Paste of kushtha, chitraka, snuhi and black salt in cow urine

Kushtha, chitraka, snuhi and black salt are pounded and ground with cow urine and applied as a paste on piles.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: कुष्ठचित्रकसुधारुचक लेप
Hindi: कूठ, चित्रक, थूहर और काला नमक का गोमूत्र में लेप
English: Paste of kushtha, chitraka, snuhi and black salt in cow urine

Ingredients and preparation

External applicationChapter 12 · p. 216 · v. 115

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ)	कुष्ठ / कूट	Not stated
Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता)	चित्राक / चित्रक	Not stated
Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही)	सुधा / थोहर	Not stated
Black salt (sauvarchala)काला नमक (सौवर्चल)	रूचक / काले नमक	Not stated
Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र)	गोमूत्रा / गोमूत्र	Not stated

Preparation as described

The drugs are pounded and ground with cow urine.

लेपन करें अथवा कूट, चित्रक, थोहर व काले नमक को कूटकर गोमूत्र के साथ पीसा हुआ लेपन भी

How it is used

Applied on the piles.

लेपन करें अथवा कूट, चित्रक, थोहर व काले नमक को कूटकर गोमूत्र के साथ पीसा हुआ लेपन भी

Indicated for, as the text says

Haemorrhoids (arsha)(गुदज / अर्श)

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना

Organs mentionedAnus and rectumगुदा

कुष्ठचित्राकसुधारूचकं गो - मूत्रापिष्ठमपरं गुदजानाम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 216 · v. 115.

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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