For ear disease with many worms, the ear is filled with neem oil and salt, together with other worm-destroying measures; the commentary names the salt as rock salt.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- नीम तेल और नमक का कर्णपूरण
- English
- Neem oil and salt ear filling
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Nimba (neem)नीम (निम्ब) | निंबतैल | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | लवण / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
How it is used
Filled into the ear.
अधिक कृमियुक्र कर्णरोग में निंबतैल सैंधानमक से कान को भरना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Worms in the ear (krimikarna)(क्रिमिप्रगाढे / अधिक कृमियुक्त कर्णरोग)
- Suppuration of the ear (karnapaka)(सुकर्णपाके)
Organs mentionedEarsकान (कर्ण)
सनिंबतैलैर्लवणैस्सुपूरयन्। क्रिमिप्रगाढे क्रिमिनाशनो विधि:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 264 · v. 23.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
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- remedy_nimba_taila_p336_1