शक्कर | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Equal parts of the drugs are made into a cloth-sieved powder and mixed with sugar.
समभाग लेकर कपडा छान चूर्ण करके शक्कर के साथ मिलाकर
How it is used
Eaten with cold water as the after-drink.
ठणडे पानी के अनुपान के साथ खावंे तो अत्यधिक पित्तोद्रेक भी शांत हो जाता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Pitta disorders(अधिकपित्तकृतामय / अत्यधिक पित्तोद्रेक)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Pitta: pacifies
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
व्योषत्रिाजातकघनामलकैस्समांशै:। नि:सूत्राचूर्णमिह शर्करया विमिश्रम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 127 · v. 12.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 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_vyoshadi_churna_p199