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Formulation
Digestive decoction for kapha fever (unnamed)
कफज्वर पाचन क्वाथ
A hot decoction of bharangi, the three myrobalans and the three pungents is drunk to digest kapha fever.
Herb
Bharangi (blue fountain bush)
भारंगी (भार्ङ्गी) · भार्ङ्गी
Glossary entry
भार्ङ्गी
भारंगी
हिन्दी: भारंगी, ब्रहानेटि · मराठी: भारंग
Formulation
Bharangyadi powder
भारंगी चूर्ण · भार्ङ्ग्यादि चूर्ण
Bharangi powder with dry ginger and salt, mixed with clean oil, is called beneficial for shvasa.
Food
Orange (naranga)
नारंगी (नारंग) · नारङ्ग
The two kinds of orange (nāraṅga-dvaya) are listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse…
Herb
Brahmi (water hyssop)
ब्राह्मी
Glossary entry
कासघ्नी
कंटकारी
हिन्दी: कंटकारी, कटेरी · मराठी: भारंग, मोतरिंगणी, लघु डोरली
Glossary entry
नागर
सोंठ
हिन्दी: सोंठ, मोथा, नारंगी · मराठी: पडवळ, सुंठ, नागरमोथ
Glossary entry
ब्राह्मी
सोमवल्ली
हिन्दी: सोमवल्ली, महाज्योतिष्मती, मत्स्याक्षी, वाराही, हिलमोचिका, ब्राह्मी, मारंगी, सोमलता, बड़ी मालकांगनी, मछेली, वाराहीकन्द, हुलहुल शाक · मराठी: चान्दवेल, भारंग, कारिवणोकोशीं, बिरीचा…
Condition
Epilepsy (apasmara)
अपस्मार (मिर्गी) · अपस्मार
Apasmara is named for the loss of memory with deadly fear and fainting; it arises from the three doshas with vata predominant, shows falling, teeth gnashing, phlegm vomiting, upturned eyes…
Formulation
Bharangyadi arishta
भार्ङ्ग्यादि अरिष्ट · भार्ङ्ग्याद्यरिष्ट
Bharangi decoction with iron ash and jaggery is kept in a pot buried in grain for a month, perfumed with camphor and drunk repeatedly; the text says it quickly calms apasmara.
Formulation
Amalaki and gokshura powder for injury and wasting cough
आमलकादि चूर्ण
Equal parts of amalaki, gokshura, dates, priyala, liquorice, blue lotus, bharangi and long pepper are powdered and taken with ghee and sugar on a milk diet; this is said to destroy cough…
Topic
Antidote against snake poison
सर्पविषारि अगद
Equal parts of manjishtha, licorice, trivrit, devadaru, grapes, the two turmerics, bharangi, the three pungents, vidanga, asafoetida and salt are powdered, mixed with ghee and kept in a…
Topic
Bharangyadi arishta
भार्ङ्ग्यादि अरिष्ट · भार्ङ्ग्याद्यरिष्ट
A decoction of bharangi with iron ash and jaggery is filled into a pot and kept in a heap of grain for a month, then taken out and perfumed with camphor and the like; this sweet, fragrant…
Formulation
Bharangyadi powder
भारंग्यादि चूर्ण · भार्ङ्ग्यादि चूर्ण
A powder of twenty-two drugs headed by bharangi, impregnated repeatedly with sour-group juices; taken with sour gruel for liver, spleen, gulma, digestive and breathing complaints, and with…
Topic
Bharangyadi powder
भार्ङ्ग्यादि चूर्ण
A powder of bharangi, asafoetida, vacha and the other drugs listed (twenty-two in the verse) is impregnated again and again with the juices of the sour group, dried and powdered. Taken with…
Topic
Digestive decoction in kapha fever and signs of ripened fever
कफज्वर में पाचन और पक्व ज्वर के लक्षण · कफज्वर में पाचन व पक्वज्वर लक्षण
A hot decoction of bharangi, the three myrobalans and the three pungents digests kapha fever. When fever has ripened (been digested), the body is light, stool and urine pass naturally, the…
Formulation
Medicated smoke wick against kapha (unnamed)
कफनाशक धूमवर्ति
A paste of pippalimula, asafoetida, the three pungents, kunati, kamrakh, bharangi and turmeric is spread on a thin cloth wrapped round a castor stalk, and the wick is lit and smoked to calm…
Topic
Medicated smoking, mouthfuls and related measures
धूमपान, कवलधारण आदि
A paste of pippalimula, asafoetida, the three pungents, kunati (coriander, per the commentary), kamrakh, bharangi and turmeric is spread on a thin cloth, wrapped round a castor stalk, lit…
Topic
Pippalyadi ghee and Bharangyadi powder
पिप्पल्यादि घृत और भार्ङ्ग्यादि चूर्ण · पिप्पल्यादि घृत व भार्ङ्ग्यादि चूर्ण
Ghee cooked with long pepper and the salt group is said to calm very old shvasa. Bharangi powder with dry ginger and salt, mixed with clean oil, is also called beneficial.
Topic
Third antidote against all poisons
तृतीय सर्वविषारि अगद
Talisa, large cardamom, vidanga, kushtha, vida salt, rock salt, bharangi, asafoetida, indravaruni, apamarga, patha, patola, vacha and the flowers of arka, karanja, vajra, surasa, bhallataka…
Topic
Treatment of injury and wasting cough
क्षतज और क्षयज कास की चिकित्सा · क्षतज, क्षयजकास चिकित्सा
Equal parts of amalaki, gokshura, dates, priyala, liquorice, blue lotus, bharangi and long pepper are powdered; one aksha (the commentary says one tola) is taken with ghee and sugar while…
Formulation
Tvagadi powder
त्वगादि चूर्ण
A powder of cinnamon, the three pungents, the three fruits, bharangi and nrityakandaka fruit, licked with sugar and ghee, is said to remove long-standing shvasa quickly.
Topic
Tvagadi powder
त्वगादि चूर्ण
A powder of cinnamon, the three pungents, the three fruits, bharangi and the fruit of nrityakandaka, licked with sugar and ghee, is said to remove even long-standing, much increased shvasa…