Where the making of the decoction is not stated in a ghee or similar recipe, the drug is boiled with four times its quantity of water until an eighth remains and is then strained, according to the monks Shrutakirti and Kumaranandi; the ancient Virasena and other leading teachers say it should be reduced to a sixteenth.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- क्वाथपाकविधिकषायपरिपाकविधि
- Hindi
- क्वाथ पाक विधि
- English
- Rule for preparing decoctions
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | चतुर्गुणजलं / चतुर्गुण (चैगुना) जल | द्रव्य से चतुर्गुण (चैगुना) जल · water four times the quantity of the drug |
Preparation as described
The drug is boiled in four times water, taken off when an eighth (or a sixteenth) remains, and strained.
आठवां भाग शोष रहने पर उतार कर छान
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
लेवंे एेसा श्रुतकीर्ति व कुमारनंदि मुनि कहते हैं। लेकिन पुरातन वीरसेन आदि मुनिपुंगव द्रव्य से चतुर्गुणSource wording as converted, Chapter 20 · p. 450 · v. 23.Questions and answers
How is a decoction made when a ghee recipe gives no rule, and whose opinions does the text cite?
The drug is boiled in four times water down to an eighth according to Shrutakirti and Kumaranandi, or to a sixteenth according to Virasena and other ancient teachers.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Applies where a ghee or similar recipe gives no decoction rule: जहाँ घृत आदि के पाक में कषाय पाक का विधान नहीं लिखा हो.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 20
- Extraction tasks
- T22
- Record id
- method_kwatha_paka_vidhi_p522