Trikatu

Trikatu churna is a classical herbal compound of dry ginger, black pepper, and pippali (long pepper). It kindles agni, burns ama, detoxifies the body, and improves digestion.

• Strongly Deepana and Pachana
• Kapha-Vata Shamaka
• Medohara (reduces fat/obesity)
• Pinasa hara (cures chronic rhinitis)
• Shwasa-Kasa hara
• Prameha hara

Trikatu - Pepper, long pepper and ginger – together known as trikatu, useful in obesity,Asthma, dyspepsia, cough, filariasis and chronic nasal catarrh.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

21-24 योषकटवीवरा श ु वड गा त वषाि थराः ह गुस ौवचलाजाजीयवानीधा य च काः नशी ब ृह यौ हपुषा पाठामूलं च के बुकात ् एषां चूण मधु घ ृतं तैलं च सदशांशकम ् स तु भः षोडशगुणैयु तं पीतं नहि त तत ् अ त थौ या दकान ् सवा ोगान यां च त वधान ् ोगकामलाि व वासकासगल हान ् बु मेधा म ृ तकरं स न या ने च द पनम ् Powder of Vyosha- (Trikatu – pepper, long pepper and ginger), Katvi, Vara (Triphala), Shigru (drum stick), Vidanga (False black pepper – Embelia ribes), Ativisha, Sthira (Desmodium gangeticum), Hingu – (A

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Dvividha Upakramaneeya

35 अस यग े व त वे ल योष नशानतैः सागारधूमलवणतैलै द याि छरामुखम ् स य व ृ ते को णेन तैलेन लवणेन च When the blood is not flowing out in sufficient quantity, the cut end of the vein should be smeared with oil processed with Vella (Vidanga), Vyosha (Trikatu), Haridra, Nata, Agaradhuma or Lavana, when the blood is flowing out properly, the site should be smeared with warm oil and salt.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Siravyadha Vidhi

Mixture of powders of trikatu, trivrit, katuka and lauha-bhasma taken with juice of triphala;

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

Patient of edema if passes heavy (with mucous) and loose stools may drink butter milk mixed with trikatu, sauvarchala-salt and honey;

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

280 Kg of gandeera, bhallataka, chitraka, trikatu, vidnaga, kantakari and brihati and add 1.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

Take 40 gm fine powder each of svarajjikā and yava-kshara, four varieties of salt, iron bhasma, trikatu, triphala, pippalimula, pealed seeds of vidanga, mustaka, ajamodā, devadāru, bilva, indrayava, root of chitraka, pāthā, ativishā and liquorice;

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

0 kg of jaggery and powder of trikatu and trijata (three aromatics- leaves and bark of cinnamon and cardamom).

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

Vyoshadi Churna: Vyosha (Trikatu — dry ginger, black pepper, long pepper), Triphala (three myrobalans), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Vidanga (Embelia ribes), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Chavya (Piper retrofractum), and Pippalimula (root of Piper longum) — these should be prepared as a powder.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations)

Trikatu Churna: Shunthi (dry ginger — Zingiber officinale), Maricha (black pepper — Piper nigrum), and Pippali (long pepper — Piper longum) — these three are called Trikatu (three pungents) by the wise.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations)

Trikatu is one of the most fundamental compound formulations in Ayurveda, used both independently and as a component in countless other formulations.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations)

Vyosha (Trikatu), Ela (cardamom), Maricha (black pepper), and Tvak (cinnamon) each three Pala separately.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 4: Gutikakalpana (Tablet/Pill Preparations)

Mandura Vataka [for Kamala/jaundice and related conditions]: Triphala, Trikatu (Trishosana — dry ginger, black pepper, long pepper), Chavya (Piper retrofractum), Pippalimula (root of long pepper), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Daru (Cedrus deodara), Attvika Dhatu, Tvak (cinnamon), Darvi (Berberis aristata), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), and Vidanga (Embelia ribes) —.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 4: Gutikakalpana (Tablet/Pill Preparations)

Eggshell, garlic, the three pungent substances (trikatu), karanja (Pongamia) seeds, and cardamom — this is considered the lekhya (scraping) anjana.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)

When bleeding stops, the area should be fomented again with manohva (Acorus), kasisa (green vitriol), vyosha (trikatu), fresh anjana, and saindhava.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 13: Lekhya Roga Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Diseases Requiring Scraping)

With powder of yavanala (barley), trikatu, and salt — after sweating, the skilled physician should then proceed.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 15: Chhedya Roga Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Diseases Requiring Excision)

Manashila (realgar), abhaya (haritaki), vyosha (trikatu), bala (Sida), and kalanusariva (dark Sariva).

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 17: Drishtigata Roga Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Diseases of Vision / Drishti Roga)

River-born shimbi (legumes), trikatu as anjana, manashila (realgar), the two nisha (turmeric and daruharidra), and yashikidrava.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 17: Drishtigata Roga Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Diseases of Vision / Drishti Roga)