Eight-sweet-drug ghee with licorice, bamboo manna and milk for the ...

Ghee cooked with the eight sweet drugs (kakolyadi), licorice, bamboo manna and milk is given to drink to a child seized by the Pishacha graha.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: अष्टमधुर-मुलेठी-वंशलोचन-दूध सिद्ध घृत
English: Eight-sweet-drug ghee with licorice, bamboo manna and milk for the Pishacha graha

Ingredients and preparation

Medicated gheeTaken by mouthChapter 18 · p. 398 · v. 107

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Ashtavarga (eight rejuvenating herbs)अष्टवर्ग	अष्टमृष्टगण / अष्ट मधुरैषधि वर्ग (काकोल्यादि)	Not stated
Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु)	यष्टिका / मुलैठी	Not stated
Vamshalochana (bamboo manna)वंशलोचन (तबाशीर)	तुगा़ीर / वंशलोचन	Not stated
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)	दुग्ध / दूध	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	घृत	Not stated

Preparation as described

Ghee is cooked with the drugs and milk.

How it is used

Given to the child to drink.

घृत को उस बालक को पिलावें

Indicated for, as the text says

Pishacha graha(पिशाच ग्रह)

अष्टमृष्टगणयष्टिका - तुगा़ीरदुग्धपरि -पक्वसद्घृतम्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 398 · v. 107.

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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