Ghee mixed with long pepper, rock salt and whey (mastu, the watery part of curd) is drunk; the verse calls it an excellent remover of dryness, and the commentary says it brings about oleation at once.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- पीपल, सैंधा नमक और मस्तु युक्त घृत
- English
- Ghee with long pepper, rock salt and whey
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृतं | Not stated |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | सपिप्पली / पीपल | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | मस्तु / दही का तोड | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Long pepper, rock salt and whey are mixed together into the ghee.
पीपल, सैंधानमक, दही का तोड, इनको एक साथ घृत मंे मिलाकर
How it is used
Drunk.
घृतं पिबेद्रै़यनिवारणं परम्।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Dryness of the body (un-oleated state)(रै़य / रू़ा)
Therapies involvedOleation therapy (snehana)स्नेहन
घृतं पिबेद्रै़यनिवारणं परम्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 497 · v. 12.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.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T24
- Record id
- remedy_ghrita_p569_1