Tilvaka

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: तिल्वक
Hindi: तिल्बकतिल्वक
English: Tilvaka

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Definition1

The commentary describes tilvaka as a particular purgative tree shaped like the lodhra tree, with large leaves and a reddish colour; footnote 1 gives the same description from the Vaidyaka Shabdasindhu.
Chapter 12 · p. 197 · v. 15Hindi 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

Ghee with vida salt, vacha and madhushigru for udaraबिडलवणादि घृत (उदर में)Tilvakadi gheeतिल्वकादि घृत

Conditions mentioned with it

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

Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)उदर रोग Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)वात रोग

Organs and systems mentioned

Abdomenउदर (पेट)Bones, joints and cartilageअस्थि, संधि और उपास्थि Brain and nervous systemमस्तिष्क और तंत्रिका तंत्र Intestines and colonआंतें और बृहदांत्र Liver and hepatobiliary systemयकृत और पित्ताशय तंत्र Spleenतिल्ली (प्लीहा)

Other ingredients used together

Count of shared preparations.

Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)×2 Vida salt (vida lavana)बिड नमक (विड लवण)×1 Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा)×1 Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु)×1 Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र)×1 Dantiदंती (दन्ती)×1 Kshirakanchukiक्षीरकंचुकी×1 Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्)×1 Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि)×1 Triphala (three fruits)त्रिफला×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

Tilvakadi gheeतिल्वकादि घृत Treatment of udaraउदर चिकित्सा

Course sessions

Treatment of the major diseases, part twoमहाव्याधिचिकित्सित

Where 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.

Book page 185Chapter 11… बचा, मधु सेंजन, इनके कषाय व कल्क से सिद्ध घृत को पिलाकर महोदर रोगी को तिल्बक घृत प्रयोग से विरेचन कराना चाहिए एवं गोमूत्र से निरूह बस्ति देनी चाहि …

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Chapter 12 · p. 197 · v. 15

Extraction notes

Tilvaka ghee is used for purgation in udara (verse 143); the text gives no botanical identity.
Footnote quote: रोध्राकरे बृहत्पत्रे, रक्तवैरेचनिक वृ़ो। वैद्यक शब्दसिन्धु. The lexicon lists तिल्व as an alias of lodhra, but this text treats tilvaka as a separate purgative tree, so it is kept apart.

Quick facts

Content type: Herb
Source pages with records: 1
Pages naming it: 1
Chapters: Chapter 12
Extraction tasks: T09, T10
Record id: ingredient_tilvaka