Kapittha, tulsi, mango, bilva and bhallataka bath

A child seized by the Shitaputana graha is always bathed with water boiled with kapittha, tulsi, mango, bilva and bhallataka.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: कैथ-तुलसी-आम-बेल-भिलावा जल से स्नान
English: Kapittha, tulsi, mango, bilva and bhallataka bath

Ingredients and preparation

Decoction (kwatha)External applicationChapter 18 · p. 397 · v. 101

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Wood apple (kapittha)कैथ (कपित्थ)	कपित्थ / कैथ	Not stated
Tulasi (holy basil)तुलसी	सुरसा / तुलसी	Not stated
Mango (amra)आम (आम्र)	आम्र / आम	Not stated
Bilva (bael)बेल (बिल्व)	बिल्व / बेल	Not stated
Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक)	भल्लातक / भिलावा	Not stated
Water (jala)जल (पानी)	वारि / पानी	Not stated

Preparation as described

Water is boiled with the drugs.

How it is used

Used to bathe the child.

उस बालक को कैथ, तुलसी, आम, बेल, भिलावा इनसे पकाये हुए पानी से स्नान कराना चाहिए।

Indicated for, as the text says

Shitaputana graha(शीतपूतना ग्रह)

Therapies involvedBathing (snana)स्नान

तं कपित्थसुरसाम्रबिल्वभल्लातकै: क्वथितवारिभिस्सदा।Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 397 · v. 101.

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.

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