The regimen for taking chandramrita: a secluded house is built, the drug is drunk alone in its inner chamber, and the person then keeps silent and fasts, drinks cold water, undergoes emesis and purgation, lives on milk, later takes rice with milk and ghee with massage and bath, and after a month gradually gets used to the outside at night.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- चंद्रामृत सेवन विधि
- English
- Chandramrita regimen in a secluded house
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kusha grassकुश | दर्भोरुशरया / दर्भशरया | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | शीततोयं / ठणडा पानी | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीरमेव / दूध | Not stated |
| Rice (shali)शालि चावल (शालि) | शालिजं / चावल का भात | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | सर्पि / घी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A very solid house with three walls and three storeys is built, entered only after three circumambulations; the user stays alone in its central inner chamber.
इस अैषधि को सेवन करने के लिए एक एेसा मकान बनावे जो तीन दीवाल, तीन मंजिल का हो अैर तीन प्रदि़ाणा देने के ही बाद जिस के अंदर प्रवेश हो सकें।
How it is used
After drinking he keeps silent, lies on a bed of darbha grass, gives up all food and drinks only cold water whenever thirsty; emesis and purgation follow and clear the bowel. Then, lying on the ground and hungry, he is given only milk by the attendants, daily fragrant milk boiled and cooled. When strength from the nectar appears, massage, bath and anointing are given, with boiled shali rice with ghee and milk once a day, for a month. After that, wearing shoes, socks, a warm coat and a turban and accompanied by family, he goes out at night, gets used to fire, wind, cold, heat and drinking water, and returns to the house, doing this daily.
ठणडा पानी पीवें। उसके बाद उसे अच्छी तरह वमन व विरेचन होकर कोष्ट की शुधिद होती है।
Duration as written
one month · एक महिने तक
सम्यग्वांतं विरिक्तं विगतमलकलंकोल्वणं पांशुशरया-।Source wording as converted, Chapter 6 · p. 86 · v. 58-61.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.
Questions and answers
What kind of house is prepared for the chandramrita regimen?
A very solid house with three walls and three storeys that is entered only after three circumambulations; the user stays alone in its central chamber.
Detailed answer and sourcesWhat is given to eat after the emesis and purgation in the chandramrita regimen?
At first only milk, fragrant and boiled then cooled; once strength appears, shali rice with ghee and milk once a day, along with massage, bath and anointing.
Detailed answer and sourcesHow does the user of chandramrita return to the outside world after a month?
Wearing shoes, socks, a warm coat and a turban and accompanied by family, he goes out at night and gets used to fire, wind, cold, heat and drinking water, then returns to the house, daily.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Emesis and purgation are described as following the intake, not as separately given. The commentary (PDF 159) repeats the fasting passage and mentions a mat and a raised bed where the verse speaks of a dust-bed.
Quick facts
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