Chitraka, gunja, rock salt and turmeric powder mixed in snuhi latex are applied as a paste; the text says piles subside.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वज्रवृक्षपयोलेप
- Hindi
- थूहर के दूध का लेप
- English
- Paste of snuhi latex with chitraka, gunja, rock salt and turmeric
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 12 · p. 216 · v. 114
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | वज्रवृ़ापय / थोहर का दूध | Not stated |
| Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता) | अग्निक / चित्रक | Not stated |
| Gunja (rosary pea)घुंघची (गुंजा) | गुंजा / घुंघची | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | निशा / हल्दी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The powders are mixed into snuhi latex.
दूध में चित्रक, घुंघची, सैंधानमक व हल्दी के चूर्ण मिलाकर लेपन करें तो अर्श रोग उपशमन को प्राप्त
How it is used
Applied on the piles.
दूध में चित्रक, घुंघची, सैंधानमक व हल्दी के चूर्ण मिलाकर लेपन करें तो अर्श रोग उपशमन को प्राप्त
Indicated for, as the text says
- Haemorrhoids (arsha)(अर्श)
Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना
Organs mentionedAnus and rectumगुदा
वज्रवृ़ापयसागिAकगुंजा - सैंधवोजवलनिशान्तिमन्यत्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 216 · v. 114.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
- The supervision flag is for snuhi latex and gunja.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- remedy_snuhi_p288_2