Oil cooked with karavira and other drugs, for application on piles

An oil cooked with karavira, vidanga, danti root, chitraka root, orpiment, snuhi latex, arka latex and rock salt is applied on piles, which the text says it pacifies.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: अश्वमारकादि तैल
Hindi: कनेर आदि से पका तेल
English: Oil cooked with karavira and other drugs, for application on piles

Ingredients and preparation

External applicationChapter 12 · p. 216 · v. 116

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Karavira (oleander)कनेर (करवीर)	अशवमारक / करनेर	Not stated
Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग)	विडंग / वायविडंग	Not stated
Dantiदंती (दन्ती)	सुदन्ती / जमालगोटे की जड	Not stated
Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता)	चित्रामूल / चित्रक	Not stated
Orpiment (haratala)हरताल (हरिताल)	हरिताल / हरताल	Not stated
Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही)	सुधा़ीर / थोहर का दूध	Not stated
Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क)	अर्क़ीर / अकैवे का दूध	Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	सैंधव / सैंधानमक	Not stated
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)	तैल / तेल	Not stated

Preparation as described

Oil is cooked with all the listed drugs.

का दूध व सैंधानमक से पका हुआ तेल अर्श पर लेपन के लिए उपयोगी है।

How it is used

Applied on the piles.

का दूध व सैंधानमक से पका हुआ तेल अर्श पर लेपन के लिए उपयोगी है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Haemorrhoids (arsha)(अर्श)

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना

Organs mentionedAnus and rectumगुदा

अशवमारकंविडंगसुदन्ती - चित्रामूलहरितालसुधार्क॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 216 · v. 116.

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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