For all kinds of sinus wounds (nadivrana), rice pudding (payasa) cooked with the root of arka is to be given daily in the diet; the verse says it brings daily relief.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- अर्कमूल से पकी खीर
- English
- Rice pudding cooked with arka root
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | दिनकरतरूमूल / अकैवे के जड | Not stated |
| Payasa (milk and rice pudding)खीर | सत्पायस / पायस (खीर) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The payasa is cooked with the root.
दिनकरतरूमूलै: पक्वसत्पायसो वा।
How it is used
Given daily as food.
प्रतिनित्य भोजन में देना चाहिए
Indicated for, as the text says
- Sinus tract (nadivrana)(सर्वनाडीव्रण / नाडी व्रण)
Therapies involvedFollowing a prescribed diet (pathya palana)पथ्य पालन
सर्व प्रकार के नाडी व्रणों में अकैवे के जड के साथ पकाया हुआ पायस (खीर) ही प्रतिनित्य भोजन में देना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 14 · p. 245 · v. 19.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
- Supervision flag because arka is marked toxic in the lexicon.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 14
- Extraction tasks
- T12
- Record id
- remedy_arka_p317_1