Sarshapadi Pralepa – Benefits, How To Use, Ingredients, Side Effects

Sarpshapadi Pralepa is an Ayurvedic medicine, in herbal paste form. It is used for external application to treat inflamed cysts, lymph nodes etc.

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Benefits

It is used in Ayurvedic treatment of edema and inflammation, cysts, cervical lymphadenopathy etc.
It is made into a paste with sour buttermilk.

Effect on Tridosha – Calms Pitta and Kapha

Side Effects

This medicine should strictly be used under medical supervision.
Keep out of reach and sight of children. Store in a dry place.

Ingredients

10 g of each of
Sarshapa – Mustard – Brassica juncea
Shigru – Drum Stick – Moringa oliefera
Shana – Crotalaria juncea
Atasi – Flax seed / Linseed – Linum usitatissimum
Yava – Barley – Hordeum vulgare
Moolaka – Radish – Raphanus sativus
Takra – Buttermilk

Reference

Bhaishajya Ratnavali Galaganda Rogadhikara 7-8

Shloka- Sanskrit Verse

सर्षपान् शिग्रुबीजानि शणबीजानतसीयवान् ।
मूलकस्य च बीजानि तक्रेणाम्लेन पेषयेत् ॥
गलगण्डा ग्रन्थयश्च गण्डमाला: सुदारुणा: ।
प्रलेपात्तेन शाम्यन्ति विलयं यान्ति चाचिरात् ॥

sarṣapān śigrubījāni śaṇabījānatasīyavān |
mūlakasya ca bījāni takreṇāmlena peṣayet ||
galagaṇḍā granthayaśca gaṇḍamālā: sudāruṇā: |
pralepāttena śāmyanti vilayaṃ yānti cācirāt ||

Shelf Life

Two years from the date of manufacture.

Please consult your doctor before taking this medicine.
This article is written by Dr. Janardhana V Hebbar BAMS, MD (Ayu), PGDPSM, Managing Director, Easy Ayurveda Hospital.
It is reviewed by Dr. Raviganesh Mogra BAMS, MD (Ayu), Chief Medical Officer, Easy Ayurveda Hospital