Oil prepared with a decoction and paste of nut grass, vacha, priyangu, sarala and shatahva, together with kanji, sour curd and buttermilk, is massaged on a child seized by the Rakshasa graha.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- नागरमोथा-बच-प्रियंगु-सरल सिद्ध तैल
- English
- Nut grass, vacha, priyangu and sarala oil with kanji, curd and buttermilk
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | अंबुद / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा) | उग्रगंधा / बच | Not stated |
| Priyanguप्रियंगु (फूलप्रियंगु) | प्रियंगु | Not stated |
| Saralaधूपसरल | सरल / सरलकाष्ट | Not stated |
| Shatavari (wild asparagus)शतावर (शतावरी) | शताह्वक / शतावरी | Not stated |
| Sour fermented gruel (kanjika)कांजी (काञ्जिक) | कांजिक / कांजी | Not stated |
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | अम्लदधि / दही | Not stated |
| Buttermilk (takra)छाछ (तक्र) | तक्र / छाछ | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Oil is cooked with the decoction and paste of the drugs and with kanji, sour curd and buttermilk.
नागरमोथा, बच, प्रियंगु, सरलकाष्ट, शतावरी इनके क्वाथ व कल्क, कांजी, दही व छाछ इनसे साधित तैल को मालिश करना चाहिए।
How it is used
Massaged on the body.
Indicated for, as the text says
- Rakshasa graha(रा़ास ग्रह)
Therapies involvedOil massage (abhyanga)अभ्यंग (तेल मालिश)
कांजिकाम्लदधितक्रमिश्रितै: पक्वतैलमनुलेपनं शिशो:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 399 · v. 110-111.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse has शताह्वक (listed under shatapushpa in the lexicon); the commentary renders it शतावरी, which is followed here.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 18
- Extraction tasks
- T19
- Record id
- remedy_musta_p471_3