A footnote describes purifying bhallataka: the nuts (printed 8) are put in a sack and lightly crushed, taken out, covered with brick powder and kept for a day; next day they are washed with water, cut into pieces and boiled in four times their quantity of water with the vessel uncovered, then boiled in an equal quantity of milk, washed and dried.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- भल्लातक शोधन
- Hindi
- भिलावे की शुद्धि
- English
- Purification of bhallataka
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | भि∂ावे | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | चैगुने पानी | चैगुने पानी · four times the quantity of water |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | बराबर दूध | बराबर दूध · an equal quantity of milk |
Preparation as described
Crushing, a day under brick powder, washing, cutting, boiling in water and then in milk, washing and drying.
भि∂ावे की शुद्दि - 8 भि∂ावे को एक बोरी के अंदर रखकर, साधारण कुच∂ना चाहिए। पशचात् उसको
How it is used
A purification step before bhallataka is used, not taken as such.
विधि से भि∂ावे की अच्छी तरह से शुद्दि होती है।
Duration as written
kept one day under brick powder · एक दिन तक
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
भि∂ावे की शुद्दि - 8 भि∂ावे को एक बोरी के अंदर रखकर, साधारण कुच∂ना चाहिए। पशचात् उसकोSource wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 218 · v. 127.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Layer footnote (footnote 1 on PDF 290, printed with ∂ for ल).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- method_bhallataka_shodhana_p290