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Where Milk (ksheera) is used

दूध (क्षीर)

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Milk (ksheera)

क्षीर · दुग्ध · पयस् · पय · दूध · क्षीर · गाय का दूध · गोदुग्ध

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Recorded uses

From the ingredient lists and links of curated records, in both directions.

Remedies using it

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Barley with milk for retained stool in gulmaBath with decoction of jambu, kadamba and neem barkBathing with cold water or milkBlack sesame with bhringaraja leavesBoiled and cooled milkBoiled milk taken warmCardamom and asafoetida in milk with ghee and jaggeryCastor oil with rock salt and dry gingerCold-water washing and milk or ghee sprinkling after leechingCooling diet for raktapitta and pitta disordersCooling treatment for upadamsha caused by teethDiet for consumptionEye irrigation with salted warm oil or warm milkFood and drink for vata-type stoneGhee cooked with horse gram, jujube, milk and curdGhee in a milk gruel with a little riceGhee made from milk for nasal drynessGhee smearing, milk poultice and milk diet in pitta-type udara

Procedures using it

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After-care of the uttarabastiCaustic alkali therapy (kshara karma)Chandramrita regimen in a secluded houseCooling care and milk-ghee enemas for excessive purgationCooling measures and foods in faintingEighth-month enemas for the pregnant womanEmesis and purgation for pitta-type heart diseaseEmesis for children, the elderly and other delicate patientsGiving the uttara bastiGraded diet after purificationLiquid sudation (drava sveda)Liquid sweating (drava sveda)Meal and preparation before an oil enemaMilk enemas and milk diet for parikartikaMonthly diet of the pregnant womanNourishing the thin bodyPoultice sudation (upanaha sveda)Procedure for conception

Given as vehicle or after-drink

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Taken with or after these preparations.

Antidote for mandali snake poisonAphrodisiac amalaki preparationAphrodisiac rice, black gram and sesame cakesBala rasāyanaBarley with milk for retained stool in gulmaBharangyadi powderBlack sesame with bhringaraja leavesBrāhmī and other rasāyanaCardamom and asafoetida in milk with ghee and jaggeryCastor oil with rock salt and dry gingerCold emetic water for excess pitta (unnamed)Cold-water bath and medicines after bloodlettingEarth kalpaEmesis for children, the elderly and other delicate patientsGhee for intermittent feverGuduchi and lotus paste for an even burnKalpa of fruit-shaped stones (pashanabheda)Kapikacchvadi powder

Questions and answers

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What after-drinks are named for sour and for pungent foods, and which drink suits every taste?What is given to eat after the emesis and purgation in the chandramrita regimen?What signs show that wine, curd, milk or buttermilk has been poisoned?Which combinations with milk does the translation say cause kushtha or quick death?Which eight kinds of milk does the translation say are effective in medicine?Which food combinations with milk does the hitahita chapter warn against?Which senses does the glossary give for क्षीर, and which entries after it gather milky plants?Why does the Hindi rendering of the hitahita chapter hold that no substance is wholesome or unwholesome in every respect?

Plant glossary entries

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Named 335 times on 171 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.