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Ingredientद्रव्य

Chasha feathers

चाषपत्र

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text1 reference

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
चाषपत्र
Hindi
चाषपत्र
English
Chasha feathersChasha-patra

What the text says

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Preparation1

  • Chasha-patra is one of the materials of the fumigation against graha fever.

    Chapter 9 · p. 142 · v. 77Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Safety

  • Identity uncertain. The name could refer to more than one plant, so no botanical identity is asserted.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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Formulations containing it

1
Fumigation for fever caused by spirits (unnamed)

Remedies using it

1
Consecrated sesame oil and chasha-patra for easy delivery

Conditions mentioned with it

3

Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Fever (jvara)Graha and bhuta afflictionsObstructed labour (mudhagarbha)

Organs and systems mentioned

1
Uterus and female reproductive tract

Other ingredients used together

11

Count of shared preparations.

Cow horn×1Hingu (asafoetida)×1Maricha (black pepper)×1Arka (calotropis)×1Palasha (flame of the forest)×1Snake slough×1Shunthi (dry ginger)×1Cotton seed×1Mustard seed (sarshapa)×1Peacock feathers×1Sesame oil (tila taila)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

1
Another measure for easy delivery

Course sessions

1
Treatment of pitta diseases

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Extraction notes

  • The text does not explain चाषपत्र; it is taken here as feathers of the chasha bird, which is uncertain.
  • Placed at the mouth of the vagina for easy delivery (PDF 277, verse 58); the text does not explain what it is.

Quick facts

Content type
Ingredient
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
2
Chapters
Chapter 9
Extraction tasks
T05, T10
Record id
ingredient_chasha_patra