Buttermilk mixed with rock salt and dry ginger is named as wholesome food in long-standing diarrhoea and chronic fever.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- सैंधव-सोंठ युक्त छाछ (पथ्य)
- English
- Buttermilk with rock salt and dry ginger (diet)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk (takra)छाछ (तक्र) | तक्र / छाछ | Not stated |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | नागर / सोंठ | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Rock salt and dry ginger are mixed into buttermilk.
सैंधानमक, सोंठ से मिली हुइर् छाछ
How it is used
Taken as food.
तक्रं सैंधवनागराढच्यमथवा
Indicated for, as the text says
- Diarrhoea (atisara)(चिरतरातीसार / अतिसार)
- Fever (jvara)(जीर्णजवर)
Therapies involvedFollowing a prescribed diet (pathya palana)पथ्य पालन
तक्रं सैंधवनागराढच्यमथवाSource wording as converted, Chapter 9 · p. 147 · v. 102.Questions and answers
Which foods does the text call wholesome in long-standing diarrhoea and chronic fever?
Buttermilk with rock salt and dry ginger; mung soup with cumin tempered with ghee, salt and black pepper; and milk prepared with ajamoda and rock salt.
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 9
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- remedy_takra_p219_1