A decoction of khadira heartwood alone, drunk continually and used for bathing in kushtha.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- खदिर कषाय प्रयोग
- English
- Khadira heartwood decoction
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Khadira (cutch tree)खैर (खदिर) | खदिरसारकषाय / खैर के कषाय | Not stated |
How it is used
Drunk continually and used for bathing; the commentary says nails and body hair grow again, the body becomes clean, the kushtha subsides and the patient becomes comfortable.
नख रोम उत्पौा होकर, शरीर शुद्द होता है। कुष्ठरोग उपशमन होता है, इसलिए रोगी सुखी होता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(अतिकुष्ठजुष्ट: / कुष्ठरोग)
Therapies involvedBathing (snana)स्नान
सर्वात्मना खदिरसारकषायमेकं। पीत्वाभिषिक्रतनुरप्यतिकुष्ठजुष्ट:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 182 · v. 126.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse speaks of nails and body hair (नीचैर्नखैस्तनुरुहैः); the commentary reads this as their growing again.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- remedy_khadira_p254_1