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Mineral
Red ochre (gairika)
गेरू (गैरिक) · गैरिक
Formulation
Red ochre and bamboo manna paste for an even burn
सम्यग्दग्ध पर गेरू व वंशलोचन का लेप
Another alternative for an even burn is red ochre with bamboo manna, ground in the same liquids and applied carefully as a paste.
Formulation
Gold and red ochre in ghee
सोना और गेरू घी में
Gold and red ochre mixed with ghee are licked for hiccup.
Formulation
Turmeric or red ochre paste to restore skin colour
सवर्णकारक हल्दी-गेरू लेप
After pox ulcers heal, turmeric, or red ochre, or cool fragrant sandal or manjishtha, rubbed down and mixed with ghee and sugar, is applied regularly to restore the skin colour.
Principle
Rakta dhatu (blood tissue)
रक्त धातु · रक्तधातु
Blood is counted along with the doshas and called a dosha; because it is vitiated by vāta and the other vitiators, the same blood is also called a tissue (dhātu).
Topic
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…
Formulation
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.
Topic
Plant glossary, letter section च (entries 1–17: चक्रमर्द to चोर)
वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, च वर्ग (प्रविष्टि 1–17: चक्रमर्द से चोर) · च
Seventeen entries from चक्रमर्द (चकवड) to चोर (a kind of शटी, खुरासानी अजवायन). They include चणका (Marathi जवस, linseed), चन्दन, चन्द्र (कबीला, water, gold, camphor, silver, red ochre,…
Topic
Remedies that destroy hiccup
हिक्का नाशक योग · हिक्कानाशक योग
A powder of sugar, liquorice and long pepper is said to calm even violent hiccup. Gold and red ochre mixed with ghee, or realgar mixed with ghee, are also licked.
Topic
Restoring the skin colour
त्वचा का वर्ण लौटाने के उपाय · सवर्णकरण उपाय
When the ulcers have healed, the skin colour is restored by applying, with ghee and sugar, turmeric, red ochre, or cool fragrant sandal or manjishtha; or kapittha, shali rice, khas and…
Topic
Signs of blood vitiated by the doshas and of pure blood
वात आदि से दूषित और शुद्ध रक्त के लक्षण · वातादि से दुष्ट व शुद्ध शोणित का लक्षण
Blood vitiated by vata is very dark, frothy, thin and quick to flow; by pitta it is blue, very yellow or black, foul-smelling and shunned by insects, mosquitoes and flies; by kapha it is…
Topic
Treatment of the even burn
सम्यग्दग्ध की चिकित्सा · सम्यग्दग्ध चिकित्सा
An even burn is smeared repeatedly with ghee and then pasted with sandalwood, bark of latex trees, sesame, liquorice and rice ground in milk or sugarcane juice or mixed with ghee;…
Formulation
Ghee that brings lustre to the face
मुख कांतिकारक घृत · मुखकान्तिकारक घृत
Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, turmeric and tree turmeric, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are ground well and…
Topic
Ghee that brings lustre to the face
मुख कांतिकारक घृत · मुखकान्तिकारक घृत
Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, the two turmerics, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are cooked into ghee with four…