Sugar, long pepper and turpeth, as paste or powder taken with oil, are said to purge and remove vata lodged in the colon.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- शक्कर, पीपल, निसोत का विरेचक योग
- English
- Purgative of sugar, long pepper and turpeth with oil (unnamed)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | सित / शक्कर | Not stated |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | पिप्पली / पीपल | Not stated |
| Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्) | त्रिावृत् / निसोत | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Sugar, long pepper and turpeth are made into a paste or powder.
शक्कर पीपल, निसोत के कल्क व चूर्ण को
How it is used
Taken with oil.
निसोत के कल्क व चूर्ण को तेल के साथ सेवन करने से विरेचन होकर पक्वाशयगत वात दूर हो जाता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(पक्वाशयगत वात)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Vata: pacifies
Therapies involvedTherapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)
Organs mentionedIntestines and colonआंतें और बृहदांत्र
सतैलसितपिप्पलीकमथवा त्रिावृद्वातनुत्॥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.
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_2