Lodhra powder to stop bleeding

Lodhra, pure cow dung, wheat, amalaki, conch, shell, arimeda with the knots of these trees, and the sarja, arjuna and bhurja trees with their bark are powdered; the powder is dusted on the wound, which is then bandaged to stop the bleeding.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: लोध्र आदि का रक्तस्तंभक चूर्ण
English: Lodhra powder to stop bleeding

Ingredients and preparation

Powder (churna)External applicationChapter 21 · p. 488 · v. 50

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Lodhraलोध (लोध्र)	लोध्र	Not stated
Cow dung (gomaya)गोबर (गोमय)	शुद्दगोमय	Not stated
Wheat (godhuma)गेहूं (गोधूम)	गोधूम / गेहूं	Not stated
Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी)	धात्रीफल / आमला	Not stated
Conch shell (shankha)शंख (शङ्ख)	शंख	Not stated
Shell (shukti)शुक्ति	शुक्रि	Not stated
Arimeda (foul-smelling khadira)अरिमेद	अरिमेद (दुगँध युक्र खैर)	Not stated
Sarja (sal resin)राल (सर्जरस)	सज्र्ज / सज्जो वृ़ा	Not stated
Arjunaअर्जुन	अर्जुन वृ़ा	Not stated
Bhurja (birch bark)भोजपत्र	भूर्जवृ़ा	Not stated

Preparation as described

All are powdered.

इन सबको चूर्ण करें।

How it is used

Dusted on the wound, which is then bandaged.

उस व्रण पर उक्र चूर्ण को डालकर अैर व्रण को बांधकर रक्र का स्तम्भन करें।

Indicated for, as the text says

Bleeding (raktasrava)(शोणित (रक्र का स्तम्भन))

Therapies involvedBandaging (bandhana)बंधन (पट्टी बांधना)

लोध्र, शुद्दगोमय, गेहूं, आमला, शंख, शुक्रि, अरिमेद (दुगँध युक्र खैर) इन वृ़ाों की ग्रंथि, सज्जो वृ़ा, अर्जुन वृ़ा, भूर्जवृ़ा व उनकी छाल, इन सबको चूर्ण करें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 21 · p. 488 · v. 50.

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