Rice, black gram, barley, shashtika rice and wheat, well roasted and ground, mixed with ghee and jaggery and given with buffalo milk, are said to destroy wasting cough.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सक्तु
- Hindi
- सत्तू
- English
- Roasted grain flour with ghee, jaggery and buffalo milk
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Rice (shali)शालि चावल (शालि) | शालि / चावल | Not stated |
| Black gram (masha)उड़द (माष) | माष / उडद | Not stated |
| Barley (yava)जौ (यव) | यव / जै | Not stated |
| Sixty-day rice (shashtika)साठी चावल (षष्टिक) | षष्टिक / साठीधान्य | Not stated |
| Wheat (godhuma)गेहूं (गोधूम) | गोधूम / गेंहू | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | आजय / घी | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | गुड | Not stated |
| Buffalo milk (mahisha-ksheera)भैंस का दूध (माहिषक्षीर) | माहिषं पय / भैंस का दूध | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The grains are well roasted and ground, then ghee and jaggery are mixed in.
चावल, उडद, जै, साठीधान्य, गेंहू इनको अच्छी तरह भूनकर पीसें, इस में घी गुड मिलाकर
How it is used
Given with buffalo milk.
भैंस के दूध के साथ पिलाने से
Indicated for, as the text says
- Cough (kasa)(़ायज कास)
चावल, उडद, जै, साठीधान्य, गेंहू इनको अच्छी तरह भूनकर पीसें, इस में घी गुड मिलाकर भैंस के दूध के साथ पिलाने से ़ायज कास नाश होता है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 328 · v. 26.Questions and answers
What are the five kinds of cough, and which one does the text call hard to treat?
Vataja, pittaja, kaphaja, kshataja and kshayaja; kshayaja cough is tridoshic and hard to treat.
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- Content type
- Formulation
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- Chapters
- Chapter 16
- Extraction tasks
- T16
- Record id
- remedy_shali_p400_1