Kushtha, sal resin, orpiment and vacha oil for the Putana graha

Sesame oil cooked with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, vacha and similar drugs is applied to a child seized by the Putana graha.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: कूठ-राल-हरताल-वचा सिद्ध तैल
English: Kushtha, sal resin, orpiment and vacha oil for the Putana graha

Ingredients and preparation

Medicated oilExternal applicationChapter 18 · p. 395 · v. 91

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ)	कुष्ठ / कूठ	Not stated
Sarja (sal resin)राल (सर्जरस)	सज्र्जारस / राल	Not stated
Orpiment (haratala)हरताल (हरिताल)	तालक / हरताल	Not stated
Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा)	उग्रगंधा / वचा (दूध गिलोय)	Not stated
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)	तिलज / तिल के तेल	Not stated

Preparation as described

Sesame oil is cooked with the drugs.

How it is used

Applied to the body.

कूठ, राल, हरताल, वचा (दूध गिलोय) आदि अैषधियों से पक्व तिल के तेल को इसमें लेपन करना चाहिए।

Indicated for, as the text says

Putana graha (bhuta class)(पूतना ग्रह)

Therapies involvedOil massage (abhyanga)अभ्यंग (तेल मालिश)

कुष्ठसज्र्जारसतालकोग्रगंधादिपक्वतिलजं विलेपयेत्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 395 · v. 91.

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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