A powder of yavakshara, rock salt, haritaki, the pungents and amalaki is put into citron juice and drunk for anorexia; the same drugs are used to clean the teeth.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मातुलुंगरस प्रयोग
- Hindi
- बिजौरे के रस में यवक्षारादि चूर्ण
- English
- Yavakshara and haritaki powder in citron juice
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Barley alkali (yavakshara)जवाखार (यवक्षार) | यावशूक / यव़ार | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | मणिमन्थ / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | पथया / हरड | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रयूषण / सोंठ, पीपल | Not stated |
| Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी) | आमलक / आंवला | Not stated |
| Citron (matulunga)बिजौरा नींबू (मातुलुंग) | मातुलुंगरस / बिजौर‘ निंबू के रस | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are powdered and put into citron juice.
इनके चूर्ण को बिजौर‘ निंबू के रस में डालकर पिलाना चाहिये।
How it is used
Drunk in citron juice; the same drugs are also used as a tooth cleanser.
एवं इन ही चीजों से दांत साफ कराना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Loss of appetite (arochaka)(अरुचिरोग)
Therapies involvedTooth cleaning (dantadhavana)दंतधावन (दातुन)
Organs mentionedTeeth and gumsदांत और मसूड़े
यावशूकमणिमन्थजपथया। त्रयूषणामलकचूर्णाविमित्राम्। मातुलुंगरसमत्र पिबेत्ौ:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 334 · v. 54.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Verse number printed garbled as z4; read as 54 from verses 53 and 55. The bhavartha names only dry ginger and long pepper for त्र्यूषण.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- remedy_matulunga_p406_1