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
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Madanaphala (emetic nut)मैनफल (मदनफल) | मदन / मेनफल | Not stated |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | मागधिक / पीपल | Not stated |
| Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा) | उग्रगंधा / वच | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | चंदन | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | शीतांबु / ठणडे पानी | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not 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
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- remedy_madanaphala_p199_1