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An alkali made from the ash water of mushkaka (mokha), strained and cooked down to a reddish powder, is the second of the four preparations against kapha diseases and excessive urination.

The commentary renders mushkaka as mokha, one of the plants burnt for the alkali against stone.

हिन्दी: कठपाडर, मोखा वृक्ष · मराठी: घंटापाटलि वृक्ष

An alkali made from the ash of the black mushkaka tree boiled in water, strained and thickened, with burnt conch navel, lime, putikaranja and bhallataka added; it is to be drunk in proper…

A black mushkaka tree is uprooted, dried and burnt to ash; one drona of the ash is boiled with six adhaka of water in a large clean vessel until the liquid is clear, red and sharp,…

The juice of kanta, which the commentary names musta, is one of five plant juices said always to make mercury pass into the kinds of metal.

Mustaka poison is said to make the body stiff, heavy and trembling.

हिन्दी: मुस्तक, मोथा · मराठी: मोथ, मेघ

हिन्दी: मुस्तक, मोथा · मराठी: मेघ, मोथ

हिन्दी: तरुमूषक, वृक्ष जाति की मूषाकानी · मराठी: वृक्षपर्णौदुर

Horse gram cooked in the filtered decoction of mushkaka ash, with salt and plenty of trikatu, is drunk constantly by the indigestion patient; the text says it kindles the digestive fire.

A paste of mustards, rock salt, vacha, kushtha, realgar, orpiment and a sharp poison with black mushkaka ash and arka latex, applied in kushtha.

Sesame, apamarga, gokshura, tala palm, mushkaka, aragvadha and kimshuka are burnt to ash, stirred in water and strained; this alkaline water with shilajit and bida salt added is said to…

Four preparations are given: the three pungents and rock salt in equal parts with citron juice; the reddish alkali of the mushkaka (mokha) tree; triphala in equal parts; and bhringaraja…

A decoction is made with mushkaka (morva) ash and filtered; horse gram cooked in it, with salt and trikatu added, is drunk constantly by the patient with indigestion and is said to kindle…

Equal parts of the leaves of karanja, both nightshades, putikaranja, chitraka, ikshuraka (gokhuru in the commentary), mushkaka, punarnava and castor are powdered, mixed with an equal amount…

Equal parts of the leaves of karanja, both nightshades, putikaranja, chitraka, ikshuraka, mushkaka, punarnava and castor are powdered, mixed with an equal weight of sea salt, sealed in an…

A powdered paste of white and ordinary mustard, rock salt, vacha, kushtha, realgar, orpiment and a sharp poison, mixed with black mushkaka ash and arka latex, is applied in kushtha. Verse…

Alkaline water from the ash of sesame, apamarga, gokshura, tala, mushkaka, aragvadha and kimshuka, drunk with shilajit and bida salt, said to conquer stone.