When the tongue protrudes in excessive emesis, it is rubbed with a powder of rock salt, dry ginger, black pepper and long pepper and pressed back inside.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- जीभ बाहर आने पर सैंधव-त्रिकटु चूर्ण से घर्षण
- English
- Rubbing a protruding tongue with rock salt and trikatu powder
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | सत्कटुत्रिक / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Rock salt and the three pungents are powdered.
सैंधानमक, सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल इनके चूर्ण से
How it is used
The tongue is rubbed with the powder and pressed back in.
जीभ के बाहर निकल आने पर, सैंधानमक, सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल इनके चूर्ण से जीभ को घिस=रगडकर (मलकर) उसे पीडन कर‘ं अर्थात् अंदर प्रवेश कर दें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Complications of purification therapies(रसना निस्सर्पणम् / जीभ के बाहर निकल आने पर)
जीभ के बाहर निकल आने पर, सैंधानमक, सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल इनके चूर्ण से जीभ को घिस=रगडकर (मलकर) उसे पीडन कर‘ं अर्थात् अंदर प्रवेश कर दें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 22 · p. 515 · v. 71.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 for verses 68-75 is printed on PDF 587-588.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 22
- Extraction tasks
- T24
- Record id
- remedy_saindhava_p587_1