Haritaki ghee kept in the ground

Haritaki powder in four times its amount of ghee, heated and kept in the ground for fifteen days or a month, then drunk; said to destroy all udaras.

Names and synonyms

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी)	हरीतकीचूर्ण / हरडे के चूर्ण	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	घृतं / घृत	चतुर्गुणं · ghee four times the haritaki powder

Preparation as described

Haritaki powder is put into four times its amount of ghee, heated (churned, in the verse) and buried in the ground.

इसी प्रकार हरडे के चूर्ण को चतुर्गुण (घृत) में डालकर गरम करके जमीन में गाढे।

How it is used

Taken out after fifteen days or a month and drunk.

मास के बाद निकाल कर पीवें तो सर्व उदररोग नाश होता है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Duration as written

fifteen days or a month in the ground · पंद्रह दिन या एक मास

Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.

हरीतकीचूर्णचतुर्गुणं घृतं निहंति तप्तं मथितं भुविस्थितं॥ 157॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 188 · v. 157.

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