CHAPTER – V

Saturday, October 1, 2011 12:13

Eat In Measure

1. We shall now expound the chapter entitled” Measure In Eating”
2. Thus declared the worshipful Atreya.

Measure Relative To The Gastric Fire.
3. One must eat in measure and the measure of food is determined by the strength of one’s gastric fire.

 

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Chapter IV – Decades 16 to 18

Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:28

The Decad of Antiphlogistics(37)

16.3 Trumpet flower, wind killer, Indian calosanthes, bael, white teak, yellow berried night shade, Indian night shade, tick trefoil, painted-leaved uraria and small caltrops: these ten are antiphlogistics. (38)

The Decad of Antifebriles

16.4 Indian sarsaparilla, sugar patha, madder, grapes, tooth brush tree, sweet falash, chebulic myrobalans, emblic myrobalan and beleric myrobalan:- these ten are antifebriles. (39)

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Chapter IV – Decades 14 to 16

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:28

The Decad of Anti-Emetic

14.1 Young leaves of jambul and mango, pomello, big jujube, pomegranate, barly, liquorice, cuscus grass, earth and fried paddy,:- These ten are Anti-Emetics. (28)

The Decad of Adipsous Agents

14.2 Dry Ginger, cretan prickly clover, nut-grass, trailing, rungia, sandal wood, chiretta, guduch, fragrant sticky mallow, coriander and snake gourd these ten are adipsous agents. (29)

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Chapter IV – Decades 12 to 13

Monday, September 26, 2011 10:24

The Decad of Galacto-Depurants

12.2 Patha, dry ginger, deodar, nut-grass, trilobed virgin’s bower, guduch, fruits of kurchi, chiretta, kurroa and Indian sarsaparilla:- These ten are galacto-depurants.(18)

The Decad of Spermato-Poietics

12.3 Jivaka, Rishabhaka, Ksira Kakoli, wild green gram, wild black gram, meda, climbing asparagus, nardus and blepharis:- these ten are the spermato-poeitics.(19)

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Chapter IV – Decades 10 to 11

Saturday, September 24, 2011 9:53

The Decad of Complexion Promoters

10.2          Sandal Wood, Fragrant poon, Himalayan cherry, cuscus grass liquorice, madder, Indian sarsaparilla, white yam and white and black scotch grass these ten are complexion promoters.

The Decad of Voice Promoters

10.3          Indian sarsaparilla, root of sugar cane, liquorice, long pepper, grapes, white yam, curry leaf tree, maiden hair, Indian night shade and yellow berried night shade these ten are voice promoters.

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Chapter IV – Decades

Friday, September 23, 2011 9:54

The Decad of Life-Promoters

9.1  Jivaka, Rishabhaka, Meda, Mahameda, Kakoli, Ksria, Kakoli, wild green gram, cork swallow wort and liquorice-these ten are life promoters.

The Decad of Roborants

9.2 Milky Yam, asthma weed, winter cherry, kakoli, kshirakakoli, country mallow, heart-leaved sida, devil’s cotton, white yam and elephant creeper – these ten are roborants.

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Chapter IV – Modes of Their Preparations

Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:07

The five Modes of Their Preparations

7.1  There are five modes of pharmaceutical preparation of these Decoctivess, viz., expressed juice, paste, decoctions, cold, infusion and hot infusion.

7.2  The fresh Juice extracted by mechanical pressure, hurb is called ‘Expressed juice’. The soft mass prepared by rubbing the drugs along with its juice is known as paste. The physicians give the name of ‘Decoction’ to that fluid which is obtained by bowling over a fire.

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Relieve Joint Pain

Friday, August 26, 2011 10:09

Grind in your mortar and pestle equal parts of dried ginger, black pepper and a pinch of black salt. Take a teaspoonful of this mixture with water for relief from joint pains.

For Relief from Morning sickness

Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:33

Drink ginger tea made by boiling some ginger root in water. Strain it and add honey to sweeten.

Smelly Feet

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:35

Soak feet in strong tea for 20 minutes every day untill the smell disappears. To prepare your footbath, brew two tea bags in 2 ½ cups of water from 15 minutes and our the tea into a basin containing two liters of cool water.