Mung soup with cumin, tempered with ghee, salt and black pepper, is named as wholesome food in long-standing diarrhoea and chronic fever.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- जीरा युक्त छौंका मूंग का पानी (पथ्य)
- English
- Mung soup with cumin, tempered with ghee, salt and pepper (diet)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Green gram (mudga)मूंग (मुद्ग) | मुeं रसं / मूंग का पानी | Not stated |
| Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक) | जीरक / जीरा | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / नमक | Not stated |
| Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच) | मरिच / मिर्च | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Cumin is added to mung soup, which is then tempered with ghee, salt and black pepper.
मूंग के पानी में जीरा मिलाकर उसमें घी, नमक व मिर्च का छोंक देकर पीवें
How it is used
Drunk as food.
मुeं रसं जीरकै-व्र्यामिश्रं घृतसैंधवै: समरिचैस्संस्कारमाप्तं भृशं॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Diarrhoea (atisara)(चिरतरातीसार / अतिसार)
- Fever (jvara)(जीर्णजवर)
Therapies involvedFollowing a prescribed diet (pathya palana)पथ्य पालन
मुeं रसं जीरकै-व्र्यामिश्रं घृतसैंधवै: समरिचैस्संस्कारमाप्तं भृशं॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 147 · v. 102.Questions and answers
Which foods does the text call wholesome in long-standing diarrhoea and chronic fever?
Buttermilk with rock salt and dry ginger; mung soup with cumin tempered with ghee, salt and black pepper; and milk prepared with ajamoda and rock salt.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- मुeं is a conversion error for मुद्गं; the verse names rock salt (सैंधव) where the commentary says salt (नमक).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- remedy_mudga_p219_1