Jaggery, haritaki, cow urine and iron ash are cooked together and the decoction is given in kamala.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कामला में गुड़, हरड़, गोमूत्र, लोहभस्म का काढ़ा
- English
- Jaggery, haritaki, cow urine and iron decoction for kamala
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | हरीतक / हरड | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | मूत्र / गोमूत्र | Not stated |
| Iron (loha)लोहा (लोह) | सुभस्म / लोहभस्म | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The four are put together and cooked.
गुड, हरड गोमूत्र, लोहभस्म इनको एकत्र डालकर पकावें।
How it is used
The decoction is given.
यह काढा देना
Indicated for, as the text says
- Jaundice (kamala)(कामलिनां / कामला)
गुडहरीतकमूत्रासुभस्मनिसृतजलं यवशालिगणैदनम्॥ 98॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 369 · v. 98.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.
Questions and answers
What does the text give as the cause of kamala?
Taking much sour and other unwholesome food and conduct soon after fever, burning or pandu have subsided, which aggravates pitta.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Supervision flag set because the decoction contains iron ash (लोहभस्म).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- remedy_haritaki_p441_4