1. Properties and the possible usage
This medicine is sheeta (Cool) & pacifies Pitta and Kapha. Although its usage is mentioned here, the treatment may differ according to the physical constitution, region, season and other ailments. Hence, take the medicine as advised by the doctor.
| Indications | Method of taking the medicine | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| A. Nosebleeds, heat ailments, white discharge (leucorrhoea) and excessive bleeding during menses | Drink the mixture of 1 spoon vasa churna and 1 spoon lump sugar mixed in water 2-3 times-a-day | 7 days |
| B. Productive cough and asthma | Make a mixture of 1 spoon vasa churna, ½ spoon dry ginger powder or pippali churna, 2 spoons honey. Lick this mixture little by little 5-6 times-a-day. | 7 days |
| C. As a supportive for ongoing TB treatment | Take mixture of 1 spoon vasa churna, 1 spoon ghee, 1 spoon sugar morning & evening; drink 1 small bowl of hot water after. | 1-3 months |
| D. Measles, chickenpox and other epidemic diseases with fever | Take the mixture of ½ spoon vasa churna and ½ spoon yashtimadhu churna in water morning and evening. | 7 days |
| E. Any type of wound | Apply the paste of vasa churna mixed in cooled boiled water on the wound twice-a-day. | 7 days |
2. Note
For children in the age group of 3-7 years & 8-14 years, the dosage should be ¼ and ½ respectively of that specified above.
3. For better efficacy of powder
Avoid consuming eatables made from maida (refined wheat flour) and besan (Gram-flour) and avoid eating sour, salty, too oily or pungent preparations; Ice-cream, molasses, curds, paneer, cheese; stale-food, eating at an inappropriate time and in excess; going out in the Sun, staying awake at night.
4. Pray to your Deity of worship before taking the medicine
O’ Deity, I am offering this medicine at Your Holy feet and partaking it as Your ‘Prasad’. Let me become disease-free by taking this medicine.
-Vaidya Meghraj Madhav Paradkar, Sanatan Ashram, Ramnathi, Goa. (11.6.2021)
Some Ayurvedic medicines that can be used in fever
Sutshekhar ras (Tablets)
Chandramrut ras (Tablets)
Tribhuvankirti ras (Tablets)
Samshamani vati (Tablets)
Lashunadi vati (Tablets)