A powder of shigru, pippalimula, bibhitaki, haritaki, black pepper, long pepper, dry ginger, cardamom and vidanga, taken with warm water or ghee, is said to destroy kapha.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- शिग्र्वादि चूर्ण (हिंग्वादि चूर्णत्रय का तीसरा)
- English
- Third powder of the hingvadi triad, with shigru (unnamed)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | शिग्रु / सेंजन | Not stated |
| Pippalimula (long pepper root)पीपलामूल (पिप्पलीमूल) | ग्रंथि / पीपलीमूल | Not stated |
| Bibhitaki (belleric myrobalan)बहेड़ा (बिभीतक) | अक्ष (य़ा) / बहेडा | Not stated |
| Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)हरड़ (हरीतकी) | पथया / हरड | Not stated |
| Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच) | मरिच / मिरच | Not stated |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | मगधजा / पीप्पली | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | नागर / सोंठ | Not stated |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | एला / इलायची | Not stated |
| Vidanga (false black pepper)वायविडंग (विडंग) | विडंग / वायविडंग | Not stated |
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The drugs are powdered.
सेंजन, पीपलीमूल, बहेडा, हरड, मिरच, पीप्पली, सोंठ, इलायची, वायविडंग, इनको चूर्ण करके
How it is used
Drunk with warm water or mixed with ghee.
चूर्णीकृत्योष्णतोयैर्घृतयुतमथवा पीतमेतत्कफघनम्॥ 9॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Kapha disorders(कफघन / कफ को नाश)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Kapha: pacifies
मरिचमगधजानागरैलाविडंगं।Source wording as converted, Chapter 10 · p. 151 · v. 9.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 10
- Extraction tasks
- T06
- Record id
- remedy_shigru_p223_1