Ghee cooked with the liquids named in the verse (horse gram, kola or jujube, a sour liquid, milk and curd; the commentary reads decoctions of horse gram and jujube with milk and curd) is called an excellent ghee that brings about oleation quickly.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कुलथी, बेर, दूध व दही से सिद्ध घृत
- English
- Ghee cooked with horse gram, jujube, milk and curd
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृतं | Not stated |
| Horse gram (kulattha)कुलथी (कुलत्थ) | कुलत्थ / कुलथी | Not stated |
| Jujube (badara)बेर (बदर) | कोल / वेर | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पय / दूध | Not stated |
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | दधि / दही | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The ghee is cooked with decoctions of horse gram and jujube, and with milk and curd.
कुलथी वेर इनके क्वाथ व दूध दही, इनसे साधित उत्तम घृत
How it is used
Drunk.
पीने से भी शीघ्र स्नेहन होता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
Therapies involvedOleation therapy (snehana)स्नेहन
कुलत्थकोलाम्लपयोदधिद्रवै: विपक्वमप्याशु घृतं घृतोत्तमम्॥ 13॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 497 · v. 13.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_5