A child seized by the Putana graha is sprinkled with water boiled with the ghost-conquering drugs neem, varuna, arka, nili and asphota.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- नीम-वरना-आक-नील-आस्फोता जल से सेचन
- English
- Neem, varuna, arka, nili and asphota water for the Putana graha
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब) | भूतजित् पारिभद्र / नीम | Not stated |
| Varuna (three-leaved caper)वरना (वरुण) | वरण / वरना | Not stated |
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्क / अकैवा | Not stated |
| Niliनीली | नीलिका / नील | Not stated |
| Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा) | आस्फोत / आस्फोता (सारिवा) | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | सलिल / पानी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Water is boiled with the drugs.
How it is used
The child is sprinkled or bathed with the water.
भूत को जीतने वाले नीम, वरना, अकैवा, नील आस्फोता (सारिवा1) इन अैषधियों से पकाये हुए पानी से सेचन करना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Putana graha (bhuta class)(पूतनागृहीत बालक)
पारिभद्रवरणार्कनीलिकास्फोतपक्वसलिलैनिार्षेचयेत्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 395 · v. 90.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
- A footnote says others take आस्फोता as गिरिकर्णी (ingredient_aparajita). Flagged for supervision because arka is listed as toxic in the lexicon.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 18
- Extraction tasks
- T19
- Record id
- remedy_nimba_p467_3