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Purgative powder of turpeth, three pungents and rock salt (unnamed)

निसोत, त्रिकटु, सैंधा नमक का विरेचक चूर्ण

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Powder of turpeth, the three pungents and rock salt, drunk with castor oil or ghee, is said to purge and remove vata lodged in the colon.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi
निसोत, त्रिकटु, सैंधा नमक का विरेचक चूर्ण
English
Purgative powder of turpeth, three pungents and rock salt (unnamed)

Ingredients and preparation

Powder (churna)Taken by mouthChapter 8 · p. 116 · v. 41

Ingredients

IngredientAs written in the textQuantity as written
Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्)त्रिावृत् / निसोतसमं · in equal parts with the three pungents
Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)त्रिाकटुक / त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल)Not stated
Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)लवण / सैंधानमकNot stated
Castor oil (eranda taila)अरंडी का तेल (एरण्ड तैल)Vehicle or after-drinkNot recordedNot stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)Vehicle or after-drinkNot recordedNot stated

Preparation as described

Turpeth, the three pungents and rock salt are powdered.

निसोत1, त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल) सैंधानमक, इनके चूर्ण को

How it is used

Drunk with castor oil or with ghee.

इनके चूर्ण को एरणडतैल अथवा घी के साथ पीने से

Indicated for, as the text says

Effect on the doshas, as stated

Vata: pacifies

Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.

Therapies involvedTherapeutic purgation (virechana)
Organs mentionedIntestines and colon
त्रिावृत्त्रिाकटुकैस्समं लवणचित्रातैलान्वितं। पिबेदनिलनाशनं घृतविमिश्रितं वा पुन:॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 8 · p. 116 · v. 41.

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 verse reads चित्रातैल, which the commentary gives as एरणडतैल (castor oil). Footnote 1 (PDF p. 189) adds the editorial rule of equal parts when no quantity is written.

Quick facts

Content type
Formulation
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
0
Chapters
Chapter 8
Extraction tasks
T05
Record id
remedy_trivrit_p188_1