Mustard, radish seed, rock salt, drumstick and the three pungents, with other hot drugs that ripen and dissolve ama, are applied to prameha boils by pressing, plastering and bandaging so that the boils ripen by themselves.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- विलयन पाचन योग
- English
- Ripening and dissolving application for prameha boils (unnamed)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Mustard seed (sarshapa)सरसों (सर्षप) | सर्षप / सरसों | Not stated |
| Radish (mulaka)मूली (मूलक) | मूलकबीज / मूली का बीज | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधालवण | Not stated |
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | शिग्रु / सेंजन | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिाक / त्रिकटु | Not stated |
Preparation as described
These drugs, described as ripening boils and destroying ama, are used for pressing, plastering and bandaging.
पाचन करने वाले एवं आम विकार को नष्ट करने वाले सरसों, मूली का बीज, सैंधालवण, सेंजन व त्रिकटु इन अैषधियों से पीडन, आलेपन, बंधन आदि क्रियाओं को करनी चाहिए, जिससे वह पिटक स्वयं पक जाते हैं।
How it is used
Applied to the boils by pressing, plastering and bandaging until they ripen by themselves.
जिससे वह पिटक स्वयं पक जाते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Prameha boils(पिटिका / पिटक)
कटुत्रिाकोष्णाखिलभेषजान्यपि। प्रपाचनान्यामविलायनानि च॥ 45॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 166 · v. 45.Questions and answers
Which ten boils (pidaka) are said to occur in prameha patients, and how are they treated?
Sharavika, sarshapika, jalini, putrini, kacchapika, masurika, vidarika, vidradhika, alaji and vinata; they are treated with leeches and strong purgation, ripening applications, incision, cleansing and healing.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse adds that all hot drugs that ripen and dissolve ama may be used as well.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T08
- Record id
- remedy_sarshapa_p238_1