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Condition

Grahani disorder (malabsorption)

संग्रहणी (ग्रहणी रोग) · ग्रहणी

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Principle

Agni (digestive fire)

अग्नि (जठराग्नि) · जठराग्नि

The introduction says the digestion of the six tastes of food just eaten stimulates the pācaka pitta; in the āmāśaya the pācaka pitta and the kledaka kapha are released and gradually mix…

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Principle

Vata dosha

वात दोष · वात

Continuing the account of digestion, the introduction says the food is moved onward by a propulsive action, and samāna vāyu is needed for this and to keep the food moist; its actions of…

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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…

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Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.103), attributed to Pūjyapāda: Kālāgnirudra…

Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.103), attributed to Pūjyapāda: Kālāgnirudra rasa, also called Agnituṇḍī, for the eighty vāta disorders. Purified mercury, viṣa, sulphur,…

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Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.110), attributed to Pūjyapāda: Gandhaka rasāyana…

Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.110), attributed to Pūjyapāda: Gandhaka rasāyana for giddiness and other vāta disorders. Six pala of powdered sulphur, the three fruits,…

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