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Herb
Bibhitaki (belleric myrobalan)
बहेड़ा (बिभीतक) · बिभीतक
Bibhitaki is said to have qualities like those of abhaya (haritaki), as the Jina taught.
Formulation
Maha aksha taila (great bibhitaki oil)
महा अक्ष तैल
Gambhari, citron, wood apple, mango, jambu and shaileya (the commentary: bhuri charila, a kind of fragrant substance), their flowers; guduchi, hata (shaivala), mahanila, vanamallika, nili…
Question
How is the great aksha (bibhitaki) oil used, and what does the text say it does?
महा अक्ष तैल का प्रयोग कैसे होता है, और ग्रंथ इसका क्या फल बताता है?
A person afflicted by grey hair, wrinkles and old age is first purified by emesis, purgation and the like, then given nasya of the oil with great care in a windless house, repeatedly for a…
Topic
The great bibhitaki (aksha) oil
महा अक्ष तैल
Flowers of gambhari, citron, wood apple, mango, jambu and shaileya, with guduchi, shaivala, mahanila, vanamallika, nili leaves, nilanjana, tuvaraka, kasisa, madanaphala seed, punarnava,…
Glossary entry
बिभीतक
बहेड़ा वृक्ष
हिन्दी: बहेड़ा वृक्ष · मराठी: बेहेडे
Glossary entry
विभीतक
बहेडा वृक्ष
हिन्दी: बहेडा वृक्ष · मराठी: बेहेडा
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A footnote to the triphala rasāyana says the verse does not state the numbers of amalaki and…
A footnote to the triphala rasāyana says the verse does not state the numbers of amalaki and bibhitaki properly, but other medical works say that where triphala is mentioned generally it is…
Formulation
Triphala rasāyana
त्रिफला रसायन
Amalaki is eaten in the morning at mealtime, and one haritaki with bibhitaki at night; the commentary makes this three amalaki in the morning and one haritaki and two bibhitaki at night,…
Condition
Ageing (jara)
जरा (बुढ़ापा) · जरा
People of pitta constitution are said to be afflicted by old age early.
Herb group
Triphala (three fruits)
त्रिफला
Triphala juice and drinking cool water are said to be aphrodisiac and life-promoting, and the commentary adds that they widen the sight.
Topic
Qualities of triphala
त्रिफला के गुण · त्रिफला गुण
The Jina is said to have taught that bibhitaki has qualities like abhaya. Haritaki, bibhitaki and amalaki together are therefore called triphala, and since, according to the commentary,…
Topic
Triphala rasāyana
त्रिफला रसायन
Amalaki in the morning at mealtime and one haritaki with bibhitaki at night (the commentary: three amalaki in the morning, one haritaki and two bibhitaki at night), powdered and taken with…
Formulation
Vākucī (bakuchi) rasāyana
बाकुची रसायन · वाकुची रसायन
Bakuchi seed powder with jaggery is put with great care into an iron pot and kept in grain in the ground for seven nights. Then, with the doshas removed (the commentary: purified by emesis,…
Topic
Bhallatakadi paste
भल्लातकादि लेप
Bhallataka, bibhitaki, amalaki, haritaki, arka latex, sesame, the three pungents, vidanga, apamarga, kanjira, bitter ridge gourd, bitter gourd and neem seed are burnt, mixed with sesame oil…
Formulation
Decoction of murva and others for sannipata fever (unnamed)
सन्निपात ज्वर क्वाथ (मूर्वादि)
A decoction of murva, guduchi, nut grass, bibhitaki and kutki is drunk in sannipata fever.
Topic
Decoctions for sannipata fever
सन्निपात ज्वर में क्वाथ · सान्निपातिक ज्वर में क्वाथ
In fevers from all the doshas a decoction is drunk of nut grass, turmeric, amla, sandalwood and sariva; or of guduchi, nut grass, bitter patola and haritaki; or of murva, guduchi, nut…
Topic
Dhatryadi paste
धात्र्यादि लेप
Amalaki, bibhitaki, haritaki, the three pungents, turmeric, chakramarda, aparajita (koyal), neem, karanja, bhallataka and the five salts are ground with sour gruel and buttermilk and rubbed…
Formulation
Kapitthadi decoction
कपित्थादि क्वाथ
A decoction of wood apple, bael, asana, prishniparni, turmeric, haritaki, bibhitaki, amla and arjuna bark, drunk by a self-controlled patient, is said to overcome all pramehas with their…
Topic
Nasya that holds back age
वयःस्तम्भक नस्य
Seeds of bibhitaki, white sesame, kanguka (the commentary: phul priyangu) and ari (a kind of khadira) are each impregnated three times in turn with the juices of shirisha bark, koranta,…
Formulation
Sauvarnadi pill
सौवर्णादि गुटिका · सौवर्णादिगुटिका
Pills of gold, copper and silver ash, or of pearl and coral ash, with equal powders of amalaki, bibhitaki, haritaki, samudraphena, turmeric, conch, tuttha, guduchi, liquorice, long pepper,…
Topic
Sauvarnadi pill
सौवर्णादि गुटिका
Equal parts of gold, copper and silver ash, or of pearl and coral ash, are mixed with equal powders of amalaki, bibhitaki, haritaki, samudraphena, turmeric, conch, tuttha, guduchi,…
Formulation
Third powder of the hingvadi triad, with shigru (unnamed)
शिग्र्वादि चूर्ण (हिंग्वादि चूर्णत्रय का तीसरा)
A powder of shigru, pippalimula, bibhitaki, haritaki, black pepper, long pepper, dry ginger, cardamom and vidanga, taken with warm water or ghee, is said to destroy kapha.
Topic
Three powders beginning with asafoetida
हिंग्वादि तीन चूर्ण · हिंग्वादि चूर्णत्रय
Three powders are given: asafoetida, cardamom, cumin, chavya, the three pungents, yavakshara and black salt; or musta, the three pungents, ajamoda, amalaki, rock salt, patha, haritaki and…
Remedy
Triphala decoction with ghee
त्रिफला कषाय घी सहित · त्रैफल जल
A decoction of haritaki, bibhitaki and amalaki with ghee added is said to destroy shvasa quickly; the verse uses it as the comparison for Bhringaraja oil.