A powder of musta, the three pungents, ajamoda, amalaki, rock salt, patha, haritaki and chitraka, taken with warm water or ghee, is said to destroy kapha.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- मुस्तादि चूर्ण (हिंग्वादि चूर्णत्रय का दूसरा)
- English
- Second powder of the hingvadi triad, with musta (unnamed)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | मुस्ता / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | व्योष / त्रिकुटु | Not stated |
| Ajamoda (wild celery seed)अजमोद | अजमोदा / अजवाइन | Not stated |
| Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)आंवला (आमलकी) | आमलक / आंवला | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | लवण / सैंधालवण | Not stated |
| Pathaपाठा (पाढ़) | पाठा | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | अभया / हरड | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | चित्रक | Not stated |
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are powdered.
नागरमोथा, त्रिकुटु, अजवाइन, आंवला, सैंधालवण, पाठा, हरड, चित्रक
How it is used
Drunk with warm water or mixed with ghee.
चूर्णीकृत्योष्णतोयैर्घृतयुतमथवा पीतमेतत्कफघनम्॥ 9॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kapha disorders(कफघन / कफ को नाश)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Kapha: pacifies
मुस्ताव्योषाजमोदामलकलवणपाठाभयाचित्रकं वा॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 151 · v. 9.All references
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- remedy_musta_p223_1