Grahani Chikitsa: Difference between revisions

Triphalā, kaṭabhī, chavya, pulp of bilva, powder of ayōraja (mandur), katutki, musta, kuṣṭha, pāṭhā, hiṅgu, madhuka, kṣāra of muskaka and yavakṣāra, trikatu, vacā, viḍaṅga, pippalīmula, svarjikākṣāra, nimba, chitraka, mūrva, ajamoda, indrayava, guḍūchī and dēvadāru are taken in one karṣa (12 gm) quantity and one pala each of five salts are taken. All are mixed with three kudavas (576 gm) of dadhi, ghr̥ita and taila. The mixture is burned by antardhūma method. One panitala is the dose which is given with ghee. It is indicated in kapha and vātaja arśa, grahaṇī, pāṇḍu, plīha, mūtragraha, svāsa, hikkā, kāsa, krimi, jwara, sōṣa, atisāra, sōthā, pramēha, anāha, hr̥dgrahā and in all types of toxicity. It is one among the best stimulators of agni. Once the medicine is digested mamsarasa or sweet diet or milk should be administered. This ends the explanation of the pañchāmakṣāra (188-193).