Ghee or sesame oil cooked with the paste and decoction of the various kushtha-destroying drugs, used daily in several ways, is said to remove kushtha quickly.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कुष्ठघ्न घृत या तैल
- English
- Ghee or oil cooked with anti-kushtha drugs
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृतं / घृत | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तिलजम् / तेल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Cooked with the paste (kalka) and decoction of the various drugs that destroy kushtha.
कुष्ठघनसद्विविधभेषजकल्कतोयै:। पक्वं घृतं तिलजम्प्युपहंति नित्यं॥
How it is used
Used daily for massage, drinking, affusion and head purgation.
घृत वा तेल प्रतिनित्य अमयंग, पान, संेक व शिरोविरोचन आदि काम में उपयोग करने से शीघ्र कुष्ठ
Indicated for, as the text says
Therapies involvedOil massage (abhyanga)अभ्यंग (तेल मालिश)Pouring therapy (parisheka)परिषेक (धारा)Nasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म
अमयंगपानपरिष्ोकशिरोविरेकैर्योयुजय मानमचिरात्प्रचुरप्रयोगै:॥ 125॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 181 · v. 125.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary is on PDF 254. The drugs are not named; the verse refers to kushtha-destroying drugs in general.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- remedy_ghrita_p253_1