Panchavalkala (five barks)

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: पञ्चवल्कलपंचवल्कलक्षीरिवृक्षक्षीरद्रुमपञ्चक्षीरीवृक्षक्षीरीक्षीरवृक्षक्षीरीवृक्षपयोवृक्षसंक्षीरिणीक्षीरिणी
Hindi: पंचवल्कलपांच छालेंदूध वाले वृक्षों की छालक्षीरी वृक्षपंचक्षीरी वृक्षदूध वाले वृक्षदूधिया वृक्ष
English: Panchavalkalafive barkspanchavalkalaMilky-sap trees (kshiri vriksha)Latex-bearing trees (group)Milky-sap trees
Romanized: panchavalkala

What the text says

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Classification1

The commentary names the five milky trees as banyan, cluster fig, sacred fig, pakar and shirisha; a footnote quotes a list of nyagrodha, udumbara, ashvattha, parisha and plaksha and notes that some put shirisha, and others vetasa, in place of parisha, citing Shabdasindhu.
Chapter 9 · p. 129 · v. 22FootnoteTraditional description

Properties1

Fruits of the milky trees (kṣīrī vṛkṣa)—listed in the commentary as banyan, cluster fig, pīpal's pākhar, phāras and pīpal—are among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.
Chapter 4 · p. 60 · v. 44Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Indications1

Cold decoctions of milky-sap trees are named for sprinkling or treating a person with a poisoned wound.
Chapter 19 · p. 431 · v. 115Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Preparation2

The juice of sankshirini, which the commentary renders as milky-sap trees, is one of five plant juices said always to make mercury pass into the kinds of metal.
Chapter 24 · p. 578 · v. 45Hindi commentaryTraditional description
Kshirini (the commentary: milky-sap trees) is among the plants with whose juices mica and mercury are used; the commentary says this is beneficial in many diseases.
Chapter 24 · p. 578 · v. 46Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Conditions mentioned with it

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

Bleeding disorder (raktapitta)रक्तपित्त Burning sensation (daha)दाह (जलन)Burns (dagdha)दग्ध (जलना)Complications of purification therapiesभैषज्य कर्म के उपद्रव Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)अभिष्यन्द (आंख आना)Garuda grahaगरुड ग्रह Kimpurusha grahaकिंपुरुष ग्रह Pox disease (masurika)मसूरिका (चेचक)Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)प्रमेह Prameha boilsप्रमेह पिटिका Premature greying (palitya)पालित्य (बाल सफेद होना)Snakebite (sarpa visha)सर्प विष (सांप का जहर)Vatarakta (gout-like disorder)वातरक्त Wound from a poisoned weapon (digdhaviddha)दिग्धविद्ध व्रण Wounds and ulcers (vrana)व्रण (घाव)

Organs and systems mentioned

Abdomenउदर (पेट)Anus and rectumगुदा Blood and circulationरक्त और रक्त संचार Bones, joints and cartilageअस्थि, संधि और उपास्थि Eyesआंखें (नेत्र)Hair and scalpकेश और सिर की त्वचा Headसिर (शिर)Kidneys and urinary systemगुर्दे और मूत्र तंत्र Liver and hepatobiliary systemयकृत और पित्ताशय तंत्र Muscles and connective tissuesमांसपेशियां और संयोजी ऊतक Noseनाक (नासिका)Pancreasअग्न्याशय Skinत्वचा Spleenतिल्ली (प्लीहा)Testes and male reproductive organsअंडकोष और पुरुष जननांग

Other ingredients used together

Count of shared preparations.

Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)×8 Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)×6 Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु)×4 Arjunaअर्जुन×3 Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)×3 Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)×3 Tinduka (Indian persimmon)तेंदू (तिंदुक)×3 Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला×3 Sesame (tila)तिल×3 Mango (amra)आम (आम्र)×3 Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म)×3 Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल)×3 Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता)×3 Hribera (fragrant sweet-scented root)सुगंधबाला (ह्रीबेर)×2 Nichulaवेत×2 Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता)×2 Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश)×2 Kadambaकदंब (कदम्ब)×2

Topics of the text that discuss it

Chandanadi decoctionचन्दनादि क्वाथ Kshiradrumadi oilक्षीरद्रुमादि तैल Oil and ghee against the Kimpurusha grahaकिंपुरुष ग्रह में तैल और घृत Pacifying enemaशमन बस्ति Paste and rasakriya in pitta-type abhishyandaपित्ताभिष्यन्द में लेप व रसक्रिया Pitta-removing niruha enemaपित्तघ्न निरूह बस्ति Properties of bael and other binding fruitsबेल आदि फलों के गुण Transfer (sankramana) of mercuryरस संक्रमण Treatment of a poisoned woundविषयुक्त व्रण की चिकित्सा Treatment of bleeding from the noseनाक से बहते रक्त की चिकित्सा Treatment when the nozzle is tilted downwardअवसन्न व्यापत्ति की चिकित्सा Uses of mercury with micaअभ्रक सहित पारद का प्रयोजन

Course sessions

Grains and other foods, their merits and faultsधान्यादिगुणागुणविचार Mercury and rejuvenating preparationsरसरसायनसिद्धाधिकार Treatment of all poisonsसर्वविषचिकित्सित Treatment of pitta diseasesपित्तरोगचिकित्सित

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 16 times on 14 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

A group name; the text does not list its members here.
Group named in the burn paste (v.28) and the healing powder (v.31); the commentary glosses it as अश्वत्थादि दूधिया वृक्ष.
A group named without listing its members; its decoction is used in an asthapana enema on PDF 594.
The verses write संक्षीरिणी (v.45) and क्षीरिणी (v.46); the commentary renders both as दूधिया वृक्ष.
Merged from ingredient_kshirivriksha.

Quick facts

Content type: Herb group
Categories: Herb group
Members: Vata (banyan)Udumbara (cluster fig)Ashvattha (sacred fig)Plaksha (white fig)
Source pages with records: 4
Pages naming it: 14
Chapters: Chapter 4 Chapter 9 Chapter 19 Chapter 24
Extraction tasks: T03, T05, T21, T23, T25, T27
Record id: ingredient_panchavalkala