Scraping and rubbing for jihvalasaka

Jihvalasaka is scraped (lekhana) until blood flows and the blood is cleansed away; then it is rubbed with mustard, rock salt, pippali, vacha, patola leaves and nimba mixed with ghee and oil.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: जिह्वालसक का लेखन और प्रतिसारण
English: Scraping and rubbing for jihvalasaka

Ingredients and preparation

Mouth and garglesChapter 15 · p. 272 · v. 63

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Mustard seed (sarshapa)सरसों (सर्षप)	सर्षप / सरसों	Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	सैंधव / सैंधानमक	Not stated
Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली)	पिप्पली / पीपल	Not stated
Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा)	वचा	Not stated
Patola (pointed gourd)परवल (पटोल)	पटोल / परबल के पत्ो	Not stated
Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब)	निंब / नीम	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	घृत / घी	Not stated
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)	तैल / तेल	Not stated

Preparation as described

The drugs are mixed with ghee and oil.

सरसों, सैंधानमक, पीपल, वचा, परबल के पत्ो, नीम इनको घी तेल में मिलाकर उस में लगाना

How it is used

Scraping until it bleeds, then rubbing on the drugs (pratisarana).

जिह्वालसक को लेखन (खुरच) कर जब उससे रक्र की प्रवृत्ति होवें, तब अच्छी

Indicated for, as the text says

Swelling under the tongue (jihvalasaka)(जिह्वालसक)
Swelling beneath the tongue (upajihvika)(उपजिह्विका (जिह्वालसकवत्))

Organs mentionedTongueजीभ (जिह्वा)

विलिरुय जिह्वालसकं विशोधय तत्। प्रवृत्तरक्रं प्रतिसारयेत्पुन:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 272 · v. 63.

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.

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