Classical Preparations Part III - Ayurveda and Herbs Encyclopedia

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Svalparasuna Pinda: This mixture is made of 1 ¾ oz of garlic and 15 grains each of fried asafetida, cumin seeds (jira), rock salt, black salt (sanchal), ginger black pepper and long pepper (pipli).
Talisadi Churna: This powder is made of the leaves of Abis webbiana (talispatra) 1 part, black pepper 2 parts, ginger 3 parts, long pepper (pipli) 4 parts, bam boo manna (tabashir) 5 parts, cinnamon ½ part, cardamoms ½ part and sugar 32 parts; it is given in doses of 45 grains.
Triphaladi Kwath: There are two kinds of the decoction.
The decoction is made of equal parts of chebulic myrobalan (harada), emblic myrobalan (amla) beleric myrobalan (bahira), the tubereles of the Nut Grass (nagarmusta), the wood of Berberis aristata (daruharidra) and the roots of the Colocynth (indravaruni). This decoction is of use in gonorrhoea and urinary diseases.
The decoction is made of equal parts of chebulic myrobalan (harada), emblic myrobalan (amla) beleric myrobalan (bahira), Embelia ribes (vavding) deodar, the tubercles of the Nut Grass (nagarmusta). Ipomoea reniformis (akhupani) and the bark of the Horse Radish Tree (shigru). The decoction is taken with powdered long pepper (pipli). This decoction is given as an anthelmintic.
Trivruttadi Churna: The powder consists of 5 parts of turpeth root (nishottar), 1 part of ginger, and 9 parts of black salt (sanchal); 45 to 90 grains of the powder are given in the morning with hot water.
Udumbar-patrasar: The decoction of the leaves of Ficus glomerata (gullara) and the juice expressed from the boiled leaves are strained through a piece of thick cloth; the strained liquid is boiled till it becomes thickish; this thickish extract can be preserved indefinitely.
Vaishvanar Churna: The powder consists of 1 oz each of rock salt, impure carbonate of potash and omum seeds (yavani), 2 oz of ginger and 4 oz of chembulic myrobalan (harada); the powder is given in doses of 45 grains with buttermilk or hot water.
Vanarvatika : The seeds of the Cowhage (kinvach) are boiled in eight times their weight of milk; these boiled seeds, after removing their seeds coats, are well macerated and mixed with a lot of ghee; this mixture is made into a pill-mass with the addition of a thick syrup of sugar; pills, each weighing 90 to 150 grains, are made out of this mixture; they are preserved in honey.
Vasav Avleh: This confection is made of the swaras of the leaves of Adhatoda vasica (vasa) 8 lb sugar 2 lb and long pepper (pipli) 6 ¼ oz; these ingredients are cooked together till all the water has evaporated and an extract is formed; this extract when cold, is well mixed with 2 lb of honey; this confection is given in doses of 180 to 360 grains.
Vatskadi Kwath: This is a decoction of equal parts of conessi bark (kurchi), the Atis Root (ativisha), bael fruit (bilwa), the tubercles of the Nut Grass (nagarmusta) and the roots of the Khus-Khus Grass (Khus).
Vavdingadi Churna: The powder is made of 180 grains each of Embelia ribes (vidanga), cinnamon long pepper (pipli), and cardamoms, 1 oz of black pepper, 7 oz of ginger and 10 oz of sugar it is given in doses of 180 grains.
Vidari Churna: The powder of dry pieces of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea digitata (vidarikand) is well mixed with the juice of the fresh tuberous roots of the plant; the mixture is dried in the shade; the dried mixture is again mixed with the juice of the fresh roots and dried in the shade; this process of alternately mixing the powder with the juice and drying it in the shade is repeated a couple of dozen times; the dose of this powder is 45 grains.

Vidarikadi Churna: The powder consists of equal parts of pieces of the dry tuberous roots of Ipomoea digitata (vidarikand), bamboo manna (tabashir), liquorice root (madhuka) and long pepper (pipli); the powder is given in doses of 90 grains.
Vrudhand Churna: The powder consists of equal parts of seeds of the Cowhage (kinvach), the fruits of Tribulus terrestris (chhote gokhru), the roots of Curculago orchioides (mushali), the roots of the Silk Cotton Tree (Semal), emblic myrobalan (amla) and sugar; it is given in doses of 90 to 180 grains followed by a drink of milk.
Yavaksharadi Gutika: A pill-mass is made of 180 grains of Kshara or extract of Barley (jav), 1 oz of long pepper (pipli), 1 ½ oz of bark of the Pomegranate Tree and 6 oz of gur; pills, each weighing 7 grains, are made out of this pill –mass.
Yavani Shadava Churna: This churna or powder is made of 250 grains each of omum seeds (yavani), tamarind, ginger, the Bladder Dock (chula) and the berries of the sour variety of Zizyphus jujube (ber), 180 grains of each of coriander seeds (dhanya), black salt (sanchal), Nigella sativa (krishnajira) and cinnamon, 100 long peppers (pipli), 200 black peppers and 1 lb of sugar; these ingredients are finely pulverized; the dose of the powder is 90 grains.

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