For dhumadarshi the text advises drinking cow's ghee constantly and using the same ghee as nasya.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- धूमदर्शी में गोघृत पान और नस्य
- English
- Cow ghee drink and nasya for dhumadarshi
Ingredients and preparation
Taken by mouthChapter 15 · p. 315 · v. 261
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | गव्यं घृतं / गाय का घृत | Not stated |
How it is used
Drunk constantly and also given as nasya.
गव्यं घृतं सततमेव पिबेच्चा नस्यं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Dhumadarshi (smoky vision)(धूमदर्शी)
Therapies involvedNasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म
Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)
धूमदर्शी रोग के लिए सदा गाय का घृत पिलाना व उसी से नस्य प्रयोग करना हितकर है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 315 · v. 261.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
- Used both orally and as nasal drops.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
- Record id
- remedy_ghrita_p387_1