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Herb
Pilu (toothbrush tree)
पीलू · पीलु
Pīlu heads a list of vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.
Topic
Properties of pīlu, ginger, garlic and other pungent vegetables
पीलू आदि शाकों के गुण · पीलू आदि मूलशाक गुण
Pīlu, fresh ginger, drumstick root, garlic, onion, black pepper, cardamom, long-pepper root, kulahala and karīra are described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling…
Herb
Murva
मूर्वा (मरोड़फली) · मूर्वा
Glossary entry
पीलुक
पीलु वृक्ष
हिन्दी: पीलु वृक्ष, आखरोट · मराठी: अक्रोट, पीलुडा, किंकणेलाचा वृक्ष, कंचुकशाक, तळहात, परमाणु, अस्थिखंडविशेष, लघु पीपल वृक्ष
Herb
Kupilu (nux vomica)
कुचला (कुपीलु) · कुपीलु
Preparation type
Pill or tablet (gutika, vati)
गुटिका (गोली) · गुटिका
Glossary entry
पिचु
कार्पास
हिन्दी: कार्पास, दो तोले परिमाण, कुष्ठरोग · मराठी: कापूस, कापसाचें सूत, आरक कापशी, कुष्ठरोग
Formulation
Anu oil
अणु तैल · अणुतैल
Oil obtained by boiling pieces of pilu bark and sesame in much water is collected and cooked with a paste and decoction of vata-reducing drugs, milk and curd; the text says even an atom of…
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Anu oil
अणु तैल
Pieces of pilu bark and sesame are boiled in plenty of water; the oil that rises is collected and cooked with a paste and decoction of vata-reducing drugs, milk and curd. Named Anu taila,…
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Garahārī ghee
गरहारी घृत
Ghee cooked with sārivā, citraka, the three pungents, pāṭhā, pāṭalā, kiṇihī (apāmārga), turmeric, pīlu, guḍūcī and śirīṣa is said to destroy every kind of poison.
Formulation
Garahari ghrita (ghee that removes poison)
गरहारी घृत
Ghee cooked with sārivā, citraka, the three pungents, pāṭhā, pāṭalā, kiṇihī (apāmārga), turmeric, pīlu, guḍūcī and śirīṣa is said to destroy every kind of poison.
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The vata-destroying group of drugs
वातनाशक गण
Red and white castor, both nightshades, varuna, aragvadha, agnimantha, chitraka root, shigru, arka and white arka bark, patala, tarkari, devadaru, apamarga, shyonaka (tentu), murva,…
Formulation
Tuntukadi milk
टुंटुकादि दुग्ध · टुण्टुकादि दुग्ध
Milk cooked with tuntuka, pilu, both nightshades, patala, agnimantha, ashvagandha, sushavi, liquorice and hribera, with ghee and jaggery, is drunk to destroy all kinds of raktapitta and…
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Tuntukadi milk
टुण्टुकादि दुग्ध
Milk cooked with tuntuka (shyonaka), pilu, both nightshades, patala, agnimantha, ashvagandha, sushavi (black cumin in the commentary), liquorice and hribera, mixed with ghee and jaggery and…
Ingredient
Vata-destroying group of drugs
वातनाशक गण
The vata-destroying group is red and white castor, both nightshades, varuna, aragvadha, agnimantha, chitraka root, shigru, arka and white arka bark, patala, tarkari, devadaru, apamarga,…