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Formulationयोग

Cold emetic water for excess pitta (unnamed)

पित्तशामक वमन जल

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Cold water with madanaphala, long pepper, vacha and sandalwood, in which jaggery has been soaked, is used to make a patient with severe pitta vomit; afterwards cold yavagu with ghee and milk is given.

Names and synonyms

Hindi
पित्तशामक वमन जल
English
Cold emetic water for excess pitta (unnamed)

Ingredients and preparation

OtherTaken by mouthChapter 9 · p. 127 · v. 11

Ingredients

IngredientAs written in the textQuantity as written
Madanaphala (emetic nut)मैनफल (मदनफल)मदन / मेनफलNot stated
Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली)मागधिक / पीपलNot stated
Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा)उग्रगंधा / वचNot stated
Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)चंदनNot stated
Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड)गुडNot stated
Water (jala)जल (पानी)शीतांबु / ठणडे पानीNot stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)Vehicle or after-drinkNot recordedNot stated
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)Vehicle or after-drinkNot recordedNot stated

Preparation as described

Madanaphala, long pepper, vacha and sandalwood are mixed into cold water and jaggery is soaked in it.

ठणडे पानी में मेनफल, पीपल, वच व चंदन को मिलाकर उसमें गुड भिगोये।

How it is used

Drunk to induce vomiting when pitta is greatly aggravated; afterwards cold yavagu mixed with ghee and milk is given to drink.

यदि अधिक पित्तप्रकोप हुआ तो उक्र पानी से उसे वमन करावें एवं पीछे ठणडा घृत व दूध मिली हुइर् यवागू पीने को देवें।

Indicated for, as the text says

  • Pitta disorders(अधिक पित्तप्रकोप / अधिकपित्तवितप्तदेह)
तं छर्दयेदधिकपित्तवितप्तदेहं। शीतां पिबेत्तदनुदुग्धघृतां यवागूम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 127 · v. 11.

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

  • Ghee and milk are listed under vehicle_ids as the after-diet (cold yavagu), not as part of the emetic.

Quick facts

Content type
Formulation
Source pages with records
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Pages naming it
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Chapters
Chapter 9
Extraction tasks
T05
Record id
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