For patients who are obese through kushtha, prameha, udara or sinuses, with swelling, kapha disorders or excess fat, and who wish or need to become lean: a saktu of wheat, renuka seed and barley processed with cow urine and mixed with a powder of bhallataka and five other drugs, drunk with the bark powder of four trees and a sala decoction.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- गोधूमादि सत्तू (कर्षण के लिए)
- English
- Medicated wheat and barley saktu for reducing
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat (godhuma)गेहूं (गोधूम) | गोधूमकान् / गेंहू | Not stated |
| Renuka seedरेणुका का बीज | र‘णुयवान् / रेणुकीबीज | Not stated |
| Barley (yava)जौ (यव) | यवान् / जै | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | गोमूत्र | Not stated |
| Bhallataka (marking nut)भिलावा (भल्लातक) | भल्लातक / भिलावा | चतुर्थभागान् / चैथाइर् हिस्सा · the six-drug powder (bhallataka, bakuchi, bhringaraja, arka, musta, vidanga in equal parts) is one fourth of the grain powder |
| Bakuchi (babchi)बावची (बाकुची) | अवल्गुज / वाकुची | Not stated |
| Bhringaraja (false daisy)भांगरा (भृंगराज) | मार्कव / भृंगराज (भांगरा) | Not stated |
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्क / अकैवा | Not stated |
| Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता) | मुस्ता / नागरमोथा | Not stated |
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | बिडंग / वायविडंग | Not stated |
| Sarja (sal resin)राल (सर्जरस) | साल / साल (रालवृ़ा) | Not stated |
| Asana (Indian kino)विजयसार (असन) | अजकर्ण / विजयसार | Not stated |
| Arjunaअर्जुन | अर्जुन | Not stated |
| Shimshapaसीसम | शिंाशपा / सीसम | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Wheat, renuka seed and barley are pounded, husked, cleaned and dried, soaked again and again in cow urine, roasted in a new clean pot and finely powdered; equal parts of bhallataka, bakuchi, bhringaraja, arka, musta and vidanga are powdered and added at one fourth of the grain powder, and the whole is ground with pungent, bitter and astringent substances.
सुखा लें अैर गोमूत्र से बार-बार भावना देकर नये बर्तन में भुनना चाहिए। फिर उनका सू़म चूर्ण करें।
How it is used
The saktu is drunk with the bark powder of sala, asana, arjuna and shimshapa and with a sala decoction.
अर्जुन अैर सीसम की छाल के चूर्ण (रालवृ़ा) व साल के कषाय के साथ पीना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Obesity (medoroga)(स्थूलेषु ... मेद: / स्थूल, मेदवृद्दि)
- Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)(कुष्ठ)
- Prameha (urinary-metabolic disorders)(प्रमेह)
- Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(उदर)
- Sinus tract (nadivrana)(दुष्टनाडी / नाडीव्रण)
- Swelling and oedema (shotha)(शोफ / सूजन)
- Kapha disorders(कफरोग)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
गोधूमकान्र‘णुयवान्यवान्वा। ़ुणणांस्तुषापहरणानतिशुद्दशुष्कान्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 178 · v. 102-105.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
- No heading of its own; verse 102 introduces reducing remedies. The verse word र‘णुयवान् is read by the commentary as renuka seed. Verse 104 also has चूर्णीकृताऩापरिप्रमाणान्, apparently an aksha measure, and verse 105 mentions grains eaten by cows and horses processed the same way; the commentary explains neither. Supervision flag: contains bhallataka and arka.
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