Charak Samhita

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मात्रां कम्पिल्लकस्यैव कषायेण पुनः पिबेत्| चतुरङ्गुलकल्पेन लेहोऽन्यः कार्य एव च||११||

Recipes of Tilvaka Preparation and intake Tilvaka kampillaka Tilvaka churna is given bhavana (trituration) with kampillaka (Mallotus philliphensis Muell.) Kashaya The process is repeated for 10 times. This is taken with kampillaka kashaya. [Tilvaka avaleha (linctus)] Recipes of Tilvaka Preparation and intake Tilvaka Avalehaas per the prescribed format that has been told for the preparation of chaturangula avaleha (which has been described in the previous chapter)

english translation

mAtrAM kampillakasyaiva kaSAyeNa punaH pibet| caturaGgulakalpena leho'nyaH kArya eva ca||11||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्रिफलायाः कषायेण ससर्पिर्मधुफाणितः| लोध्रचूर्णयुतः सिद्धो लेहः श्रेष्ठो विरेचने||१२||

kashaya (decoction) of tilvaka is prepared which is added with powder of trivrita (Operculina turpethum(L)Silva Manso.) and jaggery. This is cooked over the mild fire.

english translation

triphalAyAH kaSAyeNa sasarpirmadhuphANitaH| lodhracUrNayutaH siddho lehaH zreSTho virecane||12||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तिल्वकस्य कषायेण कल्केन च सशर्करः| सघृतः साधितो लेहः स च श्रेष्ठो विरेचने||१३||

Avaleha / linctus prepared by adding lodhra powder, ghee, honey and phanita (penedium) to the decoction of triphala. or Avaleha / linctus prepared by adding lodhra paste, ghee and sugar to the lodhra decoction.

english translation

tilvakasya kaSAyeNa kalkena ca sazarkaraH| saghRtaH sAdhito lehaH sa ca zreSTho virecane||13||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अष्टाष्टौ त्रिवृतादीनां मुष्टींस्तु सनखान् पृथक्| द्रोणेऽपां साधयेत् पादशेषे प्रस्थं घृतात् पचेत्||१४||

[Tilvaka ghrita] 1. Eight antarnakhamushti(fistful) each of eight drugs- trivrita (Operculina turpethum(L)Silva Manso), chaturangula(Cassia fistula Linn), mahavriksha (Euphorbia nerifolia) , saptala (Euphorbia pilosa), shankhini((Euphorbia dracanculoides), danti (Baliospermum montanum) and dravanti (Croton tiglium)) are taken with one drona (approximately 12.3 litres) of water separately and boiled till one fourth of liquid remains. Tilvaka is then taken in 16 antarnakhamushti pramana (96gms) with 1 drona water (12.3 litre) and reduced to one fourth quantity. Later these decotions are mixed together. To this one prastha (approximately 800gms) bilva, and paste of above said 9 drugs is added with one pala(50 ml) cows’s urine and salt.

english translation

aSTASTau trivRtAdInAM muSTIMstu sanakhAn pRthak| droNe'pAM sAdhayet pAdazeSe prasthaM ghRtAt pacet||14||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पिष्टैस्तैरेव बिल्वांशैः समूत्रलवणैरथ| ततो मात्रां पिबेत् काले श्रेष्ठमेतद्विरेचनम्||१५||

2. Paste of lodhra, cow’s urine, sour liquid and salt are used to prepare ghee. 3. In Kalpa 8:13/14, two recipes of medicated ghee prepared with chaturangula have been told. Same are prepared by using tilvaka in place of chaturangula i.e., paste of tilvaka is boiled with the milk. The cream thus obtained is then used to make ghee, by adding tilvaka paste and the juice of amalaki in proportion mentioned in Chaturangula Kalpa, Verse 13.

english translation

piSTaistaireva bilvAMzaiH samUtralavaNairatha| tato mAtrAM pibet kAle zreSThametadvirecanam||15||

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