Brihati for Hiccups

• Kasa (cough)
• Shwasa (asthma/dyspnea)
• Jwara (fever)
• Krimi (worms/parasites)
• Hikka (hiccup)

प तलं द पनं भे द वात नं ब ृहती वयम ् The two Brihatis (Brihati and Kantakari) increases pitta, promote hunger, breaks the hard faeces.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

It is astringent and bitter in taste, not in potency and mitigate kapha and anila (vata ) 167 वं ब ृह यंशुमती वयगो ुरकैः म ृतम ् वाद ुपाकरसं ना तशीतो णं सवदोशिजत ् Brihatidwaya (brihati and kantakari), amsumatidwaya (saliparni and prsniparni) and goksurakatogether are known as hrasva panchamula (Laghu panchamoola).

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Tikta Gana – group of bitters :त तः पदोल ाय ती वालकोशीर च दनम ् भू न ब न ब कटुका तगरा गु व सकम ् न तमाला वरजनी मु त मूवाट पकम पाठापामागकां यायोगुडू चध वयासकम ् प चमल ू ं महा या यौ वशाल अ त वषावचा Patoli, Trayanti – Gentiana kurroa, Valaka, Usira – Vetiveria zizanioides, Chandana – Sandalwood, Bhunimba – The creat (whole plant) – Andrographis paniculata, Nimba – Neem – Azadirachta indica, Katuka – Picrorhiza kurroa, Tagara – Indian Valerian (root) – Valeriana wallichi, Aguru, Vatsaka – Hol

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

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

ity amr̥tādyaṁ tailam Guduchi, madhuka, laghu panchamula (shalparni, prishnaparni, choti kateri, badi kateri, gokshura), punarnava, rasna, eranda moola, herbs of jeevaniya gana (each 4 kg), bala (20 kg), kola (Zizyphus jujuba), bilwa, yava, masha (black gram) and kulattha (horse shoe gram ) each 2.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 29: Gout Treatment (Vatarakta Chikitsa / वातरक्तचिकित्सा)

Two prasthas of ghee should be cooked with the juice dhatri (two prasthas), juice of vidari (two prasthas), sugarcane juice (two prasthas), soup of the meat of goat (two prasthas), milk (two prasthas), and the paste (one karsha each) of jivaka, rsabhaka, vira, jivanti, nagara, shati, shalaparni, prushniparni, mashaparni, mudgaparni,meda, mahameda, kakoli, kshirakakoli, kantakari, bruhati, shveta punarnava, rakta punarnava,madhuka, atmagupta, shatavari, riddhi,parushaka, bharangi, mridvika, briha

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 11: Chest Injury and Emaciation Treatment (Kshatakshina Chikitsa / क्षतक्षीणचिकित्सा)

Bala, vidari, hrasva panchamula (shalaparni, prsniparni, brihati, kantakari and gokshura), punarnava, and the sungas (terminal buds) of five kshirivrikshas (nyagrodha, udumbara, asvattha, madhuka and plaksha)- one pala of each of these drugs should be made to a decoction.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 11: Chest Injury and Emaciation Treatment (Kshatakshina Chikitsa / क्षतक्षीणचिकित्सा)

One pala of each of tvak-kshiri, shravani (munditika), draksha, murva, rushabhaka, jivaka, vira (vidarikanda), riddhi, kshirakakoli, brihati, kapikacchu, fruit of kharjura and meda should be made into paste by triturating with milk.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 11: Chest Injury and Emaciation Treatment (Kshatakshina Chikitsa / क्षतक्षीणचिकित्सा)

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)

The fruit of Brihati (Solanum indicum) is Rechana (evacuative for semen).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khanda, Chapter 4: Dipana-Pachana Adikathanam (Digestive Actions etc.)

The two Brihati (Solanum indicum and Solanum xanthocarpum), Kantakari, Shati (Hedychium spicatum), Pushkaramula (Inula racemosa), Vacha (Acorus calamus), and Vibhitaka (Terminalia bellirica) — this decoction alleviates Vata-Kapha disorders.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 2: Kvathakalpana (Decoction Preparations)

The ingredients are: Patala (Stereospermum suaveolens), Aranikas (Premna mucronata and Clerodendrum phlomidis), Kashmarya (Gmelina arborea), Bilva (Aegle marmelos), Araluka (Ailanthus excelsa), Gambhari (Gmelina arborea), the two Brihatis — Brihati (Solanum indicum) and Kantakari (Solanum surattense), Pippali (Piper longum), Shringi (Pistacia integerrima), Draksha (Vitis vinifera), Amrita/Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), and Abhaya/Haritaki (Terminalia chebula).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 8: Avalehakalpana (Confection/Electuary Preparations)

Other pastes for Indralupta (alopecia areata): Brihati (Solanum indicum) juice with honey;

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

: black pepper (Maricha, Piper nigrum), Saindhava (rock salt), Krishna (Pippali/long pepper), Tagara (Valeriana wallichii), and Brihati fruit (Solanum indicum).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Place the paste inside the fruit of brihati (Solanum) from Magadha region when the fruit ripens.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 11: Kaphabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Kapha-type Conjunctivitis)

One should wear (as amulets) Lakshmana, Sahadeva, and Brihati (Solanum indicum).

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 30: Shakunipratishedha

Eranda (castor) root in equal measure, with double the portion of brihati.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 18: Chapter 18