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Herb
Agaru (agarwood)
अगर (अगरु) · अगरु
Glossary entry
अगरु
अगुरु
हिन्दी: अगुरु, अगर · मराठी: अगर
Formulation
Decoction of devadaru, mango, sarala, agaru and sandalwood
देवदारु, आम्र, सरल, अगरु, चंदन क्वाथ
For menstrual blood that is foul-smelling and like pus or marrow, a decoction of devadaru, mango, sarala, agaru and sandalwood is drunk.
Formulation
Sandal, agaru and talisa fumigation for the Putana graha
चंदन-अगरु-तालीस आदि धूप
Sandal, agaru, tamala leaf, talisa, kushtha and khadira with hair, body hair, nails and human bone are powdered, mixed with ghee and used to fumigate the child at both twilights.
Glossary entry
दहन
चीता
हिन्दी: चीता, भिलावा · मराठी: बिबवा, चित्रक, वृश्चिकाली, अगर, गुगुळ, कांजीचा भेद
Condition
Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)
वात रोग · वातव्याधि
Vata is presented as the root cause of many local and whole-body diseases. Each of the five vayus, aggravated in its own seat, causes the diseases of that seat; joined with kapha, pitta or…
Formulation
Fumigation that destroys mouth diseases
मुखरोग नाशक धूप · मुखरोगनाशक धूप
Fumigation of the mouth with a wick of danti, apamarga, ingudi, devadaru and sarala, or with guggulu, dhyamaka, jatamamsi, agaru, pepper and similar drugs; the next verse says this…
Topic
Bala oil
बला तैल · बलातैल
Fourteen adhaka of sesame oil is cooked with bala-root decoction six times its quantity, milk and decoctions of kola, bilva, both nightshades, tuntuka, agnimantha, barley and horse gram,…
Topic
Fumigation against the Putana graha
पूतना ग्रह में धूप · पूतनाग्रहघ्न धूप
At both twilights the child is fumigated with sandal, agaru, tamala leaf (the commentary says tobacco), talisa, kushtha and khadira, with the hair, body hair and nails of animals and human…
Topic
Fumigation that destroys mouth diseases
मुखरोगनाशक धूप
Likewise the mouth is fumigated with a wick of danti, apamarga (kinihi), ingudi, devadaru and sarala, and also with guggulu, dhyamaka (fragrant grass), jatamamsi, agaru, black pepper and…
Topic
Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)
वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, क वर्ग प्रविष्टि 71–82 (कुलहला से केतकी) · वनौषधिशब्दादर्श
Entries 71–82 of the क section, from कुलहला (गोरखमुंडी) to केतकी. They include कुलत्थ (कुलथी), कुवलय (नीलकमल), कुश, कुशा (चकोतरा), कुसुम्भ (whose flowers are said to dye cloth),…
Formulation
Rasnadi paste
रास्नादि लेप
Rasna, renuka seed, shatapushpa, devadaru, kushtha, agaru, tagara, bilva, bala and chironji, ground with milk and sour substances, mixed with ghee and oil and applied lukewarm, are said to…
Topic
Rasnadi paste
रास्नादि लेप
Rasna, renuka seed, shatapushpa (fennel in the commentary), devadaru, kushtha, agaru, tagara, bilva, bala and chironji are ground with milk and sour substances, mixed with ghee and oil,…
Topic
Treatment of menstrual disorders from pitta and the other doshas
पित्तादि दोषजन्य आर्तव रोग की चिकित्सा · पित्तादि दोषजन्य आर्तवरोग चिकित्सा
For menstrual blood that is foul-smelling and like pus or marrow, a decoction of devadaru, mango, sarala, agaru and sandalwood is drunk; for knotted menstrual blood from kapha and vata, a…
Formulation
Vajrī and other divine-herb rasāyana
वज्रादि रसायन
The divine herbs named in the verse are powdered; the commentary lists guḍūcī, gokshura, vidhārā, śatāvarī, black agaru, bhallātaka, red punarnavā, white punarnavā, vārāhīkanda and large…
Topic
Vajrī and other divine-herb rasāyana
वज्रादि रसायन
Ten divine herbs named in the commentary (guḍūcī, gokshura, vidhārā, śatāvarī, black agaru, bhallātaka, red and white punarnavā, vārāhīkanda and large cardamom), powdered in equal parts and…
Topic
What is beneficial in vata disease: foods and pastes
वात रोग में हितकर आहार और लेप · वातरोग में हित
Unctuous foods (oil, ghee), milk, curd, sour and salty foods and drinks, living in a warm house, and pastes of kushtha, tejapatra, cardamom and agaru are described as beneficial in vata…