An enema fluid of oil, ghee, milk, buttermilk, curd and kanji with a decoction of turpeth, madanaphala and castor seed and cow's urine, churned with a fine paste of seventeen drugs (one tola each) and given lukewarm through the enema apparatus.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- बस्ति के लिए औषधि
- English
- Enema mixture (unnamed)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दुग्ध / दूध | Not stated |
| Buttermilk (takra)छाछ (तक्र) | तक्र | Not stated |
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | दधि / दही | Not stated |
| Sour fermented gruel (kanjika)कांजी (काञ्जिक) | कांजिक / कांजी | Not stated |
| Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्) | त्रिवृत् / निसोत | Not stated |
| Madanaphala (emetic nut)मैनफल (मदनफल) | मदन / मैनफल | Not stated |
| Eranda (castor plant)एरंड (एरण्ड) | चित्राबीज / एरणडबीज | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | मूत्र / गोमूत्र | Not stated |
| Shunthi (dry ginger)सोंठ (शुण्ठी) | महैषध / सोंठ | एक एक तोला (पलचतुर्थभागांशक) · one tola (a quarter pala), as for each paste drug |
| Maricha (black pepper)काली मिर्च (मरिच) | मरीच / मिरच | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Pippali (long pepper)पीपल (पिप्पली) | मागधिक / पीपल | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव) | सैंधव / सैंधानमक | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Vacha (sweet flag)बच (वचा) | उग्र / बच | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Devadaru (Himalayan cedar)देवदार (देवदारु) | देवतरु / देवदारु | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ) | कुष्ट / कूट | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु) | िंहंगु / हींग | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Vida salt (vida lavana)बिड नमक (विड लवण) | बिड / बिडनमक | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक) | जरिक / जीरा | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | एला / इलायची | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Yavani (ajwain, carom)अजवायन (यवानी) | यवानी / अजवायन | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Ativisha (Indian atees)अतीस (अतिविषा) | अतिविषा / अतीस | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | यष्टि / मुलैठी | एक एक तोला · one tola |
| Mustard seed (sarshapa)सरसों (सर्षप) | सितसर्षप, सर्षप / सफेद सरसों, काली सरसों | एक एक तोला · one tola each of white and black mustard |
Preparation as described
The liquids are mixed in due measure with the decoction of turpeth, madanaphala and castor seed and with cow's urine and churned; the seventeen paste drugs, one tola each, are finely ground, added to the liquid and churned again with a churning stick.
इसमें सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल, सैंधानमक, बच, देवदारु, कूट, हींग, बिडनमक, जीरा, इलायची, निसोत, अजवायन, अतीस, मुलैठी, सफेद सरसों, काली सरसों इन अैषधियों को एक एक तोला प्रमाण लेकर बारीक पीस लेवंे
How it is used
The prepared medicine is poured into the enema apparatus while still slightly warm.
इस प्रकार साधित अैषध, अल्प उष्ण रहने पर, बस्ति नेत्र (पिचकारी) में डालें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(समस्त शरीर में व्याप्त (कुपित) वायु (प्रकरण))
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
सुपिष्टवरभेषजै: पलचतुर्थभागांशकै। र्विलोडच्य मथितं कदुष्णमिह सेचयेiस्तिषु॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 8 · p. 119 · v. 51-52.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
- Unnamed in the text; it follows the instruction to treat whole-body vata with enemas (verse 45). Turpeth occurs both in the decoction and in the paste. The verse gives a quarter pala for each paste drug, the commentary one tola.
Quick facts
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- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
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- Chapters
- Chapter 8
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- remedy_trivrit_p191_1