The kapha-type udara patient is oleated with ghee and oil cooked with bitter, astringent and drying drugs, the three pungents and the group of alkalis, and then purged with snuhi latex.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कफोदर में क्षारादि घृत-तैल और स्नुही विरेचन
- English
- Alkali ghee-oil oleation and snuhi purgation in kapha-type udara
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिाक / त्रिकटु | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृतै: / घृत | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | सतैलै: / तेल | Not stated |
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | वज्रपय: / थोहर के दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Ghee and oil are cooked with bitter, astringent and drying drugs, the three pungents and the group of alkalis (not itemised here).
कफोदरी को कडुआ, कषाय रस, रू़ा अैषध त्रिकटु व ़ारसमूह के द्वारा पक्व,
How it is used
After oleation with this ghee and oil, purgation is given with snuhi latex.
घृत तेल से स्नेह कराकर थोहर के दूध से विरेचन करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(कफोदरं / कफोदर)
घृतैस्सतैलैस्सुसमाहितं तद्विरेचयेद्वज्रपय: प्रसिद्धै:॥ 149॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 186 · v. 149.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Supervision flag: purgation with snuhi latex.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- remedy_kshara_p258_6