A child seized by the Pishacha graha is bathed well with water boiled with kuberaksha (patala), arka, bamboo, gandharvahasta, aragvadha and bilva.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- पाटल-आक-वंश-अमलतास-बेल जल से स्नान
- English
- Patala, arka, bamboo, aragvadha and bilva bath for the Pishacha graha
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Patalaपाढल (पाटला) | कुबेरनयन / कुबेराि़ा (पाटल) | Not stated |
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्क / अकैवा | Not stated |
| Vamshalochana (bamboo manna)वंशलोचन (तबाशीर) | वंश / वंशलोचन | Not stated |
| Eranda (castor plant)एरंड (एरण्ड) | गंधर्वहस्त | Not stated |
| Aragvadha (golden shower)अमलतास (आरग्वध) | नृप / अमलतास | Not stated |
| Bilva (bael)बेल (बिल्व) | बिल्व / बेल | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | वारि / पानी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Water is boiled with the drugs.
How it is used
Used to bathe the child.
इनके द्वारा पकाये हुए पानी से अच्छी तरह स्नान कराकर
Indicated for, as the text says
- Pishacha graha(पिशाच पीडित बालक)
Therapies involvedBathing (snana)स्नान
तं कुबेरनयनार्कवंशगंधर्वहस्तनृपबिल्ववारिभि:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 398 · v. 106.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
- The commentary omits गंधर्वहस्त (mapped to eranda by its usual synonym) and renders वंश as वंशलोचन. 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_patala_p470_3