In kushtha from the three doshas, ghee or good oil cooked with various drugs that break the force of kushtha is given to drink to purify the patient's body.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कुष्ठनाशक औषधियों से पका घी या तेल
- English
- Ghee or oil cooked with anti-kushtha drugs, drunk for purification
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / पक्वघृत | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | सुतैल / अच्छे तेल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Ghee or good oil is cooked with various drugs that destroy kushtha; the drugs are not named in this verse.
दोषत्रायोद्धूत समस्तकुष्ठदर्पापहैर्विविधभेषज - संविधानै:
How it is used
Drunk by the patient for purification of the body.
त्रिदोष से उत्पौा कुष्ठ में कुष्ठ गर्व को नाश करने वाले अैषधियों से पक्वघृत वा अच्छे तेल को पिलाकर कुष्ठ रोगी का शरीर शोधन करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(दोषत्रायोद्धूत कुष्ठ / त्रिदोष से उत्पौा कुष्ठ)
पक्वं घृतं वापि सुतैलोतत्। पीत्वातुरस्तनुविशोधनमेव कार्यम्॥ 85॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 175 · v. 85.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 set because the ghee or oil is drunk as part of purification of the body (shodhana).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T08
- Record id
- remedy_ghrita_p247_1