GUGGULUTIKTAKA KASHAYA

🪷 GUGGULUTIKTAKA KASHAYA 🪷

ASHTANGA HRIDAYA – CHIKITSA STHANA 21/58–61

📜 SANSKRIT SHLOKA

निम्बामृतावृषपटोलनिदिग्धिकानां
भागान् पृथक् दश पलान् विपचेद्धटेऽपाम्।
अष्टांशशोषितरसेन पुनश्च तेन
प्रस्थं घृतस्य विपचेत्पिचुभागकल्कैः॥

पठाविड‌ङ्गसुरदारुगजोपकुल्या
द्विक्षारनागरनिशामिशिचव्यकुष्ठः।
तेजोवतीमरिचवत्सकदीप्यकाग्नि
रोहिण्यरुष्करवचाकणमूलयुक्तैः॥

मञ्जिष्टयाऽतिविषया विषया यवान्या
संशुद्धगुग्गुलुपलैरपि पञ्चसङ्ख्यः।
तत्सेवितं विधमति प्रबलं समीरं

सन्ध्यास्थिमज्जगतमप्यथ कुष्ठमीदृक्॥

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🌿 INGREDIENTS (Same as Guggulutiktaka Ghrita)

1. NIMBA (Azadirachta indica)

2. AMRUTA / GUDUCHI (Tinospora cordifolia)

3. VRUSHA / VASA (Adhatoda vasica)

4. PATOLA (Trichosanthes dioica)

5. NIDIGDHIKA / VYAGHRI / KANTAKARI (Solanum xanthocarpum)

6. PATHA (Cyclea peltata)

7. VIDANGA (Embelia ribes)

8. SURADARU / DEVADARU (Cedrus deodara)

9. GAJOPAKULYA / GAJAPIPPALI (Scindapsus officinalis)

10. DWIKSHARA

    • YAVA KSHARA (Hordeum vulgare)

    • SARJIKSHARA

11. NAGARA (Zingiber officinale)

12. NISHA (Curcuma longa)

13. MISHI / MISHREYA (Anethum sowa)

14. CHAVYA (Piper chaba)

15. KUSHTHA (Saussurea lappa)

16. TEJOVATI (Zanthoxylum alatum)

17. MARICHA (Piper nigrum)

18. VATSAKA (Holarrhena antidysenterica)

19. DEEPIKA / YAVANI / AJAMODA

20. AGNI / CHITRAKA (Plumbago zeylanica)

21. ROHINI / KATUKI (Picrorhiza kurroa)

22. SHUDDHA ARUSHKARA / BHALLATAKA (Semecarpus anacardium)

23. VACHA (Acorus calamus)

24. KANAMOOLA / PIPPALI MOOLA (Root of Piper longum)

25. YUKTA / RASNA (Pluchea lanceolata)

26. MANJISHTA (Rubia cordifolia)

27. ATIVISHA (Aconitum heterophyllum)

28. VISHAYA / KAKOLI (Fritillaria roylei)

29. YAVANI (Trachyspermum ammi)

30. SHUDDHA GUGGULU (Purified Commiphora mukul) – 4 parts

🧪 METHOD OF PREPARATION

• All ingredients are taken in their prescribed proportions and coarsely powdered.

• Water is added—8 times the total quantity of ingredients.

• It is boiled on mild flame until water is reduced to one-fourth.

• The decoction is filtered and must be used within 12 hours of preparation.

🎯 INDICATIONS

✅ SANDHI-ASTHI-MAJJA-GATA VATA ROGA (All types of joint, bone, and marrow-related Vata disorders)
✅ SANDHI-ASTHI-MAJJA-GATA KUSHTHA ROGA (Chronic skin diseases involving joints and bones)
✅ NADI VRANA (Sinus wounds)
✅ ARBUDA (Tumors / cancerous growths)
✅ BHAGANDHARA (Fistula-in-ano)
✅ GANDAMALA (Scrofula / tubercular lymphadenitis)
✅ JATRURDWA SARVA ROGA (Diseases affecting all areas above the clavicle)
✅ GULMA (Abdominal tumors or phantom masses)
✅ ARSHAS (Hemorrhoids)
✅ MEHA (Diabetes and urinary disorders)
✅ YAKSHAMA (Tuberculosis or chronic wasting diseases)
✅ ARUCHI (Anorexia / loss of taste)
✅ SHWASA (Asthma / breathing disorders)