A suppository of purifying drugs, mustard, rock salt, alkalis and the three pungents ground with cow urine and sour substances, placed in the anus in mahodara.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- द्वितीय वर्तिका
- English
- Second suppository (mustard and alkali)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Mustard seed (sarshapa)सरसों (सर्षप) | सुसर्षपै: / सरसों | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Barley alkali (yavakshara)जवाखार (यवक्षार) | ़ारगण / यव़ार | Not stated |
| Natron alkali (sarjikshara)सज्जीखार (सर्जिक्षार) | ़ारगण / सज्जी़ार | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | कटुत्रिाकै / त्रिकटु | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | मूत्रा / गोमूत्र | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Purifying drugs, mustard, rock salt, the alkali group and the three pungents are ground with cow urine and sour substances and made into a wick.
शोधनद्रव्य, सरसों, सैंधानमक, ़ारवर्ग (यव़ार, सज्जी़ार आदि पूर्वकथित)
How it is used
Placed in the anus; useful in mahodara.
त्रिकटु इनको गोमूत्र व अम्ल पदार्थ के साथ पीसकर बत्ी बनावंे अैर गुदा में रखें तो वह महोदर रोग
Indicated for, as the text says
कटुत्रिाकै मूत्राफलाम्लेपषितैर्विधीयते वर्तिरियं महोदरे॥ 163॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 189 · v. 163.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
- Supervision flag: alkalis in a rectal preparation.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- remedy_sarshapa_p261_1