White trivrit, licorice and vajrakshara are ground with cow urine and given as nasya in apasmara.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- अपस्मार में निसोत, मुलेठी, वज्रखार का नस्य
- English
- Trivrit, licorice and vajrakshara nasya for epilepsy
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Trivrit (turpeth)निसोत (त्रिवृत्) | सफेद निशोथ | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | मधुक / मुलैठी | Not stated |
| Vajrakshara (an alkali)वज्रखार | वज्रखार | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | समूत्र / गोमूत्र | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The three are ground with cow urine.
सफेद निशोथ, मुलैठी, वज्रखार इनको गोमूत्र के साथ पीसकर
How it is used
Given as nasya (to be inhaled through the nose).
नस्य देवें (सुघावें)
Indicated for, as the text says
- Epilepsy (apasmara)(अपस्माररोग)
सरसमधुकसारोधदृष्टनस्यैम्समूत्रौ:॥ प्रशमनविधियुक्रात्यंततीव्रैषधैश्च॥ 117॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 17 · p. 374 · v. 117.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.
Questions and answers
Why does the text reject the idea that apasmara is caused by grahas?
It says apasmara comes from quickly moving doshas, so it arrives suddenly and passes quickly; ignorant people take this for a graha's work, but it is born of the doshas.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Identities follow the commentary; the verse wording is garbled. Supervision flag set because the nasya contains an alkali (vajrakshara).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 17
- Extraction tasks
- T17
- Record id
- remedy_trivrit_p446_1