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Herb
Gunja (rosary pea)
घुंघची (गुंजा) · गुञ्जा
Guñjā (ghuṅghacī) is named among the plants whose root holds poison.
Remedy
Root paste of kakadani, ashvamaraka and gunja for poison-induced udara (unnamed)
काकादनी, अश्वमारक और गुंजा की जड़ का कल्क (विषोदर में)
Cited as an example of poison used as medicine in poison-induced udara: a paste of the roots of kakadani, ashvamaraka and gunja is to be given.
Glossary entry
गुंजा
घुँघुची
हिन्दी: घुँघुची, चोटली, चिरमिटी, 1 रत्ति प्रमाण · मराठी: श्वेत गुंजा, रक्त गुंजा, गुंज इत्यादि प्रमाण विशेष
Glossary entry
चव्य (चव्यक)
चव्य
हिन्दी: चव्य, कार्पासी, चविका, वच · मराठी: चवक, गजपिंपळी, गजपिंपळीचे मूळ, कापूस, गुंजा
Remedy
Bimbi, gunja and kakadani amulet for the Shitaputana graha
बिंबलता-घुंघची-काकादनी धारण
A child seized by the Shitaputana graha is made to wear bimbi, gunja and kakadani.
Remedy
Paste of pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja in arka latex
पीपल आदि को आक के दूध में पीसकर लेप · पिप्पल्यादि अर्कपयोलेप
Pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja (with kushtha in the verse) are pounded and ground with arka latex and applied as a paste on piles.
Remedy
Paste of snuhi latex with chitraka, gunja, rock salt and turmeric
थूहर के दूध का लेप · वज्रवृक्षपयोलेप
Chitraka, gunja, rock salt and turmeric powder mixed in snuhi latex are applied as a paste; the text says piles subside.
Principle
Gunas (twenty qualities)
गुण (गुर्वादि गुण) · गुर्वादिगुण
Qualities are said to have no qualities: the quality of sugar, for example, is sweetness, and that sweetness has no further quality, being itself a quality; so the scripture describes…
Herb
Bhanga (cannabis)
भांग (भङ्गा) · भङ्गा
Principle
Prakriti (body constitution)
प्रकृति (शरीर प्रकृति) · प्रकृति
The introduction says prakṛti means keeping the body in its original state. The bīja dhātu is formed by the union of śukra (the male seed) and ārtava (the female seed), and the body is…
Condition
Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)
उदर रोग · उदररोग
The text says terrible abdominal enlargements (mahodara) arise from the doshas singly or together, from liver and spleen disorders, from water, from poisons and from obstruction and foreign…
Procedure
Black shilajatu (usha) kalpa for producing gold
काले शिलाजीत (उषा) का कल्प · कृष्ण शिलाजतु कल्प
Black shilajatu, called usha, is mixed with borax (tankana kshara), gunja, ghee, honey and jaggery, ground, placed in the fire and blown; the text says gold comes out of it within a short…
Topic
Marks of a person of pitta constitution
पित्त प्रकृति के मनुष्य के लक्षण · पित्त प्रकृति के मनुष्य का लक्षण
A person of pitta constitution is described as quick to anger, sharp-witted, bold, sweating, with yellowish veins, likeable, with coppery-red lips and palate; intelligent, brave,…
Topic
Pastes that destroy piles
अर्शघ्न लेप
Pastes for piles: arka latex with orpiment and turmeric powder; snuhi latex with chitraka, gunja, rock salt and turmeric; pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja (with kushtha in the verse)…
Topic
Black shilajatu kalpa
कृष्ण शिलाजतु कल्प
A black kind of shilajatu called usha is described as liquid and shining like lac, plainly showing five colours, used in mercury work and able to make the six metals liquid. Mixed with…
Topic
Fumigation and amulet against the Shitaputana graha
शीतपूतना ग्रह में धूप और धारण · शीतपूतनाघ्न धूप व धारण
The child is fumigated with neem leaves, snake slough, sal resin, owl and hare droppings and vajigandha (the commentary reads ajagandha, ajwain), and made to wear bimbi, gunja and kakadani…
Topic
Root, leaf, fruit and flower poisons
मूल, पत्र, फल और पुष्प विष · मूल पत्र फल पुष्प विष वर्णन
Kṛtaka, araka, aśvamāra (kaner), guñjā and others hold poison in the root; viṣadalikā (viṣapatrikā), karambha and others in the leaves; kanaka (dhatūrā), tumbikā (bitter gourd) and others…