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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.

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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…

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Herb

Murva

मूर्वा (मरोड़फली) · मूर्वा

named on 6 pages

Glossary entry

पीलुक

पीलु वृक्ष

हिन्दी: पीलु वृक्ष, आखरोट · मराठी: अक्रोट, पीलुडा, किंकणेलाचा वृक्ष, कंचुकशाक, तळहात, परमाणु, अस्थिखंडविशेष, लघु पीपल वृक्ष

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Herb

Kupilu (nux vomica)

कुचला (कुपीलु) · कुपीलु

named on 2 pages

Preparation type

Pill or tablet (gutika, vati)

गुटिका (गोली) · गुटिका

named on 8 pages

Glossary entry

पिचु

कार्पास

हिन्दी: कार्पास, दो तोले परिमाण, कुष्ठरोग · मराठी: कापूस, कापसाचें सूत, आरक कापशी, कुष्ठरोग

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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.

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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,…

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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…

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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,…

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