Katphala, khadira and arjuna bark ghee with buffalo milk

Ghee cooked with a bark decoction of katphala, khadira, the sal-resin tree, neem, bhurja and arjuna and with buffalo milk is given daily to a child seized by the Shitaputana graha.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: कायफल-खैर-अर्जुन छाल व भैंस के दूध से सिद्ध घृत
English: Katphala, khadira and arjuna bark ghee with buffalo milk

Ingredients and preparation

Medicated gheeTaken by mouthChapter 18 · p. 397 · v. 102

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Katphala (box myrtle)कायफल (कट्फल)	रोहिणी / कायफल	Not stated
Khadira (cutch tree)खैर (खदिर)	खदिर / खेरी का वृ़ा	Not stated
Sarja (sal resin)राल (सर्जरस)	सर्ज / रालवृ़ा	Not stated
Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब)	निंब / नीम	Not stated
Bhurja (birch bark)भोजपत्र	भूर्ज / भोजपत्र	Not stated
Arjunaअर्जुन	अर्जुन (कुहा)	Not stated
Buffalo milk (mahisha-ksheera)भैंस का दूध (माहिषक्षीर)	माहिष पयस / भैंस का दूध	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	सर्पि / घृत	Not stated

Preparation as described

Ghee is cooked with the bark decoction and buffalo milk.

कायफल, खेरी का वृ़ा, रालवृ़ा, नीम, भोजपत्र, अर्जुन (कुहा) वृ़ा इनके छाल का कषाय, भैंस का दूध, इनसे सिद्द घृत

How it is used

Given to the child every day.

शीत पूतना से पीडित बालक को प्रतिदिन पिलाना चाहिए।

Indicated for, as the text says

Shitaputana graha(शीत पूतना से पीडित बालक)

रोहिणीखदिरसर्जनिंब - भूर्जार्जुनांघ्रिप्रविपक्ववारिभि:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 397 · v. 102.

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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