Bakuchi and karavira paste in cow urine

An alternative paste of bakuchi, rock salt, bhushirisha, kushtha, karavira, the three pungents and chitraka ground in cow urine.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: बाकुच्यादि लेप (गोमूत्र में)
English: Bakuchi and karavira paste in cow urine

Ingredients and preparation

External paste (lepa)External applicationChapter 11 · p. 176 · v. 94

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Bakuchi (babchi)बावची (बाकुची)	सiाकुची / बाबची	Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	सैंधव / सैंधानमक	Not stated
Bhushirishaभूशिरीष	भूशिरीष / भूसिरस	Not stated
Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ)	कुष्ट / कूट	Not stated
Karavira (oleander)कनेर (करवीर)	अश्वमार / करनेर	Not stated
Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)	कटुकत्रिाक / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल	Not stated
Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता)	चित्राकै: / चित्रक	Not stated
Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र)	गोमूत्र	Not stated

Preparation as described

Ground in cow urine.

व चित्रक इनको गोमूत्र में पीसकर लेपन करना चाहिए।

How it is used

Applied as a paste.

अथवा बाबची, सैंधानमक, भूसिरस, कूट, करनेर, सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल

Indicated for, as the text says

Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)((section context: कुष्ठ चिकित्सा))

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना

Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा

सiाकुचीसैंधवभूशिरीष- कुष्टाश्वमारकटुकत्रिाकचित्राकैर्वा॥ 94॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 176 · v. 94.

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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