Paste of pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja in arka latex

Pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja (with kushtha in the verse) are pounded and ground with arka latex and applied as a paste on piles.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: पिप्पल्यादि अर्कपयोलेप
Hindi: पीपल आदि को आक के दूध में पीसकर लेप
English: Paste of pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja in arka latex

Ingredients and preparation

External applicationChapter 12 · p. 216 · v. 115

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली)	पिप्पली / पीपल	Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)	लवण / सैंधानमक	Not stated
Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता)	चित्राक / चित्रक	Not stated
Gunja (rosary pea)घुंघची (गुंजा)	गुंजा / घुंघची	Not stated
Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ)	कुष्ट (श्लोक में; भावार्थ में नहीं)	Not stated
Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क)	अर्कपय / अकैवे का दूध	Not stated

Preparation as described

The drugs are pounded and ground with arka latex.

पीपल, सैंधानमक, चित्रक व घुंघची को कूटकर अकैवे के दूध के साथ पीसंे। उसे

How it is used

Applied on the piles.

लेपन करें अथवा कूट, चित्रक, थोहर व काले नमक को कूटकर गोमूत्र के साथ पीसा हुआ लेपन भी

Indicated for, as the text says

Haemorrhoids (arsha)(गुदज / अर्श)

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना

Organs mentionedAnus and rectumगुदा

पिप्पलीलवणचित्राकगुंजा - कुष्टमर्कपयसा परिपिष्टम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 216 · v. 115.

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.

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