Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- गोक्षीरगोदुग्धगव्यक्षीरगोपयगव्य क्षीर
- Hindi
- गाय का दूधगोक्षीरगोदुग्धगो दुग्ध
- English
- Cow milkcow milkcow's milk
- Romanized
- go ksheeragodugdha
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Classification1
Cow milk is one of the eight kinds of milk, all said to be wholesome for all beings.
Indications1
Lukewarm milk (the verse specifies cow's milk) is said to be wholesome in long-standing diarrhoea, chronic fever, insanity, epilepsy, urinary stone, gulma, abdominal enlargement, liver disorder, vata disorders, breathlessness and cough, spleen enlargement, ashthila, urinary gravel, asrigdara, burning, vertigo, depleted semen, fainting and many other diseases.
Preparation1
Milk prepared with medicines that counter the particular disease is said to be still more beneficial.
Find everywhere it is used
Open in the usage explorerFormulations containing it
6Remedies using it
3Given as vehicle or after-drink
2Taken with or after these preparations.
Conditions mentioned with it
27Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.
Organs and systems mentioned
13Other ingredients used together
24Count of shared preparations.
Topics of the text that discuss it
6Questions and answers
2Related entries
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 1 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
Questions and answers
In which diseases does the text call lukewarm milk wholesome?
Long-standing diarrhoea, chronic fever, insanity, epilepsy, urinary stone, gulma, abdominal enlargement, liver disorder, vata, breathlessness and cough, spleen enlargement, ashthila, urinary gravel, asrigdara, burning, vertigo, depleted semen and fainting.
Detailed answer and sourcesWhich eight kinds of milk does the translation say are effective in medicine?
The milk of the goat, sheep, cow, buffalo, mare, she-elephant, she-donkey and she-camel.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary's यकृतदरवात is read as liver (यकृत्) disorder and vata, matching the verse's यकृदनिल.