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Remedy

Grains and pulses as food for prameha patients

प्रमेही के लिए भोज्य पदार्थ

After purification the prameha patient is fed on priyangu, wild kodo millet, rice flour, foxtail millet, wheat and barley, with astringent, bitter and pungent things, and with pigeon pea,…

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Priyangu

प्रियंगु (फूलप्रियंगु) · प्रियङ्गु

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Glossary entry

प्रियङ्गु

फूलप्रियंगु

हिन्दी: फूलप्रियंगु, राई, पीपल, कंगुनी धान, कुटकी · मराठी: कटुकी, काळी मोहरी, पिंवळी, गहुला, कांग, वाघांटी

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Formulation

Nut grass, vacha, priyangu and sarala oil with kanji, curd and buttermilk

नागरमोथा-बच-प्रियंगु-सरल सिद्ध तैल

Oil prepared with a decoction and paste of nut grass, vacha, priyangu, sarala and shatahva, together with kanji, sour curd and buttermilk, is massaged on a child seized by the Rakshasa…

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Food

Foxtail millet (kangu)

कंगनी (कङ्गु) · कङ्गु

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Herb

Adhomanini

गोभी · अधोमानिनी

Adhomāninī is named among the five bṛhatīs; a footnote says the word's meaning is hardly found, and that read simply as māninī it would mean phūla priyaṅgu.

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Amrasthyadi powder for pakva diarrhoea

पक्वातिसार में आम्रास्थ्यादि चूर्ण

A powder of mango seed kernel, lodhra, liquorice, sesame, padmaka, dhataki flowers, silk-cotton gum, bael pulp, priyangu, kutaja bark, ativisha and manjishtha, drunk with whey, is said to…

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Bath, oil and ghee against the Rakshasa graha

राक्षस ग्रह में स्नान, तैल और घृत · राक्षसग्रहघ्न स्नान, तैल, घृत

The child is bathed with water boiled with karanja, both brihatis and agnimantha, or with warm kanji; massaged with oil prepared with a decoction and paste of nut grass, vacha, priyangu,…

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Bath, oil and paste against the Garuda graha

गरुड ग्रह में स्नान, तैल और लेप · गरुडग्रहघ्न स्नान, तैल, लेप

The child is bathed in a cooled decoction of mango, neem, plantain, kapittha and jambu, and massage with oil cooked with the same trees and pastes of them are also commended. A footnote…

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Formulation

Binding enema

संग्रहण बस्ति · सांग्राहिक बस्ति

An enema of the decoction and paste of priyangu, musta, hribera, manjishtha and pishtaka mixed with goat milk, called the binding enema, which the text says checks the stool.

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Binding enema

संग्रहण (सांग्राहिक) बस्ति · संग्रहण बस्ति

An enema of the decoction and paste of priyangu, musta, hribera (sugandhavala), manjishtha and pishtaka, mixed with goat milk, is called a binding (samgrahika) enema, which checks the stool.

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Foods for the prameha patient

प्रमेही के लिए भोजन के पदार्थ · प्रमेही के लिए भोज्य पदार्थ

The physician should feed the patient on priyangu, wild kodo millet, rice flour, foxtail millet, wheat and barley, with astringent, bitter and pungent things, and with pigeon pea, peas and…

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Khas, licorice and lodhra paste (footnote)

खस-मुलेठी-लोध आदि लेप

A footnote adds that a paste of khas, licorice, hribera, sariva, lotus, lodhra, priyangu, manjishtha and red ochre is also beneficial for the Garuda-seized child.

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Marks of dry land (jāṅgala)

जांगल देश के लक्षण · जांगल देश लक्षण

Dry land has rough grasses and shrubs; trees such as sarja, arjuna, bhūrja, palāśa, asana and teak; red, dark and pale soils; hills of hard stone, bamboo thickets and forests with fierce…

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Mustadi paste

मुस्तादिलेप · मुस्तादि लेप

A paste of nut grass, chironji, liquorice, mango bark, shalaparni, priyangu, durva, lotus, white lotus, shatavari, chirata, red sandalwood, kaseru, kushtha and tree turmeric is applied in…

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Mustadi paste

मुस्तादि लेप

In vatarakta from all three doshas a paste is applied of nut grass, chironji, liquorice, mango bark, shalaparni, priyangu, durva, lotus, white lotus, shatavari, chirata, red sandalwood,…

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Nasya that holds back age

वयःस्तम्भक नस्य

Seeds of bibhitaki, white sesame, kanguka (the commentary: phul priyangu) and ari (a kind of khadira) are each impregnated three times in turn with the juices of shirisha bark, koranta,…

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Properties of the five bṛhatīs; brinjal

पंचबृहती गण के गुण; बैंगन · पंचबृहती गण का गुण

The five bṛhatīs—kaṇṭakārī (kaṭeharī), mañjiṣṭhā, adhomāninī, bṛhatī (baḍī kaṭelī) and white arka—are said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always…

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Shyamadi hair-blackening oil

केशकृष्णीकरण श्यामादि तेल · श्यामादि तैल

The flowers of shyama (the commentary: phul priyangu, with a question mark), saireyaka (katsaraiya), sahachara (yellow katsaraiya) and black madanaphala; plenty of leaves of mahanila and…

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Ugraviṣārī ghee

उग्रविषारी घृत

Ghee cooked with kuṣṭha, sandal, reṇukā, turmeric, devadāru, both kinds of bṛhatī, mañjiṣṭhā, priyaṅgu, viḍaṅga, nīlī, sārivā, tagara and pūtikarañja is said to overcome all fierce poisons,…

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Ugravishari ghrita (ghee against fierce poisons)

उग्रविषारी घृत

Ghee cooked with kuṣṭha, sandal, reṇukā, turmeric, devadāru, both bṛhatīs, mañjiṣṭhā, priyaṅgu, viḍaṅga, nīlī, sārivā, tagara and pūtikarañja is said to overcome all fierce poisons, which…

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Vayastambhaka nasya (age-arresting nasal oil)

वयस्तम्भक नस्य

The seeds of bibhitaki, white sesame, kanguka (the commentary: phul priyangu) and ari (a kind of khadira, says the commentary) are each given, separately, three impregnations (bhavana) in…

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