| The following preparations are found in Sharangdhar
Samhita. It was the first ayurvedic text, that is written in the style of drug manual.
It contains variety of preparations and their action on
various organs and diseases.
Listing of Kalpana as in Sharangdhar Samhita (alphabetically).
- Amritikaranam (a process of purification of parad),
- Avapidanam (a surgical process),
- Basti (suppositories),
- Choorna (powder),
- Dracaswedanam (a process of sweating),
- Dhroompaanam (medicated smoking),
- Gutika (pills),
- Guda (jaggery preparation),
- Gandoosh (gargle),
- Ghrit kalpana (ghee based preparation),
- Hingulotha parada (mercury extracted from cinnabar),
- Kalka (paste),
- Kaval (gargle),
- Kajjali (paste of mercury and sulphur),
- Karnapoornam (filling of ear cavity by oil, decoction, or medicine)
- Krishara (diet prepared by cereals and rice) ,
- Kshaar (alkali preparation),
- Ksheerpaak (medicated milk ),
- Kupipakva (mercuric medicines prepared in a bottle like vessel),
- Lepa (embrocating /body paint),
- Leha ( the con factionary based preparation) ,
- Malahara (ointment like preparation),
- Maranam (a process done to purify the metals/minerals),
- Manda (starch part of rice),
- Madhya (liquor),
- Mantha the floor and milk mixed preparation),
- Moordhatailam (medicated oil) ,
- Modak (big shaped pill prepared by mixing sugar),
- Nasyaa (inhalation therapy),
- Niruaha (distillation preparation)
- Odanam (cooked rice),
- Paradsanskaar (process of purifying parad),
- Pinda sweda (a process of sweating),
- Parpati (mercuric preparation),
- Pindi (a paste like preparation),
- Putpaak (ophthalmic preparation),
- Peya (a kind of liquid diet),
- Potalirasa ( a typical mercuric medicine process in a cotton pouch),
- Pratimarsha ( a kind of inhalation)
- Paratisaranam (powder to be applied in the oral cavity),
- Pradeha ( embrocating/body paint),
- Pradhamana ( a process of medicating),
- Pramathya (a liquid diet),
- Phanta (hot infusion),
- Rasakriya (confectionary based preparation) ,
- Rasanayan(a life style term and certain combination of medicines that are known to have restoration effect)
- Rasausadhi (mercuric preparation),
- Sodhanam (purification process)
- Shadangpaniya (six herbs combination to be used as antipyretic drug),
- Saktu (the roasted flour of cereals and grains),
- Seka (ophthalmic preparation),
- Shirovirechan (the process of purification of head neck and brain),
- Satwapaatanam (sublimation),
- Suchikabharanam (mercuric preparation that are to be applied by the tip of the needle),
- Snehanam (process of lubricating the body)
- Tarpanam (the process of enhancing a patient by providing a nutritious diet,
- Tailkalpana (the oil based preparation)
- Uttar basti (the suppositories),
- Ushanodaka (hot water to be used as vehicle for medicine) ,
- Vashpaswedanam (sweating by vapors)
- Vati (pills/tablets),
- Vatak (big shaped pill/tablet),
- Varti (long shaped pill),
- Vidalak (ophthalmic preparation),
- Vilepi (liquid diet),
- Yavagu (diet preparation),
- Yoosha (dal like Indian cuisine made by cereals) ,
References-
Sharangdhar Samhita by Bramhanand Tripathi published by Chaukhamba Sur Bharti Varanasi India
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